Essentially child abuse. Hard to imagine anything a genuine white racist could say that would be *more* damaging to the self-image and academic development of a young black child than this:
https://twitter.com/MythinformedMKE/status/1409539548762316805
I can’t even imagine what would have happened if an “educator” tried to say something like this to my black father when I was a student. I feel like the space-time continuum would have ripped.
It's also especially pernicious to pretend that black Americans are somehow not "western," as @NewLiberalsPod pointed out. This was Baldwin's point, and Ellison's and Murrays and many others'. US blacks aren't *really* from elsewhere, in fact they predate most whites here.
The problem is daunting. How can you ever be a good teacher when you step into the classroom with such a limited notion not only of your students but–fundamentally–of yourself?
Very sad but not surprised to say that actual white supremacists have entered the timeline approving of and building on this educator's message.
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