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@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory I beg to differ @JayBilly2. First, “what is happening in our world today”-America-is not new, and there are many available resources. They will not fit into your package of being “kind or graceful” because centuries of systemic/white supremacist & white nationalist genocide; ...
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory murder, savage brutality and abuse, rape, theft, hoarding of resources, political & religious hypocrisy & double standards, human rights violations, domestic white terrorism, systemically; politically, economically, judicially, militarily and socially enforced racism & bigotry...
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory are not “kind and graceful,” and to suggest that they be handled as such reeks of not wanting to cause discomfort or disturb the status quo that upholds all of the above - including our educational system, especially if comfort, grace & kindness is chosen over change and...
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory the pursuit of America’s supposed “ideals” (democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality) for ALL. Why is revolution praised when it’s a narrative of white people seeking liberty from tyranny, cruelty & oppression, but when it comes to POCs, etc...
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory seeking that same liberty, revolutionary fervor is deemed threatening or dangerous, and discouraged? The Revolution was neither “kind or graceful.” Why are the disenfranchised & marginalized always being told to be “kind” or to “turn the other cheek” by those smiting them?
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory COMFORT IS NOT A CATALYST FOR CHANGE!
@JennBinis @ChristieNold @classroomtools @JeremyDBond @JayBilly2 @facinghistory Now regarding “hope,” that’s another issue (yet related) in itself. A tough one.
