re: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry bans teaching of critical race theory in schools

She would easily recognize intelligent design in a curriculum and tell us where it came from and why it shouldn’t be included. But with CRT, she plays dumb.

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I’m don’t teach“color blindness.” We just don’t talk about skin color when we talk about people. I don’t think it’s important so why would I make a big deal about someone’s skin color to my kids? My son is starting to understand that people are frequently identified by skin color. He recently asked me why people with brown skin are called black if their skin is actually brown and why white people are called white when their skin is actually peach.

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I remember my little sister and brother asking my mom the same questions when they were growing up and I vaguely remember thinking these concepts in early elementary school. I do remember my mom telling me she used to insist on our black neighbor holding me as an infant so I would be comfortable with black people in life. I always thought was really weird until recently as a middle aged man. I'm extremely comfortable around black folk to this day. When I moved to New Mexico in my teens I had never really seen Hispanic people... They seemed completely normal but still different to me (aside from New Mexican vs Louisianan culture) but I never was completely comfortable around them like black people. I've now lived in New Mexico almost my entire adult life and I'm still not nearly as comfortable around Hispanics as black people. Culturally I fit in great here. I love the spicy Mexican food, Catholic culture, family culture, living for today attitude, etc. but still, I'm more comfortable around black people (especially southern) then Hispanic people. Even though I've logged more hours of socializing with Hispanic people than Black people in life. I'll probably always be that way...

How you raise your kids in their formative years will forever affect their subconscious. Letting the questions of skin color/race come organically from the youngster seems to have worked great for our family. It's great you recognize that. Your kids will grow up the wiser for it.

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When did conservatives start embracing cancel culture?



You don’t know what cancel culture means.

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:lol: :lol:

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Are you worried that kids might actually learn the uncomfortable truth that white people owned slaves and that systemic racism has been a part of our history. Newsflash: Teaching kids about the realities of our past and the ongoing impacts of racism isn’t the same thing as indoctrinating them with some advanced legal theory. It’s called education. If you’re scared of kids learning the truth, maybe that says more about you than it does about the curriculum.

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Amen. Well said.