{"id":1058822,"date":"2021-11-27T04:28:51","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T09:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058822"},"modified":"2021-11-27T04:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T09:28:55","slug":"manhattan-school-to-racially-segregate-children-for-social-justice-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manhattan-school-to-racially-segregate-children-for-social-justice-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan School to Racially Segregate Children for Social Justice Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanhattan-school-to-racially-segregate-children-for-social-justice-talks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Lower Manhattan Community School racially segregated its students this week to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/11\/18\/manhattan-school-to-sort-kids-by-race-during-social-justice-discussions\/\">grapple<\/a> with the question, \u201cHow do our racial identities influence our experiences?\u201d according to the <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn November 23rd and 24th, 7th and 8th graders will explore the question \u2018How do our racial identities influence our experiences?\u2019 in affinity groups,\u201d Principal Shanna Douglas wrote in an email sent to parents. \u201cAn affinity group is a group formed around a shared interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As part of a movement to&nbsp;\u201cundo the legacy of racism and oppression in this country that impacts our school community,\u201d the school divided students by race. Douglas\u2019s email went on to explain that&nbsp;\u201cwhites, Asians, and multi-racial students have their own categories, while African-American and Hispanic students are combined into one group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students uncomfortable with racial segregation as the medium for class discussion will be sent to a separate cohort to discuss the question, \u201cWhy are we even talking about racial identity?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17896578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235166060.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17896578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1235166060.png\" alt=\"Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles, California, September 10, 2021. - Children aged 12 or over who attend public schools in Los Angeles will have to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the start of next year, city education chiefs said September 9, 2021, the first such requirement by a major education board in the United States. (Photo by Robyn Beck \/ AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Students walk to their classrooms. (Photo by ROBYN BECK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nathaniel Styer, a Department of Education spokesperson, made it \u201cabundantly clear to both students and parents that anyone can opt-out of this two day celebration if they desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas went on to say that her school had failed to deal with racial issues in the past. In placing an emphasis on racial issues at her school \u2014 which demographic makeup is \u201c44 percent Asian, 29 percent white, 15 percent Hispanic, and 8 percent black\u201d \u2014 Douglas says \u201cstudents are talking about it since race has become a popular topic on social media, or parents are talking even more about it at home due to the recent incidents across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There appear to be mixed feelings among parents about the move, according to the <em>Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>One mother said, \u201cI think a lot of us feel like this is too much. \u2026&nbsp;But most parents are too afraid to say anything at this point. Why are we separating our kids like this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A dad thought the idea was \u201cinsidious,\u201d saying, \u201cTeach the history.&nbsp;Tell that story. I\u2019m all for an honest accounting. But this is something different. It\u2019s insidious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But other parents are supportive of the segregation, as they are placing trust in the school faculty to deal with the issue properly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think our teachers know how to handle it,\u201d one mom said while another said, \u201cThe staff is very good about being clear when it comes to race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Styer relayed, \u201cThis optional program was developed in close coordination with both the School Leadership Team, PTA and families.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lower Manhattan Community School racially segregated its students this week to grapple with the question, \u201cHow do our racial identities influence our experiences?\u201d according to the New York Post. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}