Quote (Skinned @ Jan 19 2022 01:44pm)

We have a full Francesco Franco moment here. In Spain the conservatives/former fascist passed laws like this, which prevents the describing of the things they did during the Franco regime, so that young people aren't allowed to learn about their history and people in their 20's know that some bad stuff happened but they don't know what it was.
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Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 19 2022 08:45am)

I don't see what's wrong with that, and I also don't see how such a bill would prevent the discussion of the country's racist past. As far as I can tell, this bill does not do what the framing in these media articles says it does, namely "prohibiting saying or discussing anything that makes white feel uncomfortable". All this bill seems to do is prohibit the teaching or dissemination of a racial narrative of kin liability and collective guilt, stuff along the CRT line that "every institution in America is racist to its core" and "anybody who is not an active 'anti-racist' (with us defining what that means) is complicit in white supremacy".



It should also be noted that his bill could actually increase the protection of non-whites from stuff like this 13/50 argument that keeps popping up. From the pov of a white racist, this bill would appear like a very sharp double-edged sword that could easily backfire against their cause.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jan 19 2022 09:45am)

I don't see what's wrong with that, and I also don't see how such a bill would prevent the discussion of the country's racist past. As far as I can tell, this bill does not do what the framing in these media articles says it does, namely "prohibiting saying or discussing anything that makes whites feel uncomfortable". All this bill seems to do is prohibit the teaching or dissemination of a racial narrative of kin liability and collective guilt, particularly stuff along the CRT line that "every institution in America is racist to its core" and "anybody who is not an active 'anti-racist' (with us defining what that means) is complicit in white supremacy".



It should also be noted that this bill could actually increase the protection of non-whites from stuff like this 13/50 argument that keeps popping up. From the pov of a white racist, this bill would appear like a very sharp double-edged sword that could easily backfire against their cause.

Quote (bogie160 @ 19 Jan 2022 15:54)

It's because the bill wasn't written to appeal to white racists. It was geared towards the overwhelming majority of parents who want meritocracy in schools, and not force-fed racial propaganda.