At the University of California Berkeley, we had two lively discussions on the claim, “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination.” We decided to feature both as our final two episodes in Kendipalooza this week.
I really love seeing these discussions — especially this one because these kids seemed really enthusiastic to answer the questions and think about it. I would love to see more teachers embrace this style of teaching. Even with young children, asking questions to get them to think through concepts can be invaluable to their overall education. Better yet, they feel self-confidence and empowerment for working through the problems on their own.
Thanks for posting these. They should be required watching for all teachers.
If a group of leaders in a movement tell the people in that movement they have been cheated or wronged in the past and they’ll never amount to anything without an external remedy, I think a large part of the wronged people will give up. Those people will be more willing to grasp at the external remedy rather than be their own story and work to better themselves.
I call it the Battered Wife Syndrome in that the husband berates the wife and tells her she is worthless, nobody will love her and she will never amount to anything. The wife often has low to no self esteem, becomes depressed and begins to believe what the husband says. It is why some people remain in abusive relationships.
If you tell a group of people that their skin color predisposes them to failure and they’ll never overcome that, mentally, those people have a larger obstacle to get past. This is where equality became equity.
A teacher telling their students that school is a waste of time because they are only going to be as smart as their current grade level would be ridiculed and fired. Why does a part of society tolerate the words of Kendi as gospel?
This was my thought as well. I grew up in an affluent social sphere, and my general observation was similar. The parents of incredibly wealthy children who could afford a lot of social comforts as well and used that wealth to remove social friction to their child's advancement usually ended up with children who didn't excel. That certainly wasn't the case for every family, but I think it illustrates the point.
Another thing people forget about generational wealth is that it takes multiple generations to build it, but it can completely disappear in one careless generation. There are countless dukes and counts and princes in monarchical societies who died penniless because they were reckless.
I really love seeing these discussions — especially this one because these kids seemed really enthusiastic to answer the questions and think about it. I would love to see more teachers embrace this style of teaching. Even with young children, asking questions to get them to think through concepts can be invaluable to their overall education. Better yet, they feel self-confidence and empowerment for working through the problems on their own.
Thanks for posting these. They should be required watching for all teachers.
wow! some intelligent young people who didn't reflexively jump on the racial justice bandwagon. how did that happen?
It is so assuring that this kind of teacher are really still exists. I'm so enthusiastic to answer myself 😂
If a group of leaders in a movement tell the people in that movement they have been cheated or wronged in the past and they’ll never amount to anything without an external remedy, I think a large part of the wronged people will give up. Those people will be more willing to grasp at the external remedy rather than be their own story and work to better themselves.
I call it the Battered Wife Syndrome in that the husband berates the wife and tells her she is worthless, nobody will love her and she will never amount to anything. The wife often has low to no self esteem, becomes depressed and begins to believe what the husband says. It is why some people remain in abusive relationships.
If you tell a group of people that their skin color predisposes them to failure and they’ll never overcome that, mentally, those people have a larger obstacle to get past. This is where equality became equity.
A teacher telling their students that school is a waste of time because they are only going to be as smart as their current grade level would be ridiculed and fired. Why does a part of society tolerate the words of Kendi as gospel?
This was my thought as well. I grew up in an affluent social sphere, and my general observation was similar. The parents of incredibly wealthy children who could afford a lot of social comforts as well and used that wealth to remove social friction to their child's advancement usually ended up with children who didn't excel. That certainly wasn't the case for every family, but I think it illustrates the point.
Another thing people forget about generational wealth is that it takes multiple generations to build it, but it can completely disappear in one careless generation. There are countless dukes and counts and princes in monarchical societies who died penniless because they were reckless.
Visit Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, then revisit this thread.
I've seen it! What about it?
The epitome of a broke royal spending his family’s money
Just directed myself to the Wikipedia article on it. Sheesh! What a story! 😳
Unless the culture includes as a value building inter-generational wealth, little will make any difference.