• dbtng@eviltoast.org
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    17 days ago

    I think its good that you had to read something you didn’t agree with in school. Look what its done for you.

    Get over high school. Soon enough, you won’t remember Ms. Brown’s name.

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      17 days ago

      My problem is not with reading something I disagree with, it’s how it is taught. It was not taught in a way to demonstrate bias, and the author’s views were never even discussed. There was nearly no critical discussion about the validity of the book’s message, it was taken at face value. That’s not teaching.

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        16 days ago

        And its long in the past, my friend. But the more you reveal, the more foundational the experience sounds for you.
        Step back. Look again. It helped make you who you are.

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          16 days ago

          Well, I’m glad you have a such a broad picture of my psychology from a one off Internet comment about an event that I hadn’t thought about in years. It didn’t make me who I am, the people I chose to spend time with and the excellent teachers that taught me did. Encouraging a lopsided debate about a topic where even discussing the racist bias isn’t allowed is not something that teacher did to help teach or form me.