mekka okereke Apr 16, 2023

San Francisco's decision to delay Algebra for all students until the 9th grade in the name of "equity," is a really bad one. Black parents didn't ask for this, and this strategy won't achieve the equity that they're looking for.

Hard to accept: A lot of "anti-woke" people believe that being woke is all just a lot of bad decisions like this. This belief is due to framing by the far-right: any bad policy is "woke." I help them understand that Black families don't want this and didn't ask for it.

Show threadPaul Cantrell
@mekkaokereke It’s a metaphor for how the country treats all kinds of free public services, isn’t it? “Well if Black people can get it too, then it has to suck for everyone!”
Apr 16, 2023 at 11:33pmWeb
Show threadPaul CantrellApr 16, 2023
@mekkaokereke (The solution to the algebra question, of course, is to rework the educational system to allow more individual variation, so that every student can learn at the time and the speed that works best for them. But that would involve benefitting Black people instead of punishing them, so…)