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applegrove

(128,882 posts)
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 04:15 PM Jul 2023

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

July 7, 2023 at 10:26 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 207 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/07/07/quote-of-the-day-3563/
"SNIP........

“Let’s not tie it to the skin color and say that the skin color determined that.”

— Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters (R), quoted by KOKH, arguing that teachers shouldn’t mention race when teaching about the infamous 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

.........SNIP"

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Quote of the Day (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2023 OP
Oh boy, teach about a race riot that bombed and killed... brush Jul 2023 #1
At what point do children realize the adults are talking nonsense? Irish_Dem Jul 2023 #2
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
1. Oh boy, teach about a race riot that bombed and killed...
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 04:22 PM
Jul 2023

hundreds of Black people but never mention the race rioters were white.

We're in bizarro world now.

Irish_Dem

(76,516 posts)
2. At what point do children realize the adults are talking nonsense?
Fri Jul 7, 2023, 05:09 PM
Jul 2023

When teachers teach that a race massacre is not about race or don't mention race at all?

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