Critical, the time is now
In the town of Guilford, there is a movement afoot that has quite a few people stirred up. I don't mean a few hundred people I'm talking about thousands of people. It's not insignificant and it's impossible to look the other way. Folks want us to buy into a theory that inflames and radicalizes race, the very principles of which are degrading. No one I know is trying to rewrite history, but to inflame the situation using young fertile minds is an abuse of power. We, as a society are moving away from that cancer, hopefully to a brighter future. Education will get us there with knowledge and commitment but not with civil disobedience.
The board of Ed, with its well-organized union, seems to be framing this as racial justice. How could you not come down on the side of being just? My neighbors have signs on their lawn making declarations of how important it is to tell everyone they are good people and a litany of the good things they believe in. I have not been taken to such an extent but I still think I'm a good person and my opinion counts too.
In the Board of Ed's view it's imperative they decide what gets taught. They decide what's important and where the emphasis should be. They've gone so far as to create an entity called the family equity liaison, headed up by Dr. Harrison. As it turns out Harrison may be the catalyst. He was formally with the town of Redding where the same issues Guilford is confronting today apparently were responsible for his departure. Folks in Reading said it was tearing the town apart. How he ended up here I don't know but it could not have been without the full knowledge the situation we find ourselves in today would have to be confronted.
It appears the Board has decided the cruelty of race theory is a teaching moment that needs to be embedded in the curriculum along with the hatred, inhumanity, and all of its derogatory implications. Apparently, there's something to gain by making it our obligation. And why don't parents have a say? We're not talking about science, literature, or mathematics where evidence is indisputable. We're talking about things that happened that we are all ashamed of but were never a part of. Why would I send my kids to school to be shamed, or to suffer indignation, and to be influenced by something they had no hand in. We don't take them on field trips to Dachau. We send them to school to experience and grow with wisdom and a healthy mind.
Many families are second generation, and never took part in any of these atrocities, nor would they ever stand for them. Now we burn down cities tear down statues; that divisiveness is nothing to be proud of. I wonder is it worth tearing down Guilford's integrity for an agenda.
In my opinion, it's indisputable we should be voting line B on election day.
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