Texas first grader traumatized by poster of "different colored children holding hands"; school trustee works to remove such 'ideology' from classrooms

[RDKirk]

The Daily Beast article has a direct quote:

Asked for an example of a complaint, Dungan cited “a poster that shows ‘all belong here’ with racially colored hands (this is an example that was first brought to me early this year) where I think the intention of the poster was good, and I think the parent thought the intention of the poster was good.

“However the unintended consequences of that poster made the first grader be like ‘wait, why wouldn’t I be accepted here?’ It had a reverse effect on the first grader because it was in the classroom.”

First-graders don't think like that.

 

[Truth7t7]

First-graders don't think like that.

First graders are color blind, no need to interject "Race" upon children period

I believe a picture depicting kids of different races holding hands is healthy and a positive message, normal and appropriate for a classroom in my opinion

Jesus Is The Lord

 

[RDKirk]

First graders are color blind, no need to interject "Race" upon children period

Oh, they can certainly be made racist. I started school in the south in the 50s and experienced integration in the late 60s. On rare occasion, I might encounter a white kid...in the city library, for instance, inasmuch as we had separate playgrounds and such.

There were probably black kids right there in the school, probably in the class. If not, the child had certainly more exposure to black people than the average white child back in the 50s and early 60s. Racism and segregation was not only taught in their homes, but it was also enforced by the very structure of their society. Beaver Cleaver had zero contact with black children...they weren't even on television.

Even then, an encounter was hardly more than an incident of curiosity. That's where a first-grader's mind would be. They were not "traumatized." That's now how a first-grader's mind works.

I don't believe for a moment that a kid today would be "traumatized" looking at a poster of an interracial group of children in the class even regardless of any racist indoctrination by the parents. More likely, the kid reported seeing the poster, and the parents were angered by it.

 

[Truth7t7]

Oh, they can certainly be made racist. I started school in the south in the 50s and experienced integration in the late 60s. On rare occasion, I might encounter a white kid...in the city library, for instance, inasmuch as we had separate playgrounds and such.

There were probably black kids right there in the school, probably in the class. If not, the child had certainly more exposure to black people than the average white child back in the 50s and early 60s. Racism and segregation was not only taught in their homes, but it was also enforced by the very structure of their society. Beaver Cleaver had zero contact with black children...they weren't even on television.

Even then, an encounter was hardly more than an incident of curiosity. That's where a first-grader's mind would be. They were not "traumatized." That's now how a first-grader's mind works.

I don't believe for a moment that a kid today would be "traumatized" looking at a poster of an interracial group of children in the class even regardless of any racist indoctrination by the parents. More likely, the kid reported seeing the poster, and the parents were angered by it.

Sad to see what took place in the South, and don't forget the many Japanese sent to camps during World War II, a low point in American history

Kids are color blind, it's adults with their agendas that remove these blinders


Just let the kids grow up, I loved watching the little rascals growing up, everybody got along in the gang

 

[essentialsaltes]

don't forget the many Japanese sent to camps during World War II, a low point in American history

Sorry, that may cause some students distress and is likely illegal to teach about in some schools.

 

[Truth7t7]

Sorry, that may cause some students distress and is likely illegal to teach about in some schools.

American history in truth, just like the evil of slavery in the south

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

First-graders don't think like that.

They do, if the parents brain washed to think like that.

 

[Truth7t7]

They do, if the parents brain washed to think like that.

Just like liberal parents brainwashing innocent children in woke ideologies, child abuse

 

[RDKirk]

They do, if the parents brain washed to think like that.

Even if that were the case, it would not be a poster that "traumatized" the child, it would be the fact of the very presence of actual black people in the halls and classrooms.

Surrounded by black people...and they're going to be traumatized by a poster of black people?

 

[mark46]

I really don't see much of this Dixicrat mentality these days. Perhaps it would be better to wait for children to lean more about the history of the Democratic Party in High School History.

Yes, school children should learn oabout the Dixicrats, Democrats until 1965, and Republicans thereafter.

 

[mark46]

Sorry, that may cause some students distress and is likely illegal to teach about in some schools.

Curriculum Standards Social Studies on Internment

There isn't an active effort to exclude the teaching about racism against Japanese-Americans as their is about racism against Atrican-Americans.

 

[HARK!]

Yes, school children should learn oabout the Dixicrats, Democrats until 1965

Why stop at 1965?

Here is a lesson for High School children today.

