@washingtonpost I can see the GOP banning children from having mobile phones now....
@Lazarou @washingtonpost Most schools don’t allow students to have cell phones on in class now. They’re distracting as hell.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost that's such a non issue in comparison to having a racist for a teacher. Plenty of students use their phones during school hours and still do fine, but there are many many students who wouldn't feel safe in a classroom with a racist.
@Leroy @Lazarou @washingtonpost Have we seen any proof that the teacher is racist? All I’ve read is that she asked why the kids could say the N word and she couldn’t.
@AlliFlowers @Lazarou @washingtonpost I'm sorry my wording in my reply is very poor, the point was that the potential for having a racist teacher (even if this one specifically isn't maliciously racist and is just ignorant) is much more of a concern than kids being on their phones in class :)))))))))))
@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