{"id":1460633,"date":"2022-05-02T15:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460633"},"modified":"2022-05-02T15:45:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T19:45:08","slug":"read-the-antiracism-fight-club-guide-distributed-at-a-public-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/read-the-antiracism-fight-club-guide-distributed-at-a-public-elementary-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Read the \u2018Antiracism Fight Club\u2019 Guide Distributed at a Public Elementary School"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fread-the-antiracism-fight-club-guide-distributed-at-a-public-elementary-school%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=1460633&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--><div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Parents at a Washington, D.C., elementary school were livid after the school shared an &#8220;Antiracism Fight Club&#8221; guidebook that asked them to evaluate their own racism and advocate removing police from schools.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Janney Elementary School hired &#8220;antiracist&#8221; activist <a href=\"https:\/\/doyinrichards.com\/about-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/doyinrichards.com\/about-2\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651603735611000&#038;usg=AOvVaw081gEurq8eAyHrXCoHpcHN\">Doyin Richards<\/a> to host an online discussion for parents in November, the <em>Daily Caller<\/em> first <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/02\/anti-racism-fight-club-janney-elementary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/02\/anti-racism-fight-club-janney-elementary\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651603735611000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1cyAs7-jyYsUySXY6RFROd\">reported<\/a>. Following the event, parents received copies of what Richards calls a &#8220;Fistbook,&#8221; a name inspired by the combative nature of the activist\u2019s approach to fighting racism. The &#8220;Fistbook,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ARFC_FistBook_FINAL-copy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/ARFC_FistBook_FINAL-copy.pdf&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651603735611000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1DdO8f8z893k0q-jXUCOfi\">copy<\/a> of which was obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>, \u00a0provides definitions for white privilege and white supremacy and asks parents where they see racism in their &#8220;daily life&#8221; and in themselves.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The parents-only webinar was followed by a separate event for students that left some young kids traumatized, according to anonymous posts on an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcurbanmom.com\/jforum\/posts\/list\/15\/1018417.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online message board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Anyone else\u2019s Kindergarten kid freaked out by an anti-racism assembly today?&#8221; one parent posted on November 30. &#8220;My kid needed to sleep with a light on and the door open tonight. Anyone know what specifically was talked about? My kid couldn\u2019t relay much except that she was scared.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Another parent said the materials &#8220;other-ize&#8221; his child\u2019s minority role models.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;As far as I\u2019m concerned, all this serves to do is other-ize the POC [people of color] they love and look up to, assign guilt where none should exist on a child, and divide another American generation along lines of color,&#8221; the parent said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The parent questioned whether such programming is appropriate for kids and if it\u2019s the &#8220;best use&#8221; of school time and funding.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;But at Janney, you keep your mouth shut and your virtues signaled,&#8221; the parent said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Antiracist&#8221; activists like Richards have grown increasingly popular since the death of George Floyd in 2020, and many have successfully turned their advocacy into a lucrative business. Activists such as Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo often charge hefty fees for speaking appearances or to host programs like Richards\u2019s &#8220;Antiracist Fight Club,&#8221; which asks participants to interrogate their own biases. Richards claims to have conducted more than 300 &#8220;antiracist&#8221; workshops and trained 36,413 &#8220;new anti-racists in the world&#8221; since July 2020. It is unclear how much Richards charges per workshop.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The &#8220;Fistbook&#8221; defines racism as a &#8220;political, economic, or social system in which a dominant race uses its power and influence to oppress others of different races.&#8221; Minorities &#8220;cannot be racist&#8221; because &#8220;there is no construct in America where we hold power or influence,&#8221; the book states. The book also includes a flowchart for &#8220;Approaching BIPOC,&#8221; which walks through what to do when a white person offends a minority person.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Richards provides a list of tangible steps for parents and teachers to make their kids\u2019 school &#8220;as anti-racist as possible.&#8221; Parents should &#8220;fight to get cops out of schools&#8221; and &#8220;fight to get rid of standardized testing.&#8221; Schools should &#8220;teach the TRUTH&#8221; and resist &#8220;pressure from parents or outsiders&#8221; who &#8220;have no impact on educating our kids on what really happened in American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Even though racism is a problem that white people ultimately need to solve,&#8221; the book says, &#8220;it\u2019s important to let BIPOC take the lead when interacting with them in talks about racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Students received another version of the &#8220;Fistbook&#8221; with lessons on how to confront racism from their family, according to the <i>Caller<\/i>. &#8220;Even though they love you and are older than you, they can be wrong,&#8221; the document said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Richards and school officials declined to comment. The <i>Caller<\/i> reported that Richards charges between $10,000 and $15,000 for speaking appearances.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In addition to his &#8220;antiracist&#8221; contract work, Richards writes columns for <em>Slate<\/em>. In an interview with <em>USA Today<\/em>, Richards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/anti-racism-fight-club-founder-doyin-richards-discusses-racism-t207811?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/ccf707c4eb588bc5d880b452338165ee1e78d9b8?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.today.com%252Fparents%252Fanti-racism-fight-club-founder-doyin-richards-discusses-racism-t207811%253F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3Da4a36785ae433a9a&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651603735611000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1vbndUgPVtzHBGbxCI0XqT\">touted<\/a> his &#8220;antiracist&#8221; lessons for parents, which he said are &#8220;not for the faint of heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Richards\u2019s appearance is part of a larger &#8220;antiracist&#8221; push at Janney Elementary. The school\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/janneyschool.org\/about\/speaking-with-your-kids-about-race-and-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/3a7fe6f3cfaa4206e1e6377e05020ac8c809b28c?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fjanneyschool.org%252Fabout%252Fspeaking-with-your-kids-about-race-and-racism%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D18eca3f61b8ff990&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1651603735611000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0RNTcc8OCrXRelWnBhlLIg\">website<\/a> directs parents to teach children about racism using materials from Teaching Tolerance, the educational arm of the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center. The website also links to a list of 100 &#8220;race-conscious&#8221; things to say to children to &#8220;advance racial justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents at a Washington, D.C., elementary school were livid after the school shared an &#8220;Antiracism Fight Club&#8221; guidebook that asked them to evaluate their own racism and advocate removing police<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1460633","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\/1460633","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\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1460633\/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=1460633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1460633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1460633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}