How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to everyday life?

Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by colinmhayes on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:04AM (#28415725)

I went to a decently progressive elementary school, and the kids were absolutely racist by second grade. It'd be nice if we could just ignore race, but that's not reality yet.

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by rayiner on Saturday September 04, 2021 @01:46PM (#28417271)

Second graders aren’t “racist.” They see color differences, just like they can see if kids are short or tall or skinny or whatever. They are either taught or learn by observation to associate color with other things.

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by forgingahead on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:40AM (#28416025)

Perhaps their racism was a result of "progressive" schools and parents of kids in those schools seeing everything through a lens of race or other identity markers?

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Re:How did American “wokeness” jump from elite schools to ev... by colinmhayes on Saturday September 04, 2021 @11:49AM (#28416108)

I'm pretty sure it was because kids are assholes. And because it's easy to pick on outsiders. The class had 20 white kids and 3 black ones, obviously they're going to be singled out by the 7 year olds.

Anyway, this was before progressive meant seeing everything through the lens of race, so it definitely wasn't that.

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