59:40
your question what's your name okay thank you my name is Maya cook um good evening Senator Cruz thank you

59:47
so much for coming to Yale this evening and I think in the spirit of the Buckley program celebration of intellectual

59:52
diversity I wanted to take a moment to celebrate our newest addition to the Supreme Court of the US who I know we've

59:58
already talked about Justice Jackson since you're here tonight though in the name of fostering intellectual diversity

1:00:04
and academic spaces it would appear to me that you already recognize the importance of New Perspectives and as a young woman seeing Justice Jackson on

1:00:11
the Supreme Court is invigorating truly and on Tuesday it baffled me that you would ask such flagrantly racist

1:00:18
questions um to this exceedingly well-qualified candidate your colleagues in the GOP promised a

1:00:24
respectful and dignified hearing for justice Jackson and to me you did not uphold this

1:00:30
so today I wanted to create a space where you might be able to challenge your own thinking as prudent Scholars

1:00:36
often do so I'm here to ask you what are two nice comments you can give about recent

1:00:42
nominee Justice Jackson's judicial experience besides from she has an easy smile

1:00:48
yeah you racist what's the comment [Applause]

1:00:56
well let me start by thanking you for being here and thank you for asking a

1:01:02
substantive uh important question thank you for engaging in a conversation I think we

1:01:08
all would be better off if we engage in substantive conversations there's a lot to praise uh about Judge

1:01:16
Jackson she is very very bright she is very very accomplished

1:01:22
she is very talented uh she has an impressive and inspiring

1:01:28
personal story I I will say sitting listening to her opening remarks where

1:01:34
she described her personal story she described her parents Journey you had to be dead

1:01:40
not to be inspired by that Journey and and and listen I will say more broadly if you look at the history of

1:01:47
our country if you look at at the history of our country on race it is absolutely inspiring to see an

1:01:55
African-American woman serving on the Supreme Court I will also point out that when it comes

1:02:03
to issues of race I think both the Press and the modern left

1:02:09
are hypocritical on this question that they only Define someone as black

1:02:15
or they only Define someone as Hispanic if they agree with them ideological

1:02:21
so Clarence Thomas has been on the court for decades Clarence Thomas is a black man

1:02:27
the left hates him they despise Clarence Thomas and I'll tell you by the way the treatment of

1:02:34
Clarence Thomas on the left is markedly different than say Antonin Scalia

1:02:39
Antonin Scalia was brilliant he and Justice Thomas were every bit as conservative

1:02:45
and yet the vitriol that was heaped on Clarence Thomas

1:02:51
um nasty racist language from the left there was one magazine cover that that

1:02:58
that showed Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom sitting at scalia's feet

1:03:05
I think was racist and disgusting and and listen I will say this as an Hispanic man as an Hispanic man Jorge

1:03:11
Ramos went on on television in Spanish and described me as a traitor to my race

1:03:17
for daring okay look that says something about the

1:03:22
view of the left that they're telling you you have one way to to view things in

1:03:28
one way only and if you don't we'll demonize and attack you so look and by the way in terms of

1:03:36
having the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court there was an

1:03:43
opportunity for this to happen 20 years ago there's a judge named Janice Rogers Brown Janice Rogers Brown was a Supreme

1:03:50
Court Justice of the California Supreme Court George W bush nominated Janice Rogers

1:03:55
Brown to the D.C circuit at the beginning of the beginning of his presidency he nominated Judge Brown to

1:04:01
the D.C circuit the Democrats filibuster Judge Brown

1:04:06
that filibuster was led by a guy named Joe Biden it also included people like Chuck

1:04:12
Schumer it included Pat Leah he included Dianne Feinstein they fill up the reason they

1:04:18
filibustered judge Janet Janice Rogers Brown is because she was a black woman

1:04:25
but she was also conservative and they did not want her to go to the Supreme Court and they succeeded in filibusting

1:04:33
her they delayed her nomination for a couple of years until it finally went through she finally went to the D.C

1:04:38
circuit now everyone who was harumping in the media

1:04:44
that if you oppose an African-American woman who's a qualified judge you're a

1:04:50
racist precisely zero of them thought it was racist

1:04:56
to for Democrats including Joe Biden to filibuster Janice Rogers Brown by the

1:05:02
way there was another nominee that bush put forward a guy named Miguel Estrada Miguel is an incredibly qualified

