Oklahoma HS teacher tells class: 'To be white is to be racist'

[Angel4Truth]

Oklahoma HS teacher tells class: 'To be white is to be racist'

A high school student in Norman, Oklahoma, said she used her cell phone to record a teacher saying, "To be white is to be racist," during a lecture on "how to heal the racial divide."

The unidentified student used her cell phone to record the lesson, KFOR.com reported. The student said she was offended by the teacher’s remarks and “felt like he was encouraging people to kind of pick on people for being white.”

The news station reached out to the teacher—who was teaching an elective philosophy course-- but did not receive an immediate response.

The lecture reportedly started with a video on the “Mistreatment of Native Americans.” The teacher went on to say, “Am I racist? And I say, yeah. And I don’t want to be. It’s not like choose to be racist.”

The video shows a man using a bottle of white correction fluid to cover a country on a globe.

“He was basically comparing what he had done to the globe to what we did to America,” the student said.

Dr. Joe Siano, the superintendent of Norman Public Schools, issued a statement identifying racism as “an important topic.”

The superintendent continued, “We regret that the discussion was poorly handled. When the district was notified of this concern it was immediately addressed. We are committed to ensuring inclusiveness in our schools.”

Liberal white guilt gone wild. That teacher should be fired.

 

[Catholic Crusader]

......Liberal white guilt gone wild. That teacher should be fired.

Should be, but probably won't be. This is now a common attitude on campuses across the country.

 

[Nihilo]

: 'To be white is to be racist'

And to be male is to be a misogynist. Yawn.

 

[Angel4Truth]

And to be male is to be a misogynist. Yawn.

Are people beating and attacking you/denying you work or service because they think you are a misogynist? (assuming you have been called that since you said that)

 

[Nihilo]

Are people

Not that I know of. But I am very trusting/naive sometimes.

you have been called that

Yes.

 

[Ktoyou]

Well, if people have a sex change and no one can argue it or be called a bigot have a race change and call that teacher a bigot

 

[Angel4Truth]

Not that I know of. But I am very trusting/naive sometimes.
Yes.

Well someone calling me a cracker or honkie or even the b word doesnt bother me. Being denied a job, promotion, attacked, expected to feel sorry for things i didnt or cause, etc.. because i am white or because i am a woman, does.

Do you see the difference?

 

[Ktoyou]

Well someone calling me a cracker or honkie or even the b word doesnt bother me. Being denied a job, promotion, attacked, expected to feel sorry for things i didnt or cause, etc.. because i am white or because i am a woman, does.

Do you see the difference?

cracker no, as they prefer being isolated,but redneck would be OK. Redneck is a more modern term for a country type who dislikes urban scenes.

 

[ok doser]

whitey am my oppressor

 

[Catholic Crusader]

whitey am my oppressor

"hey whitey wheres your hat"

 

[Nihilo]

Well someone calling me a cracker or honkie or even the b word doesnt bother me. Being denied a job, promotion, attacked, expected to feel sorry for things i didnt or cause, etc.. because i am white or because i am a woman, does.

Do you see the difference?

Aren't they only different in degree? Hostility is hostility. It's either justified or it's not. None of the examples you've offered are justified.

 

[Angel4Truth]

Aren't they only different in degree? Hostility is hostility. It's either justified or it's not. None of the examples you've offered are justified.

You dont think it hostile for a teacher to tell just the white children in a class that they are racists?

 

[Nihilo]

You dont think it hostile for a teacher to tell just the white children in a class that they are racists?

:AMR: We must be talking past each other, because of course, yes that's hostile.

 

[Crucible]

It's obvious why the teacher never made it to being a professor, and instead got stuck in high school

Philosophy is a subject which requires objectivity. You can't typically run an agenda on it, especially one detached from reality :chuckle: