Current Events > You can't teach about Racism in South Carolina it seems.

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https://twitter.com/jeremycyoung/status/1668723275168399362

That is why Republicans believe just the most stupid shit. The schools can't teach it and their racist parents will not either.

I can just imagine the pompous, jerk of the students who complain. They are worst then the country hicks.

You mean the state that immortalized John C Calhoun and opened fire on Fort Sumter doesnt recognize the effects of those two decisions?

Color me shocked.

Conservatives think systematic racism is a conspiracy theory pushed by the left to enact systematic racism.

During the 19th Century South Carolina was made of the suckiest sucks to ever suck.

The teacher should have the student do a report on the first sentence of the second paragraph of South Carolina's declaration of succession. And then flunk them if they don't make it abundantly clear that SC only succeeded due to slavery.

Based on solely the tweet, why do I get the feeling that student did this simply to get out of doing an assignment?

I'm glad I went to highschool in a blue state

Republicans are fucking fascist

Zikten posted...

I'm glad I went to highschool in a blue state

im glad Ive done everything in a blue state

take your children out of the southern public education system

it's actively harmful, at this point, to black children's intellectual development

They're the true cancel culture.

ForsakenHermit posted...

During the 19th Century South Carolina was made of the suckiest sucks to ever suck.

Yeah, very, very bloody history.

What a fuckin turd.

They taking notes from tennessee?
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/new-bill-would-strengthen-rules-over-what-can-be-taught-in-classrooms / 51-ddd267e4-3d98-4de0-bb2e-3284740b4cb7

"Divisive concept" rules are a set of laws passed last year that include many concepts usually taught in courses like sociology, psychology and political sciences.

A bill that made its way through the Tennessee legislature aims to strengthen rules passed last year that can change how schools approach teaching many kinds of lessons in social justice, racial inequity, political science, social work, psychology and many other fields.
The bill passed the House of Representatives on April 13, after passing Senate on April 5.
In 2022, lawmakers passed rules that allow state leaders to withhold funding for schools that teach about social, cultural and legal issues related to race and racism. Most of those concepts focus on how the impact of racism affects people today.
The law also specified that schools can teach about ethnic groups' histories as described in textbooks and instructional materials. Educators can also only teach about controversial aspects of history, such as racial oppression or slavery, as long those discussions are impartial.
The bill, HB 1376, was introduced by Representative John Ragan (R - Oak Ridge). He previously said that the new bill was meant to strengthen the law passed in 2022 by "promoting freedom of expression," and keep "colleges about advancing knowledge, not about advancing political or social agendas."
Originally, the bill required institutions to publish a syllabus for each course offered in the semester on its website, meant to assess whether a "divisive concept" may be included in the curriculum. That requirement was removed in an amendment to the bill.
The bill restricts universities from using state funds for meetings or activities of an organization that "endorses or promotes a divisive concept." It also requires employees who support diversity initiatives to "increase intellectual diversity" and support students through mentoring, career readiness and workforce development initiatives.
Employees would be exempt from the requirement if the new duties conflict with other laws, such as Title IX officers.
It also allows students and employees who believe that the school violated last year's law a chance to file a report with the school. The school would then need to annually report violations to the comptroller of the treasury, redacting them as needed to stay in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
The bill would also specifically require universities to allow any guest speaker on campus regardless of "non-violent political ideology" or "non-violent political party affiliation."

Rep. Justin Jones (D - Nashville) spoke about the bill when he returned to the House of Representatives after he was expelled and reinstated. He asked a series of questions, such as whether "college students are mature enough to talk about race and systemic racism, some of the concepts you want to prohibit being discussed at the college level?"
"I believe in God. All else is settled by facts and data," Ragan said.
Jones again asked him to answer the question, but Ragan said he responded to the question.
"So, we're playing 'not-answer.' Okay," Jones said.
He also asked why the bill was introduced and said it seemed based on "white fragility and fears of the truth of history."
"This bill was brought to me by a dean of college education, in addition to another university contributed to this bill. That was my motivation, too," Ragan said.
He also said he did not want to name the person who brought the bill to him.
"How will we be honest about our history if you're prohibiting any concepts about America's racist history?" Jones said. "This sounds like fascism. This sounds like authoritarianism. This does not sound like democracy or freedom ... This member has consistently invoked God to justify this unjust, immoral and extreme, racist law."
Speaker Cameron Sexton (R - Crossville) stopped Jones from speaking. Rep. Justin Pearson (D - Memphis) also spoke after being reinstated to the House.
"This is a deeply concerning bill because it is continuing a pattern of practice that is harmful to all people," he said. "When you try to control what a person thinks, then you are assuming the role of God rather than allowing freedom of thought."
He said that the list of "divisive concepts" bars discussions on biases, white privilege and racism's role in slavery.
The bill passed by a vote of 68-26 in the House.
During a meeting on March 13, Ragan said he received complaints from universities in the state about an "overemphasis" of the original law at the expense of "intellectual diversity," which led to him proposing the new bill.
Representative Harold Love, Jr. (D - Nashville) previously asked if a conference focusing on Black history could still be held and promoted by a university should the bill pass. Ragan said it would be allowed as long as they "are not required to promote or endorse."

It's not likely that someone this far gone will grow out of it. Re-education programs will be necessary at some point.

cjsdowg posted...

then the

C'mon man

Is there a reason that South Carolina is so much worse than North Carolina?

North Carolina obviously has issues too, but they seem far more progressive and have a Democrat governer, while South Carolina always seems to be in the news for garbage like this.

NC has more people. And much more educated workforce. Triangle, Triad, Charlotte etc.

We (SC) just have rich Ohioans moving in that want to retire.

This incident happened about 20 miles from us. Family of my fiance wanted us to move there. This is reason #9621 why we didn't. Very racist.

I lived in Beaufort, SC for a few years.

I believe this.

I just ended my teaching career in NC. I taught 12th grade English for four years.

This system is fucked. Students get away with literally everything nowadays. First semester, I caught a student with 10 pounds of weed on him. That's like 10 felony charges in NC, and he was 18, so he was facing all of the charges.

The judge immediately dismissed the case because we hired Behavior Interventionist this school year, and the judge argued that because we have Behavior Interventionists, we should have done more to prevent the drugs from being there in the first place. Absolutely insane. What if that had been a gun?

So, we lost the case again him. He gets away with it. Guess what? Does it again, and is caught selling drugs yet again. We still can't expell him or do anything. Then eventually we had enough evidence to prove he was a danger to other people's kids, so we expelled him.

That kid is now in prison for drug charges and resisting arrest.

I loved my admins and I loved some of the kids, but I got sick of being called some of the most disgusting things you can imagine (because I'm gay in the rural south) and being forced to graduate the kids that did literally nothing.

Kids think Frankenstein, a 198 page book, is a lot. And I never even assigned homework. Ever.

It just felt meaningless and unethical.

I start my new job as a Copywriter on Monday, making $10,000 more a year.

electricbugs2 posted...

Is there a reason that South Carolina is so much worse than North Carolina?

North Carolina obviously has issues too, but they seem far more progressive and have a Democrat governer, while South Carolina always seems to be in the news for garbage like this.

Sometimes NC is worse than SC. And many times when our police kill unarmed black men they go to jail.

Idk why you would convince this, and much less, put it in me, but

Why don't all the states just split in two

MedeaLysistrata posted...

Idk why you would convince this, and much less, put it in me, but

Why don't all the states just split in two

huh?