1:05:09
Supreme Court advocate he was nominated the D.C circuit as well the Democrats filibustered him

1:05:16
if you read the memos that were leaked from Ted Kennedy's lawyers here's what

1:05:22
Ted Kennedy's lawyer said about Miguel Estrada they said we must stop him quote

1:05:29
because he is Hispanic that's what Ted Kennedy's lawyers said

1:05:35
in writing now I'm going to suggest to you if you oppose somebody because of

1:05:42
their race that is the definition of racist and look I'll point out in your question

1:05:50
you said that my questioning of Judge Jackson was you use the term racist

1:05:56
listen racism is a horrific evil in this country it is also an insult that the left

1:06:04
tosses around casually I would welcome if you look at the questions I asked judge Jackson

1:06:12
every single question I asked her concerned her record either her record record as a judge

1:06:20
sentencing defendants before her or her record writing academic materials and law

1:06:28
reviews or her record-giving speeches to law schools all of that is the job of the senate in

1:06:36
in the advice and consent process and so respectfully

1:06:42
I could not disagree more deeply when you say it is racist to examine a judge

1:06:48
based on their record if the Democrats wanted to oppose Janice Rogers Brown

1:06:55
because they oppose conservatives you know do you think the Democrats were

1:07:00
all sexist when they voted Party Line against Amy Coney Barrett I'm willing to bet you don't

1:07:06
because she's not a liberal woman so you can't have it both ways which is

1:07:12
that when a democratic nominee has a certain characteristic anyone who opposes them as racist or sexist or what

1:07:19
have you but when a republican nominee has those characteristic it's open season and you

1:07:25
can go after them full force and and the left is righteous in doing so it it the

1:07:30
standard should be the same and I'm going to suggest what the standard should be

1:07:36
is we should examine People based on their actual record and whether and to what extent that

1:07:42
record demonstrates they will defend the constitutional rights of all Americans I think that's what people care about

1:07:49
[Applause] [Music] thank you

1:07:58
Mika Mika I do want to add one thing as a young professional woman similar to you I I do want to say and I often get

1:08:05
called a young professional woman every day however you identify um I do think it's important to look at

1:08:12
exactly what happened with katanji brown Jackson as it relates to the progress that women have made in our country and

1:08:18
by that I mean how Joe Biden has taken us backwards in the progress that we have made moving away from sexism

1:08:25
because when conservatives say that katanji brown Jackson was nominated by Joe Biden because of her race and

1:08:31
because of her gender we're not inferring that Joe Biden said that himself he said he was going to nominate

1:08:36
someone because she was a woman and because she was a black woman and as women ourselves as minorities this

1:08:45
should be extremely insulting to us it reduces us to tokens it it is tokenism

1:08:50
it's racial tokenism and it's it's sexism and this is this is the

1:08:55
fundamental problem with the idea of equity right it leaves women wondering did I get the job based on my

1:09:02
qualifications and my resume or did I get the job because I am part of a gender quota because I have been reduced

1:09:07
to my genitalia and so I I would challenge young women to reject what Joe

1:09:13
Biden has done I would challenge young women to acknowledge that this is actually racial discrimination and

1:09:20
gender discrimination and the people who lose the most are women who not only are

1:09:25
they left to wonder about themselves their co-workers and their colleagues are also left to wonder did this woman

1:09:30
did this black woman achieve what she achieved based on her merits or because of the color of her

1:09:37
skin or her gender

 

[Truth7t7]

Why stop at 1965?

Here is a lesson for High School children today.

59:40
your question what's your name okay thank you my name is Maya cook um good evening Senator Cruz thank you

59:47
so much for coming to Yale this evening and I think in the spirit of the Buckley program celebration of intellectual

59:52
diversity I wanted to take a moment to celebrate our newest addition to the Supreme Court of the US who I know we've

59:58
already talked about Justice Jackson since you're here tonight though in the name of fostering intellectual diversity

1:00:04
and academic spaces it would appear to me that you already recognize the importance of New Perspectives and as a young woman seeing Justice Jackson on

1:00:11
the Supreme Court is invigorating truly and on Tuesday it baffled me that you would ask such flagrantly racist

1:00:18
questions um to this exceedingly well-qualified candidate your colleagues in the GOP promised a

1:00:24
respectful and dignified hearing for justice Jackson and to me you did not uphold this

1:00:30
so today I wanted to create a space where you might be able to challenge your own thinking as prudent Scholars

