{"id":115712,"date":"2021-02-02T12:30:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115712"},"modified":"2021-02-02T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T17:57:06","slug":"maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fmaryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism%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=115712&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>The Montgomery County Public School district in Maryland spent more than $450,000 on an \u201canti-racist audit\u201d for the 2020-21 school year, which resulted in the district tentatively adopting policies that push \u201canti-racist thinking\u201d in preschool.<\/p>\n<p>According to a copy of the school district\u2019s \u201ctentative action policy\u201d obtained by The Daily Wire, the district will now provide a \u201cculturally responsive Prekindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum that promotes equity, respect, anti-racist thinking, and civility.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org\/antiracist\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will also teach students that \u201cthe impact of racism on mental health has been deemed a public health crisis.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The school district, which is one of the largest in the nation,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/mabe\/mcpsmd\/Board.nsf\/files\/BV3SAD71B71F\/$file\/Award%20Cont%20Anti-racist%20Audit%20Consultant.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in November that it would partner with the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium for $454,680 to conduct an \u201canti-racist audit.\u201d The audit was designed to \u201cexamine [the district\u2019s] systems, practices, and policies that do not create access, opportunities, and equitable outcomes for every student&#8217;s academic and social emotional well-being.\u201d According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bethesdamagazine.com\/bethesda-beat\/schools\/mcps-might-spend-450k-on-anti-racist-system-audit\/?utm_source=Bethesda%20Magazine%20%7C%20Bethesda%20Beat&amp;utm_campaign=e261ab2668-Beat-11.10.20&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_1bbe9df5d9-e261ab2668-105200881&amp;mc_cid=e261ab2668&amp;mc_eid=1a01dc201b&amp;fbclid=IwAR2iVdsyF9sR2AQHUjSLq3TU5TlpiVGO0zGtljn2ruqKtT9Klrn4aPKMcDg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bethesda Magazine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the contract was awarded despite anticipated budget cuts of up to $155 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a review of the Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium\u2019s financial filings, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/prominent-equity-consulting-firm-funded-entirely-by-taxpayer-dollars\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> discovered that the group had raked in $17 million in taxpayer dollars between mid-2018 to mid-2019. The group has not reported a private donation in four years and has received its government financial backing through a partnership with the Department of Education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The audit is ongoing, but its reach is already being seen in curriculum changes, policy changes, school board meetings, and parent-teacher association (PTA) meetings. In a powerpoint presentation delivered by the district in a PTA meeting, the district stated its newfound goal \u201cis to be an anti-racist school system.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To achieve the goal of becoming an anti-racist school system, the district has adjusted the definition of commonly used words such as \u201cdiscrimination\u201d and \u201cracism.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dictionary defines discrimination as \u201can unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things.\u201d In its tentative policy, Montgomery County Public School district has expanded discrimination to include any action that may be \u201cfacially neutral\u201d but may have a \u201cdisparate impact\u201d on another student or staff member.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDiscrimination also includes conduct or practices that may be facially neutral but that have an unjustified disparate impact based on individuals\u2019 actual or perceived personal characteristics,\u201d the policy reads. \u201cDiscrimination encompasses racism, sexism, and any other form of institutional prejudice in all their manifestations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The policy also adjusted the definition of racism. The new understanding of racism defines it as \u201csystemic oppression.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRacism means the systemic oppression of a racial group to the social, economic, and political advantage of another,\u201d the policy reads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The school board also inserted a new prohibition on language, displays, images, or symbols that they consider to \u201cpromote hate.\u201d According to the policy, the board plans to prohibit \u201cthe use of language and\/or the display of images and symbols which promote hate and can be reasonably expected to cause substantial disruption to school or district operations or activities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One could reasonably assume this to be a mechanism to punish, or silence, a student or staff member that wears paraphernalia or speaks about a subject that may offend the school\u2019s left-leaning ideology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The policy concluded with an update to the school\u2019s hiring, retention, and promotion processes, which will now be viewed through an \u201cequity lens.\u201d The same \u201cequity lens\u201d will also be applied to training for \u201cprofessional staff, curriculum, pedagogy, learning, instructional materials, and assessments designs.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Montgomery County Public School district did not respond to requests for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elite-private-school-in-la-rolls-out-new-anti-racism-policies-some-students-parents-and-alumni-arent-thrilled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elite Private School In L.A. Rolls Out New \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Policies \u2014 Some Students, Parents, And Alumni Aren\u2019t Thrilled<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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