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How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:50 am
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:50 am
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To examine how white children learn about race, she followed 36 of them between the ages of 10 and 13, interviewing them as well as watching them do homework, play video games, and otherwise go about their days.
These kids and their parents display a range of beliefs about race. “Racism is not a problem,” one girl tells Hagerman, adding that it “was a problem when all those slaves were around and that, like, bus thing and the water fountain.” Meanwhile, the girl’s mother nods along. Other parents in the book have educated themselves better, but often, intentionally or unintentionally, still end up giving their kids advantages that, in the abstract, they claim to oppose. (White Kids is not, as Hagerman writes at one point, “a particularly hopeful book.”)
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And we have this collectively agreed-upon idea in our society that being a “good parent” means exactly that—providing the best opportunities you can for your own child.
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So the dark side is that, ultimately, people are thinking about their own kids, and that can come at the expense of other people’s kids. When we think about parents calling up the school and demanding that their child have the best math teacher, what does that mean for the kids who don’t get the best math teacher?
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These kids have taken this phrase, That’s racist, and inverted it in a way such that it’s become meaningless.
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When affluent white parents are making these decisions about parenting, they could consider in some way at least how their decisions will affect not only their kid, but other kids. This might mean a parent votes for policies that would lead to the best possible outcome for as many kids as possible, but might be less advantageous for their own child. My overall point is that in this moment when being a good citizen conflicts with being a good parent, I think that most white parents choose to be good parents, when, sometimes at the very least, they should choose to be good citizens.
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I don’t have any children, but I care very deeply about other people’s kids
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:53 am to Muthsera
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ultimately, people are thinking about their own kids
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:53 am to Muthsera
I'd frick her.
So there's that.
So there's that.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:53 am to Muthsera
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And we have this collectively agreed-upon idea in our society that being a “good parent” means exactly that—providing the best opportunities you can for your own child
Hmm, imagine that
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:54 am to Muthsera
quote:was it the kids that did this or mouth breathers who shout racism at everything they don’t agree with?
These kids have taken this phrase, That’s racist, and inverted it in a way such that it’s become meaningless.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:55 am to Muthsera
Racism is terrible.
It pains me that my white children will likely face discrimination as I have.
Affirmative Action, special scholarships for non Asian minorities only.
I'm tired of the racism against white and Asian people.
It pains me that my white children will likely face discrimination as I have.
Affirmative Action, special scholarships for non Asian minorities only.
I'm tired of the racism against white and Asian people.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:55 am to Muthsera
So, does this mean she considers black parents who teach their kids cornballs?
This post was edited on 5/17/20 at 7:56 am
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:55 am to Muthsera
I wish that all parents would do what was best for their children.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:56 am to Muthsera
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when being a good citizen conflicts with being a good parent, I think that most white parents choose to be good parents, when, sometimes at the very least, they should choose to be good citizens.
Sweet Jesus.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:56 am to Privateer 2007
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:56 am to Muthsera
She should follow around black kids for awhile if she really wants to experience racism. I would love to hear some of the quotes from that experience
Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:57 am to FAP SAM
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 7:58 am to whit
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ultimately, people are thinking about their own kids
This is akin to Democrat politicians renouncing charter schools and vouchers, all while sending their own kids to private schools.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 8:02 am to Muthsera
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when being a good citizen conflicts with being a good parent, I think that most white parents choose to be good parents, when, sometimes at the very least, they should choose to be good citizens.
Man, she better not follow Asian families. Her head may explode.
Posted on 5/17/20 at 8:02 am to castorinho
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I'd frick her.
Very, very hatefully
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Posted on 5/17/20 at 8:02 am to Muthsera
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This might mean a parent votes for policies that would lead to the best possible outcome for as many kids as possible, but might be less advantageous for their own child.
I know many virtue signaling leftists that sacrifice their kids in public schools. It’s not helping.
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