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Parent Outraged – School Gives ‘White Privilege’ Brochure to a 2nd Grader

<p>North Carolina mother Amber Pabon was shocked when her second grader brought home an excerpt from Jon Greenberg&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;11-Step Guide to Understanding Race&comma; Racism&comma; and White Privilege&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The handout lists statistics on the disproportionate number of white people in positions of power&comma; such as in government and entertainment&comma; and includes a link to a video that discusses the different ways black people are treated differently based on skin color and &ldquo&semi;black sounding names&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is important for children to learn about racism and white privilege&comma; says Pabon&comma; but these are the sort of things you learn from your parents &&num;8211&semi; not from your teachers&period; &ldquo&semi;If she&rsquo&semi;s teaching him the way she knows&comma; it could be completely different from the way I know&period; And me being part of the black community&comma; I know different from how the white community sees it&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pabon&rsquo&semi;s son is 8 years old and attends Hunter Magnet Elementary in Raleigh&comma; North Carolina&period; The school&rsquo&semi;s enrollment is 40&percnt; white&comma; 36&percnt; black&comma; 10&percnt; Asian&comma; and 9&percnt; Hispanic&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pabon&comma; who has black and Hispanic ancestry&comma; says her son learned about white privilege in his class&period; &ldquo&semi;My son asked me if white people are better&&num;8230&semi;The way the school did it was inappropriate&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hunter says white privilege is not part of the school&rsquo&semi;s curriculum and that the handout is part of an optional PTA program intended for parents only&period; The program&comma; which began during Black History Month&comma; is designed to generate awareness&comma; empathy&comma; and understanding in order to create a safer community&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;We live in a world where we need to have greater empathy and understanding of people&rsquo&semi;s experiences&comma;&rdquo&semi; says PTA member Juliette Grimmett&period; &ldquo&semi;Because Hunter is so racially and ethnically diverse&comma; these issues are so important for families&hellip&semi;We know there&rsquo&semi;s a lot of data on the impact of race on education&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pabon is one of only two parents who decided to opt out of the PTA program on&nbsp&semi;white privilege&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> If you think about&comma; this PTA program is promoting racial divisiveness&period; How are the non-white kids thinking about the white kids when the teachers show them how the white kids are bad&quest; It may be unintentional&comma; but kids are sponges at that age&period; And they don&&num;8217&semi;t understand that this is B&period;S&period; liberal propaganda promoting a divisive and false narrative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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