@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost That is unquestionably true. Unfortunately, today’s kids are quick to point fingers. Don’t forget this is the generation who calls DHS/CPS on their own parents.

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost by "quick to point fingers" do you mean more willing to call people out on their bullshit? Because the CPS comment certainly doesn't make it feel that way

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost No. I mean “teacher flunked me, she’s a racist.”

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost never once have I heard any kid accuse the teacher of being a racist just for flunking them

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost Trust me on this.

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost I severely doubt even if you worked in a building where this happened to every single teacher in the building that there would be enough instances to make it statistically significant. I'm not saying it has never happened, but something happening one time doesn't mean "it happens". Care to explain where you got your rationale from?

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost From spending my career in Title I schools where that happened to all the white teachers at some point. What was it like when you were teaching high school?

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost I've never been a teacher. That fact, however, doesn't mean I haven't/ don't work with kids (my current job is specialized physical education for people of all age groups), and I can safely tell you that even if I didn't have that experience that people don't just run around accusing other people of racism for no reason. And it's kinda telling that all the white teachers had this problem and only the white teachers. There are many different types of racism, but I like to classify it in two ways: racist ignorance, and malicious racism. Racist ignorance is unwittingly saying something you straight up don't realize is racist. Doing so doesn't make you a bad person, it's whether you learn from your mistakes and become better as a result or not that does. It's a mistake that you can only make so many times though before it becomes malicious. And it's pretty obvious what malicious racism is. I'd bet it's a mix of both types in your anecdotes

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost I’ve had students who called CPS on their parents because their mother took their cell phone away.

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost while I don't believe that's an impossibility, I severely doubt it being enough cases to be statistically significant

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost It bears some research, eh?

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost no, not really. Most people regardless of age don't lie about being abused. Kids are more than capable of recognizing something is wrong even if they don't have the tools in order to properly express and fix those wrongs. The few that do fall into the behavior pattern you're describing were likely still brought up in toxic environments and adopted deflection of blame and exaggeration as coping mechanisms from their lives experiences around toxic adults.

@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost You need to spend some time in an urban high school. Kids are different today. Thanks for the conversation.

@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost no I think spending my time in any school in this country is a good way to guarantee I eat a few bullets. Also, that doesn't refute anything I said and honestly makes you seem more complicit