StupIDPol: A based critique of essentialism
- Oregon says students don't need to prove mastery of writing, math to graduate, citing harm to students of colorwww.oregonlive.com Oregon says students don't need to prove mastery of writing, math to graduate, citing harm to students of color
Opponents argued that pausing the requirement devalues an Oregon diploma. The state board said the requirement has been an inequitable hurdle and a misuse of state tests.
> leaders at the Oregon Department of Education and members of the state school board said requiring all students to pass one of several standardized tests or create an in-depth assignment their teacher judged as meeting state standards was a harmful hurdle for historically marginalized students, a misuse of state tests and did not translate to meaningful improvements in students’ post high school success
- Why Won’t Elite Colleges Deploy the One Race-Neutral Way to Achieve Diversity?www.politico.com Why Won’t Elite Colleges Deploy the One Race-Neutral Way to Achieve Diversity?
Giving a leg up to poor students of all races would diversify elite schools. Officials would rather do anything else.
- British govt funded plan for censorship of factual NATO criticismthegrayzone.com British govt funded plan for censorship of factual NATO criticism - The Grayzone
Leaked documents reveal a British intel contractor singled out The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal for online censorship, and seeks to redefine factual criticism of NATO as disinformation. This report was originally published at Jack Poulson’s All-Source Intelligence Fusion. Subscribe here. A leaked ...
- Stellantis Diversity Groups Mobilize to Provide Scab Labor at Auto Parts Plantstheintercept.com Stellantis Diversity Groups Mobilize to Provide Scab Labor at Auto Parts Plants
The automaker’s Business Resource Groups have responded to the company’s call for volunteers at plants affected by the UAW strike.
- Waving Palestinian flag may be a criminal offence, Braverman tells policewww.theguardian.com Waving Palestinian flag may be a criminal offence, Braverman tells police
Home secretary also suggests clampdown on pro-Arab chants in letter that will concern free speech advocates
- ‘America does not deserve me.’ Why Black people are leaving the United States
> Often referred to as “Blaxit,” which combines the words “Black” and “exit,” the movement has been boosted by social media, where influencers share inspirational posts about their odysseys abroad and challenge others to join them.
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> Many of those who are leaving are trying to escape their American-ness — yet are also having to confront the power of their dollars and what Wright calls “passport privilege.”
- Women are less likely to receive bystander CPR than men due to fears of 'inappropriate touching'www.abc.net.au 'My life is worth more than my boobs': Women are less likely than men to receive CPR in public
People are less likely to give a woman CPR due to fears of hurting her or being accused of inappropriate touching. One Australian CPR provider is trying to change that by putting breasts on training mannequins.
- Misty Copeland Petitions Apple to Diversify the Pointe Shoe Emojipointemagazine.com Misty Copeland Petitions Apple to Diversify the Pointe Shoe Emoji - Pointe Magazine
Misty Copeland has challenged Apple to introduce a spectrum of skin tones for the pointe shoe emoji via a petition on Change.org.
- Trudeau Government moves to regulate podcaststhecountersignal.com Trudeau Government moves to regulate podcasts - The Counter Signal
The Liberals' Online Streaming Act is moving into its next phase of regulation by requiring podcasters to register with the CRTC.
The Trudeau government’s recently passed Online Streaming Act is moving into its next phase of regulation by requiring podcasters to register with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The government claims the regulation will “ensure online streaming services make meaningful contributions to Canadian and Indigenous content.
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CRTC stated that another ongoing consultation will address how podcasters and those offering video streaming services contribute to Canadian and Indigenous content.
Liberals say the bill will achieve equitable representation among gender, ethnicity, and related “marginalized” groups.
“In terms of diversity and inclusion, one of the goals of the bill is to put diverse and marginalized voices in the spotlight,” said Senator Dennis Dawson of Quebec during the third reading.”
- Canada’s 338 Members of Parliament Become Nazis - Free Moose Press
> Unfortunately due to the internet rule that says “if there’s a Nazi at a table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you have 11 Nazis” all Canadian MPs have now been converted to Nazis themselves and possibly even super Nazis as they didn’t just sit and talk with him they gave him a standing ovation.
- No human remains found 2 years after claims of ‘mass graves’ in Canadanypost.com No human remains found 2 years after claims of ‘mass graves’ in Canada
After 2021 claims of mass graves of indigenous children at residential schools across Canada, leading to widespread protests, excavations have turned up no human remains.
> After two years of horror stories about the alleged mass graves of Indigenous children at residential schools across Canada, a series of recent excavations at suspected sites has turned up no human remains.
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> A number of writers, academics and politicians like Rouillard have come out cautioning against the claim that hundreds or thousands of children are buried at the school, but they have been labeled “genocide deniers” — even though many of the skeptics do not dispute that conditions at the schools were often harsh.
- Florida school officials apologize for assembly singling out Black students about low test scoreswinknews.com Florida school officials apologize for assembly singling out Black students about low test scores
Florida school district officials apologized Thursday for an elementary school assembly in which Black students were singled out for a presentation on low test scores.
Bunnell Elementary staff members last Friday pulled Black fourth- and fifth-graders out of their regularly scheduled activities to attend a PowerPoint presentation about low standardized test scores. The presentation led by two Black teachers noted that Black students had underperformed on standardized tests for the past three years. They also discussed how students with higher grades had a better chance of going to college, while those with lower grades had a higher chance of going to jail, getting shot or getting killed, parents told The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
- A San Francisco bakery is refusing to serve police officers because its policy does not allow guns inside the storewww.insider.com A San Francisco bakery is refusing to serve police officers because its policy does not allow guns inside the store
Reem's bakery in San Francisco recently denied service to an armed police officer. The police aren't happy.
Reem's did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Sunday, but the bakery chain did post a statement to Instagram Friday that said that it strives to "foster an environment of safety for our staff and customers."
- A “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) presentation given at London, Ontario’s Western University says merit, racial colour blindness cause ‘microaggressions’
According to the presentation, examples of “microaggressions” include telling someone, “I believe the most qualified person should get the job [and] when I look at you, I don’t see colour.”
- Study finds that labeling meals ‘vegan’ makes people less likely to choose themwww.themanual.com It would appear that a vegan label is a pretty big turn off
It would appear that while it may be convenient for some, a vegan label isn't always such a good thing.
A recent study conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) indicates that meat-eaters are far less likely to choose plant-based meals when they’re described using the word “vegan.”
- Country singer Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” promotes antisemitism and racismwww.wsws.org Country singer Oliver Anthony’s “Rich Men North of Richmond” promotes antisemitism and racism
The song is a provocative collection of reactionary attacks on the poor, disguised with phony populist appeals and denunciations of “rich men” in northern cities.
- Capitalism bad or something
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