The movie Ruby Bridges removed by Pinellas County school board

[ruthiesea]

Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage

A parent complained that the movie might teach white children to hate Black children.

www.tampabay.com

Does accurate history hurt or is it an opportunity for discussion about past events?

 

[essentialsaltes]

One parent feels uncomfortable, therefore a fact-based biopic about civil rights is banned until it can be reviewed by the state. It's exactly what was predicted when the pitchfork and torches crowd was upset about 'CRT' in the schools.

 

[rjs330]

If CRT had not been in the schools I doubt this would have been an issue.

I don't care if one parent complains or not. If a parent complains the school should look at it. But I believe the schools process should not take any more than two weeks to look at something. I mean seriously. It can't be that hard. Perhaps it is too much for second graders. I mean these kids are VERY young and without good teaching may take on the burden at such a young age and start being anxious as if they had something to do with it. And black kids at that age may start looking at white kids as the enemy. You have to be very careful at that age because they are very vulnerable to suggestion.

This movie sounds like a good one. I've never seen it, but now I'd like to. It definitely sounds like a movie that should be shown in school. We need to be real about our past without putting blame on ourselves for it. For NONE of us have any responsibility to what happened. The people of the day have total responsibility for it, and it was wrong. Learn from history so we don't repeat it.

You could easily turn this lesson to show how far we've come and how much we've learned. That we as a society will never let that happen again.
So I'm for this movie IF the teacher uses it appropriately. And from what I've seen I'm not sure I would be confidant the teacher would.

 

[eleos1954]

Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage

A parent complained that the movie might teach white children to hate Black children.

www.tampabay.com

Does accurate history hurt or is it an opportunity for discussion about past events?

Movies "based" on a real life story .... that means it's not totally accurate .... film makers present things from their point of view.

No .... it shouldn't be taken as accurate history ... and these type of movies (based on) should not be shown in school.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Movies "based" on a real life story .... that means it's not totally accurate .... film makers present things from their point of view.

No .... it shouldn't be taken as accurate history ... and these type of movies (based on) should not be shown in school.

Sorry, President Lincoln, you had the misfortune of being assassinated before the invention of the movie camera.

 

[essentialsaltes]

film makers present things from their point of view.

This is true whether a film is a documentary or a fictionalized biography. You've essentially made the case that no films should be shown to children in school.

 

[durangodawood]

Movies "based" on a real life story .... that means it's not totally accurate .... film makers present things from their point of view.

No .... it shouldn't be taken as accurate history ... and these type of movies (based on) should not be shown in school.

Everybody presents things from their pov. Directors, authors, textbook editors, teachers, pastors, parents.

Shut them all up I say. Let the kids run free to learn from plants and animals!

 

[Pommer]

But I believe the schools process should not take any more than two weeks to look at something.

This assumes that one, and only one “complaint” is made per issue per fortnight.

What if there’s multiple complaints about a myriad of issues, should schools have a dedicated team of professionals dealing with “parent complaints”?

No. A school cannot pander to this or that complaint (or complainer), the school is the incorrect venue to deal with these issues, at some point the educators will have to be left alone with the children to “indoctrinate” the little tykes into our society.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Removal of ‘Ruby Bridges’ film from Pinellas school sparks outrage

A parent complained that the movie might teach white children to hate Black children.

www.tampabay.com

Does accurate history hurt or is it an opportunity for discussion about past events?

Ruby Ridge doesn't seem like children's story hour type stuff.

 

[Ana the Ist]

This assumes that one, and only one “complaint” is made per issue per fortnight.

Nah...I wouldn't worry about it once this administration is over.

What if there’s multiple complaints about a myriad of issues, should schools have a dedicated team of professionals dealing with “parent complaints”?

It's not really a myriad of anything....it's pretty much all based on the new racist anti-science agenda.

at some point the educators will have to be left alone with the children to “indoctrinate” the little tykes into our society.

Or we could just teach them knowledge and information....not how they should feel about it.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Everybody presents things from their pov. Directors, authors, textbook editors, teachers, pastors, parents.

Not really.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Ruby Ridge doesn't seem like children's story hour type stuff.

Good thing this movie is about Ruby Bridges then.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Good thing this movie is about Ruby Bridges then.

What's good about it? The Ruby Ridge standoff was a bloody affair.

 

[MotoToTheMax]

What's good about it? The Ruby Ridge standoff was a bloody affair.

Try reading it a 3rd time. This time, slower. Maybe even click the link in the post you quoted.

 

[DaisyDay]

Try reading it a 3rd time. This time, slower. Maybe even click the link in the post you quoted.

I think he's just being funny (and perhaps trying to annoy people out of boredom).

 

[Ana the Ist]

Try reading it a 3rd time. This time, slower. Maybe even click the link in the post you quoted.

Links shminks...I've watched a Ruby Ridge documentary, doesn't seem fit for kids.

 

[Ana the Ist]

I think he's just being funny (and perhaps trying to annoy people out of boredom).

Hey bingo. This Ruby Ridge girl needs to stop appropriate white separatist culture.

Seriously though....has anyone actually seen this movie?

 

[MotoToTheMax]

I think he's just being funny (and perhaps trying to annoy people out of boredom).

 

[Hans Blaster]

I think he's just being funny (and perhaps trying to annoy people out of boredom).

THere are reasons that guy is on ignore.

 

[keith99]

This is true whether a film is a documentary or a fictionalized biography. You've essentially made the case that no films should be shown to children in school.

Heck pretty much no books either. At least no books that go deeper than a handful of names and dates.