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RandySF

(58,387 posts)
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 10:29 AM Oct 2021

GOP operative claims helping children of color feel like they belong hurts white children

GUILFORD, CT. (WFSB) - Mary Beeman, the campaign manager for the Guilford republican school board candidates, commented, "helping kids of color to feel they belong has a negative effect on white, Christian, or conservative kids," during a UConn. virtual education forum.

The forum was on how to teach race and critical race theory (CRT) in school.

According to the American Barr Association, CRT is the practice of investigating the role of race and racism in society and how that role impacted the legal academy and other fields of scholarship.

When questioned about her comment, Beeman said, "The statement I made was poorly worded and shown out of context. Guilford students who may have staunch Judeo-Christian values, or simply are conservative thinkers, have been bullied into submission by their teachers and fellow students with left-leaning ideologies."

Guilford Chairman Bill Bloss said, "exactly what context would that comment be positive in."




https://www.wfsb.com/news/guilford-gop-school-board-campaign-manager-says-helping-children-of-color-feel-like-they-belong/article_61cef1b0-26eb-11ec-aa85-bf2ec0443b85.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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GOP operative claims helping children of color feel like they belong hurts white children (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2021 OP
Those staunch Judeo Christian values are really showing tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #1
Now the white people think they own Christianity. Walleye Oct 2021 #2
Yeah, for her, "Christian is white", and "left is black" muriel_volestrangler Oct 2021 #7
BS. And also KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #3
Why can't everyone belong? We have always been a melting pot...why can't all kids belong? Demsrule86 Oct 2021 #4
She repeated herself. Maybe we should end the laws on theft, it has a negative effect on ... marble falls Oct 2021 #5
White supremacists and other racists look at race as a zero sum game. If Black children gain Martin68 Oct 2021 #6

muriel_volestrangler

(101,258 posts)
7. Yeah, for her, "Christian is white", and "left is black"
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 07:59 PM
Oct 2021

so she thinks she's justified her Freudian slip, when she really made it worse. What a dumbass and a bigot.

marble falls

(56,956 posts)
5. She repeated herself. Maybe we should end the laws on theft, it has a negative effect on ...
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 10:53 AM
Oct 2021

... ethically challenged individuals' self respect.

Let alone, 99% of what she knows about Critical Race Theory is three words: "Critical Race Theory".

Martin68

(22,755 posts)
6. White supremacists and other racists look at race as a zero sum game. If Black children gain
Thu Oct 7, 2021, 12:25 PM
Oct 2021

anything positive, they assume it inflicts harm on White kids.

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