1:00:36
often do so I'm here to ask you what are two nice comments you can give about recent

1:00:42
nominee Justice Jackson's judicial experience besides from she has an easy smile

1:00:48
yeah you racist what's the comment [Applause]

1:00:56
well let me start by thanking you for being here and thank you for asking a

1:01:02
substantive uh important question thank you for engaging in a conversation I think we

1:01:08
all would be better off if we engage in substantive conversations there's a lot to praise uh about Judge

1:01:16
Jackson she is very very bright she is very very accomplished

1:01:22
she is very talented uh she has an impressive and inspiring

1:01:28
personal story I I will say sitting listening to her opening remarks where

1:01:34
she described her personal story she described her parents Journey you had to be dead

1:01:40
not to be inspired by that Journey and and and listen I will say more broadly if you look at the history of

1:01:47
our country if you look at at the history of our country on race it is absolutely inspiring to see an

1:01:55
African-American woman serving on the Supreme Court I will also point out that when it comes

1:02:03
to issues of race I think both the Press and the modern left

1:02:09
are hypocritical on this question that they only Define someone as black

1:02:15
or they only Define someone as Hispanic if they agree with them ideological

1:02:21
so Clarence Thomas has been on the court for decades Clarence Thomas is a black man

1:02:27
the left hates him they despise Clarence Thomas and I'll tell you by the way the treatment of

1:02:34
Clarence Thomas on the left is markedly different than say Antonin Scalia

1:02:39
Antonin Scalia was brilliant he and Justice Thomas were every bit as conservative

1:02:45
and yet the vitriol that was heaped on Clarence Thomas

1:02:51
um nasty racist language from the left there was one magazine cover that that

1:02:58
that showed Clarence Thomas as an Uncle Tom sitting at scalia's feet

1:03:05
I think was racist and disgusting and and listen I will say this as an Hispanic man as an Hispanic man Jorge

1:03:11
Ramos went on on television in Spanish and described me as a traitor to my race

1:03:17
for daring okay look that says something about the

1:03:22
view of the left that they're telling you you have one way to to view things in

1:03:28
one way only and if you don't we'll demonize and attack you so look and by the way in terms of

1:03:36
having the first African-American woman on the Supreme Court there was an

1:03:43
opportunity for this to happen 20 years ago there's a judge named Janice Rogers Brown Janice Rogers Brown was a Supreme

1:03:50
Court Justice of the California Supreme Court George W bush nominated Janice Rogers

1:03:55
Brown to the D.C circuit at the beginning of the beginning of his presidency he nominated Judge Brown to

1:04:01
the D.C circuit the Democrats filibuster Judge Brown

1:04:06
that filibuster was led by a guy named Joe Biden it also included people like Chuck

1:04:12
Schumer it included Pat Leah he included Dianne Feinstein they fill up the reason they

1:04:18
filibustered judge Janet Janice Rogers Brown is because she was a black woman

1:04:25
but she was also conservative and they did not want her to go to the Supreme Court and they succeeded in filibusting

1:04:33
her they delayed her nomination for a couple of years until it finally went through she finally went to the D.C

1:04:38
circuit now everyone who was harumping in the media

1:04:44
that if you oppose an African-American woman who's a qualified judge you're a

1:04:50
racist precisely zero of them thought it was racist

1:04:56
to for Democrats including Joe Biden to filibuster Janice Rogers Brown by the

1:05:02
way there was another nominee that bush put forward a guy named Miguel Estrada Miguel is an incredibly qualified

1:05:09
Supreme Court advocate he was nominated the D.C circuit as well the Democrats filibustered him

1:05:16
if you read the memos that were leaked from Ted Kennedy's lawyers here's what

1:05:22
Ted Kennedy's lawyer said about Miguel Estrada they said we must stop him quote

1:05:29
because he is Hispanic that's what Ted Kennedy's lawyers said

1:05:35
in writing now I'm going to suggest to you if you oppose somebody because of

1:05:42
their race that is the definition of racist and look I'll point out in your question

1:05:50
you said that my questioning of Judge Jackson was you use the term racist

1:05:56
listen racism is a horrific evil in this country it is also an insult that the left

1:06:04
tosses around casually I would welcome if you look at the questions I asked judge Jackson

1:06:12
every single question I asked her concerned her record either her record record as a judge

1:06:20
sentencing defendants before her or her record writing academic materials and law

