i don't care if you're black, white, purple

https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/the-internet-is-turning-on-big-techs-colorful-corporate-mascots/
"However this memeification might have started, it is no longer really about purple people with big arms."

A Scottish version from a story about one of my Dad's old haunts.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/its-last-orders-ogilvie-club-10048519

“You couldn’t get into many of the bowling clubs in Paisley.

“We decided we would have an open club, we were the only club in Paisley like that – blacks, whites, greens, reds, tartans, anything.

Based on the name of the town alone, I would've expected nothing less.

oh Sean

I know very well that the idea of being ‘colour blind’ is out of fashion, that MLK’s vision of character over skin colour is considered to be naive. But that vision surely made our society better. I’m not sure the modern vision of ‘race consciousness’ is making things better.

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 23, 2021

Can we institute a global rule that anyone who misquotes or mischaracterizes MLK gets the shit beaten out of them on the spot

Social media has revealed to us how dumb we really are. I think I preferred not knowing.

— Sean Ono Lennon (@seanonolennon) May 13, 2021

the rest of his feed is Bitcoin propaganda lmao

fucking hippies

we'll always have Friendly Fire, at least...

I am still mad at him for ruining Cibo Matto

He was a Tulsi Gabbard supporter during the primaries.

Further evidence Yoko was the only cool member of that family.

DJP otm!

yeah he's been an edgelord for a minute

but if you go carrying pictures of twist barbie
you ain't gonna make it with anyone no sirree

I was going to put him on that vocal chalkboard thread but I didnt want to dignify his existence by typing his name

i like yoko more than john too but she did co-write *that* song with him, and he seems to be very much his parents' son in that regard

what does julian think about all this

Go ask him, he's sitting on a pebble

https://i.imgur.com/QuYe8Rf.jpg

A protester demonstrates May 11 against the teaching of critical race theory in front of a school district building in Los Alamitos, Calif. (Etienne Laurent/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

actually though there are giant groups of humans that god thinks of as sinners and they're all going to hell if they don't beg for mercy before the end. it would be precious to add them to heaven's numbers!

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Thursday denounced a conservative group’s offer to pay $500 to the first person who “catches” a public school teacher violating New Hampshire’s new limits on the discussion of systemic racism and other topics.

Sununu had opposed an earlier version of the legislation that echoed a Trump administration order and sought to ban discussion of “divisive concepts” in schools. But he later backed language inserted into the state budget ’that would prohibit teaching children that they are inferior, racist, sexist or oppressive by virtue of their race, gender or other characteristics.

https://apnews.com/article/education-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-new-hampshire-b231854bde76495a806d76355991857d

While the article touches on the deeper issues somewhat, in a typical AP loaded 'both sides' framework, it seems like the law as stated doesn't clearly forbid CRT at all. My understanding is that CRT deals with systemic racism specifically, and because the law specifically forbids teaching individuals that they are racist, it would still allow discussion of systemic issues which do not necessarily reflect on individual children. Although "oppressive by virtue of race" is basically wide open to interpretation.

I couldn't find any current rolling thread on racism, CRT etc if there is one. I found one rolling racism thread for 2013, and a lot of vaguely worded old thread titles about race.

no worries
Rolling Race 2021

Cheers!

https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/lawmakers-continue-probe-of-critical-race-theory-in-missouri-schools-despite-results-of-district-survey/

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Monday was the first day of school for many districts in Missouri. Over the summer, the state’s education department asked school districts if they taught critical race theory in a survey.

Last month, members of the Missouri House and Senate heard testimony on why critical race theory (CRT) should be banned in the state, but on Monday, they heard why schools should teach it. Of the 554 districts in the state, only one said it teaches CRT.

“I don’t think that people actually know what critical race theory is at one moment in time,” Former director of the Anti-Defamation League Karen Aroesty told the committee. “Learning about the history of race and racism is important.”

Over the summer, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) gave the 500 plus school districts a survey about CRT and the “1619 Project.” The first question read:

Question: Does your LEA’s board-approved curriculum include lessons about CRT?

The only school to answer yes was Kansas City Public Schools, explaining their answer by saying:
“We offer an African Centered College prep magnet school that services both elementary and secondary students. The board also approved the 1619 Project service learning and community activism grant to be taught during summer school. The curriculum is fully aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards.”

Five schools left the answer blank and 419 districts said no.

The second question read:

Question: Does your LEA’s board-approved curriculum include The New York Times 1619 Project?

Three schools answered yes: Hazelwood School District, Kansas City Public Schools, and the School District of University City. Hazelwood explains its answer by saying:

“4th Grade Social Studies – The 1619 Project is listed as one of the teacher resources about the arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown.
8th Grade Social Studies – Students are given a reading of two paragraphs from the 1619 Project describing the arrival of enslaved Africans in Jamestown.
US History (9th Grade) – The 1619 Project is mentioned in a suggested learning activity where President Trump discusses the 1619 Project and the 1776 project.”

University City explained its answer by saying:

“Our board did not approve the 1619 Project. One of our teachers used the resource during one unit of study with students.”

for skimmers, ^^ all of the above is about Missouri ^^