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KS Toronado

(19,700 posts)
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 03:37 PM Feb 2022

Kan. principal ordered to apologize for showing video on racism

WICHITA — A Kansas high school principal was forced to apologize for showing a video about white privilege
during an employee meeting.

Tim Hamblin, principal at Derby High School, shared a four-minute video during a staff in-service day last month
that featured Black author Joy DeGruy. In it, the author relates a story about being treated differently at a store
because of her race, and how a lighter-skinned family member spoke up for her.

“She used her white privilege to educate and make right a situation that was wrong,” DeGruy says in the 2011 video.
“That’s what you can do every single day.”

Members of the Derby High girls basketball team were shown the same video in response to race-based comments
made toward some team members on social media late last year.

Hamblin shared the video with staff members in January so they would be aware of what the students had seen,
he explained in the email.

A teacher who attended the meeting told a Derby school board member the video was offensive and created a hostile
work environment. The board member then directed Hamblin to apologize for showing it.

Much more at link

https://hayspost.com/posts/cb7764a7-0520-4b23-9de6-00686201f8cb

Appears the principal got in hot water for attempting to educate students to be kind to each other.

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Kan. principal ordered to apologize for showing video on racism (Original Post) KS Toronado Feb 2022 OP
This not Democracy . . . Lovie777 Feb 2022 #1
What has become of us? madaboutharry Feb 2022 #2
kindness is offensive to those who worship cruelty DBoon Feb 2022 #3
So true. I'm gonna use your statement Deuxcents Feb 2022 #4
sure DBoon Feb 2022 #6
I apologize if any racists were upset sanatanadharma Feb 2022 #5

Lovie777

(15,205 posts)
1. This not Democracy . . .
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 03:39 PM
Feb 2022

I know the GQP don't care about the USA's Democracy but majority of Americans do.

madaboutharry

(41,385 posts)
2. What has become of us?
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 03:42 PM
Feb 2022

A principal is ordered to apologize because a teacher found a video about someone having experienced racism to be offensive. It makes you want to cry.

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
5. I apologize if any racists were upset
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 05:01 PM
Feb 2022

I apologize if any racists were upset and to those snowflakes who melt in the heat of truth.

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