1:06:28
reviews or her record-giving speeches to law schools all of that is the job of the senate in

1:06:36
in the advice and consent process and so respectfully

1:06:42
I could not disagree more deeply when you say it is racist to examine a judge

1:06:48
based on their record if the Democrats wanted to oppose Janice Rogers Brown

1:06:55
because they oppose conservatives you know do you think the Democrats were

1:07:00
all sexist when they voted Party Line against Amy Coney Barrett I'm willing to bet you don't

1:07:06
because she's not a liberal woman so you can't have it both ways which is

1:07:12
that when a democratic nominee has a certain characteristic anyone who opposes them as racist or sexist or what

1:07:19
have you but when a republican nominee has those characteristic it's open season and you

1:07:25
can go after them full force and and the left is righteous in doing so it it the

1:07:30
standard should be the same and I'm going to suggest what the standard should be

1:07:36
is we should examine People based on their actual record and whether and to what extent that

1:07:42
record demonstrates they will defend the constitutional rights of all Americans I think that's what people care about

1:07:49
[Applause] [Music] thank you

1:07:58
Mika Mika I do want to add one thing as a young professional woman similar to you I I do want to say and I often get

1:08:05
called a young professional woman every day however you identify um I do think it's important to look at

1:08:12
exactly what happened with katanji brown Jackson as it relates to the progress that women have made in our country and

1:08:18
by that I mean how Joe Biden has taken us backwards in the progress that we have made moving away from sexism

1:08:25
because when conservatives say that katanji brown Jackson was nominated by Joe Biden because of her race and

1:08:31
because of her gender we're not inferring that Joe Biden said that himself he said he was going to nominate

1:08:36
someone because she was a woman and because she was a black woman and as women ourselves as minorities this

1:08:45
should be extremely insulting to us it reduces us to tokens it it is tokenism

1:08:50
it's racial tokenism and it's it's sexism and this is this is the

1:08:55
fundamental problem with the idea of equity right it leaves women wondering did I get the job based on my

1:09:02
qualifications and my resume or did I get the job because I am part of a gender quota because I have been reduced

1:09:07
to my genitalia and so I I would challenge young women to reject what Joe

1:09:13
Biden has done I would challenge young women to acknowledge that this is actually racial discrimination and

1:09:20
gender discrimination and the people who lose the most are women who not only are

1:09:25
they left to wonder about themselves their co-workers and their colleagues are also left to wonder did this woman

1:09:30
did this black woman achieve what she achieved based on her merits or because of the color of her

1:09:37
skin or her gender

Justice ketanji Brown, who couldn't define what a woman is "Sad"

 

[inquiring mind]

It isn't that strange that a political party would attempt to promote policies that help minority groups.

Granted, it would be strange if that party was the GOP. But other parties doing it doesn't seem particularly remarkable.

That’s only because it’s well ingrained in the liberal vote-getting modus operandi. The GOP doesn't rely on the race card for votes.

 

[Belk]

That’s only because it’s well ingrained in the liberal vote-getting modus operandi. The GOP doesn't rely on the race card for votes.

Build a Wall!
Welfare queens steal your money!
Support Israel!
Inner city crime is dystopian!
Whites males are the true repressed minority!

Doesn't use the race card. Pull the other one, it has bells on.

 

[inquiring mind]

We still don't know what the poster portrayed or what its real message was.

We don't know the actual poster message portrayed. But, anyone paying attention knows the real message behind it... get minority votes. And, what party benefits the most these days from using that message? Liberals seem to have complete control of the education system.

 

[iluvatar5150]

That’s only because it’s well ingrained in the liberal vote-getting modus operandi. The GOP doesn't rely on the race card for votes.

lol ok

"Where's Obama's birth certificate?"

"All lives matter"

Race baiting has been part of GOP propaganda since the 60's.

 

[inquiring mind]

Build a Wall!
Welfare queens steal your money!
Support Israel!
Inner city crime is dystopian!
Whites males are the true repressed minority!

Doesn't use the race card. Pull the other one, it has bells on.

There's always 'Do Nothing and it'll work out for the best'... we're seeing how that works out.

 

[essentialsaltes]

We don't know the actual poster message portrayed. But, anyone paying attention knows the real message behind it... get minority votes.

No wonder you didn't attempt to explain it to me. It doesn't make any sense.

 

[inquiring mind]

No wonder you didn't attempt to explain it to me. It doesn't make any sense.

I understand that all too well.