The âtaken within itâs proper historical contextâ remark threw me. Dr. Seuss, for example. My view is that the âonly proper historical contextâ for the âChinamanâ and âSamboâ images in his books is that he was blind to his racism like so many other people of his day but thatâs no reason we have to be blind to it.
I agree with you here. Like @strung.in said above, itâs not like certain books should be banned or anything. I donât it should be either. You just make a note of it when youâre reading it to your family etc. Hey, these images are messed up. Hereâs why. This is how they thought at the time.
I was just reviewing the discussion here and realized I had skipped over this, so glad I came back to check my work!
lol, or two!
I read Terry Pratchett out of order for the first time over the past few years. I loved fantasy as a kid but understood this a lot better as an adult who has had British adult friends. Such a pleasure to read! Now I have pretty much everything in paperback and that is one box of my shipment to Taiwan. Iâm looking forward to rereading everything in a more logical sequence than just what I found in the used book stores!
Good point. Though I just tell my kids straight out that these images are racist and a good example of what racism is.
I also tell them the same thing about the Crackpot Race Theory that theyâre being taught in middle school and high school in Oregon. Thereâs just no way the square peg of Louis Farrakhanâs anti-semitism can fit into the round hole of Crackpot Race Theoryâs contention that black people arenât just flawed human beings like we are.
In the case of things like obviously fake news sites that are intentionally misleading or propagandistic, certain types of hate speech i.e. Steph Molyneux, Alex Jones, Farakkhan etc. I am ok with shutting these down.
In terms of CRT in education teaching that racism is a white people problem, and a famous black man standing over there saying that Jews are basically Satan incarnate. Would you think that maybe the CRT people could have a coherent position on that if they want to teach their ideas in public schools?
Who has been labeled hate speech, and deplatformed. Actually, youâre the only one talking about Farrakhan right now.
If you were capable of naming the CRTheorists you agreed or disagreed with beyond a couple celebrity types this might mean something. By all means, go ahead on another rant about schools in the U.S. you know nothing about. Lemme grab the popcorn hold on.
âspeech, writing, or nonverbal communication that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disabilityâ:
@QuaSaShao, is he correct, has your question been sufficiently addressed? Thatâs not how I feel, I thought you were still posting about thisâŚ
Iâve been on this thread since basically the beginning so you or any interested parties need only scroll down to see reams of evidence that this is not just a personal attack, but a clearly false one
Sorry, this is a bit cryptic. Can you remind me of your question again? My press secretary keeps moving the goal posts on us and Itâs getting hard to keep track.