Pennsylvania School Board Bans Critical Race Theory by Passing 'Patriotism Amendment'

[Soph0571]

The Mars Area, Pennsylvania School Board voted unanimously to pass a “Patriotism Amendment” to the district’s mission statement Tuesday night in a move that is designed to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory.

The new statement adds to the district’s mission to promote “Informed, Engaged and Patriotic Citizens,” as the Cranberry Eagle reports.

The addition prohibits “the teaching of concepts that assign fault, blame, or guilt to people solely because of race, sex and religion,” and opposes materials that “indoctrinate” students in “a single social, or political, ideology and/or theory, or promote one race, religion or sex above others.”

[link:https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2021/08/pennsylvania-school-board-bans-critical-race-theory-by-passing-patriotism-amendment/|]
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Do they understand when they pull meaningless bullshit stunts like this, that they are just telling the rest of us that they are white supremacist racist wankers? And do they care? Are they s far down the rabid right wing rabbit hole of counter factual living that they wear their racism with pride? I think maybe so.

[malaise]

1. So patriotism now means promoting white racism

Nice

[wnylib]

5. It has meant that for many Americans

for many generations.

[NurseJackie]

6. Nothing new. It's just "in-writing" now... explicit and bare for all to see.

[malaise]

8. as in unmasked

It's all coming together

[NurseJackie]

9. Snuff-porn labeled as "The Art of Seduction" and "How to Satisfy a Woman"

[Ziggysmom]

12. Great comparison! Too true.

[Amishman]

14. Promoting white racism would also be barred by the wording of that amendment

The addition prohibits “the teaching of concepts that assign fault, blame, or guilt to people solely because of race, sex and religion,” and opposes materials that “indoctrinate” students in “a single social, or political, ideology and/or theory, or promote one race, religion or sex above others.”

That's actually a pretty fair and reasonable statement, one that also likely would not block CRT. If the teaching is going far enough to actually apply blame or attempt to instill guilt, you've passed beyond CRT and are into something that I don't have a good name for.

Of course I suspect an honest interpretation of that statement is not what they had in mind.

[Lonestarblue]

19. If you can't indoctrinate students in a single theory, then no more teaching that capitalism

and the free enterprise system is the best. No more teaching the theory that the US is exceptional. No more teaching the theory of Biblical intelligent design. Instead we should teach all possible ways the Earth was created, even those with no scientific basis because no single theory can be taught. They can no longer teach white supremacy as in white people built this country and are superior because that’s teaching a single theory.

This is beyond ridiculous. Conservatives are the most fearful people imaginable—so fearful that they cannot honestly face our own history. It is the adults who are triggered by discussions of race, and they are passing down their crazy notion to their kids with nonsense like this.

[raging moderate]

23. Yes, maybe this COULD BACKFIRE on them!

Maybe what they had in mind could be set aside, if really smart people think it over.

[yardwork]

28. I noticed the same thing. As written, this is a radical new approach!

[RobinA]

34. Well...

my grad school diversity class had a whole textbook that attempted to assign fault, blame, and I guess attempted to instill guilt on its readers whom the authors apparently assumed were all white, so that stuff is out there. I don't know if it was CRT or not, I had never heard of that in 2006 and that phrase wasn't used, but I hear statements not unlike what could be found in that textbook nowadays. It's better that that stuff not be taught, because it is extremely polarizing and doesn't win many converts.

[Chainfire]

21. And the termites continue to gnaw at the structure of truth.

[malaise]

2. So patriotism now means promoting white racism

Nice

[Girard442]

3. What are the odds that a teacher gets disciplined for saying...

..."People of color are shiftless and lazy, women are airheads, and all non-Christians are going to Hell."

[Ligyron]

7. Zero unless this weapon is turned against them.

By enough decent parents or other less insane school personnel.

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Which is exactly what I wish would happen

The new rule plainly says no favoring any one religion... so, watch as they continue to be unabashedly christian while espousing their 'no favoritism' rule... these things only apply to the people the board does not like. Two guesses as to who those people are...

[djacq]

4. What's next? Book Burning!

[jimmil]

11. When did the Nationalists Socialists Party become so popular???? N/T

[Lochloosa]

13. When was it unpopular?

[twodogsbarking]

15. The school board certainly has the white people for the job.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

16. Truth

Really scares the living shit out of them.

[NQAS]

17. Fault blame guilt

How about responsibility?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. The teachers SHOULD OBEY that ruling

Any discussion of the founding fathers should include discussion of slavery, of the women's roles pro- revolution and how they have been treated, and discussion of First Nations models and inspiration in the leadup to Revolution and how they have been treated since.

Not including them would be to "promote one race/sex above others" (the white race).

Similarly, discussion of the expansion and industrialization of the US must include discussion of African American migration, their troubles and tribulations, and their important nation-building roles.

Not including them would be to "promote one race/sex above others".

There should be equal discussion of Indigenous religious beliefs and Muslim adherents must be treated with equal respect to other religions such as christianity. It should be emphasize that our numerals are called Arabic because they were kept alive and transmitted by Muslims from the Hindus who also developed math around the number zero. Algebra and geometry invented by dark-skinned Greeks was rediscovered long after the fact by johnny-come-lately christians reading Arabic texts.

To do other otherwise would be "promoting one religion about others".

In my view, this ruling REQUIRES teaching critical race theory to avoid "promoting a single social or political ideology". Otherwise, there would be white-washing.

[Joinfortmill]

20. Dumbing down our population

[Efilroft Sul]

22. I have a friend whose kids attend school in that district.

She says all but one school board member is a die-hard Trumper, and that 90% of the families in the district have lost their freaking minds. A few nights ago, the school board meeting was off-the-hook crazy, with one guy shouting (because they never speak calmly), "We ain't Muslims, we're Americans, that's why we ain't wearing no masks!" And the crowd there went wild with approval.

[Deminpenn]

24. Mars is part of Darryl Metcalfe's state house district

That's all you need to know.

[lindysalsagal]

31. It just happened. I couldn't stop it.

?w=349

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Mars?? Area. I knew it was from another world.

[Deminpenn]

33. Their school nickmane is Planets

which is pretty clever and funny.

Mars used to be a cow town, all agricultural and farm land. Over the years with the growth in that section of Butler County, the farms were sold and turned into acres of new housing, business and retail.

[Evolve Dammit]

35. We went to Knoebells park a few years ago. The "Lady Ironmen" were the sports team!

[Orrex]

26. Western PA is as racist as any imagined caricature of the racist South

[keithbvadu2]

27. Brag about patriots who imported slaves to build the economy.

Brag about patriots who imported slaves to build the economy.

???

[The Wizard]

29. "Patriotism means

to stand by your country always, and your government when it deserves it."
(Mark Twain)
Blind allegiance has no vision.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Had to look them up and that School Board services 4 townships with a total pop. of under 10,000

That's smaller than my neighborhood here in Philly.

[lindysalsagal]

32. Teaching has become puppetry.

They're like pre-programmed mannequins now, afraid to say anything lest they get stomped on by petulant tfg parents. It used to be a great profession.