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| ‘New language’: School asks parents to rate their ‘whiteness’ & become ‘white traitors’ or ‘abolitionists’ | ‘New language’: School asks parents to rate their ‘whiteness’ & become ‘white traitors’ or ‘abolitionists’ |
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| A New York City public school has sent a graphic to parents, encouraging them to become “white traitors” or “abolitionists,” detailing the eight supposed stages of “whiteness.” | A New York City public school has sent a graphic to parents, encouraging them to become “white traitors” or “abolitionists,” detailing the eight supposed stages of “whiteness.” |
| The graphic was sent out by the principal of East Side Community School in New York City, according to a report from City Journal’s Christopher Rufo, but its author is Northwestern University associate professor Barnor Hesse. | The graphic was sent out by the principal of East Side Community School in New York City, according to a report from City Journal’s Christopher Rufo, but its author is Northwestern University associate professor Barnor Hesse. |
| According to Hesse’s theory, there are eight “white identities.” In the graphic, they are color-coded from green to red in terms of whether they are good or bad. The most green or best version of a white person is a “white abolitionist,” followed by a “white traitor.” | According to Hesse’s theory, there are eight “white identities.” In the graphic, they are color-coded from green to red in terms of whether they are good or bad. The most green or best version of a white person is a “white abolitionist,” followed by a “white traitor.” |
| The worst “identity” for a white person is a white supremacist and then white voyeurism, then white privilege. | The worst “identity” for a white person is a white supremacist and then white voyeurism, then white privilege. |
| Hesse goes on to provide handy explanations for each of his terms. White voyeurism, for instance, is defined as someone who “wouldn’t challenge a white supremacist” and they “desire non-whiteness because it’s interesting, pleasurable.” They are also apparently fascinated with appropriating black culture. | Hesse goes on to provide handy explanations for each of his terms. White voyeurism, for instance, is defined as someone who “wouldn’t challenge a white supremacist” and they “desire non-whiteness because it’s interesting, pleasurable.” They are also apparently fascinated with appropriating black culture. |
| A white abolitionist, on the other hand, is someone working to “dismantle whiteness” and “changing institutions.” | A white abolitionist, on the other hand, is someone working to “dismantle whiteness” and “changing institutions.” |
| As for what any of this is supposed to mean, the graphic is supposed to encourage white people to take on “action-oriented white identities.” | As for what any of this is supposed to mean, the graphic is supposed to encourage white people to take on “action-oriented white identities.” |
| “It’s about time we build an ethnography of whiteness,” the graphic reads, “since white people have been the ones writing about and governing others.” | “It’s about time we build an ethnography of whiteness,” the graphic reads, “since white people have been the ones writing about and governing others.” |
| The graphic, as well as the news it is being used in a public school, drew sharp criticism on social media. | The graphic, as well as the news it is being used in a public school, drew sharp criticism on social media. |
| “This is the new language of public education,” Rufo wrote in reaction. | “This is the new language of public education,” Rufo wrote in reaction. |
| “Imagine the left-wing riots and media screeching if you substituted any other race for ‘white’ in this racist chart,” Western Journal writer Samantha Chang added. | “Imagine the left-wing riots and media screeching if you substituted any other race for ‘white’ in this racist chart,” Western Journal writer Samantha Chang added. |
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