'Afrofuturism’ and activism (Chicago style)

[SugarDaddy1]

Chicago Public Schools students read a “graphic novel” version of Marvel’s Black Panther and watch the movie to learn how “to advocate for a legacy for the future that is founded on a legacy of culture, tradition, and collective survival but informed by the historical legacy of oppression.”

The assignments are part of the four-week English language arts unit for eighth graders on “Griot and Afrofuturism.” The Washington Examiner obtained copies of the lesson plans for CPS, though the outline is publicly available.

Since only about 25% of CPS students meet state English standards, focusing on movies and comic books seems like a way to dumb down the material. It is hard to write an open letter about important societal debates if someone’s knowledge base is confined to comic books and their movie adaptations.

The curriculum could further divisions, teaching students they are all opposed and fueling animosity. That is a bad idea, since students of all races should be taught to respect and care for one another.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...k-panther-to-learn-afrofuturism-and-activism/

 

[DeluxAuto]

Just wait until you hear the To Kill a Mockingbird is shown on TV in class!

 

[ll74]

What a stupid article and take

 

[John_von_Neumann]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...k-panther-to-learn-afrofuturism-and-activism/

I'd ask you to express an original thought from time to time, but nobody cares.

 

[Bray123]

Schools in Chicago are using interesting ways to teach black kids to read. There's nothing of that going on in Florida.

 

[YDB95]

When I was in eighth grade, we read The Outsiders. My parents were outraged that we were "wasting" our class time on that when we could be reading Shakespeare, but which one do you think a bunch of working-class kids could identify with better? You do have to walk before you can run, and learning is a lot easier when you're actually enjoying the lesson. It looks to me like that's the principle at work here, and I fail to see anything wrong with that.

 

[Chobham]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...k-panther-to-learn-afrofuturism-and-activism/

Sad.

 

[PaxNurgle]

When I was in eighth grade, we read The Outsiders. My parents were outraged that we were "wasting" our class time on that when we could be reading Shakespeare, but which one do you think a bunch of working-class kids could identify with better? You do have to walk before you can run, and learning is a lot easier when you're actually enjoying the lesson. It looks to me like that's the principle at work here, and I fail to see anything wrong with that.

Let's be honest here; the main thing he sees "Wrong" with it is that it's a novel with Black characters, and he doesn't like Black people or want them mixing with whites.

I really wish these people would stick to the fucking Stormfront.org and KKK.org forums and stay the fuck off this one.

 

[Chobham]

Let's be honest here; the main thing he sees "Wrong" with it is that it's a novel with Black characters, and he doesn't like Black people or want them mixing with whites.

I really wish these people would stick to the fucking Stormfront.org and KKK.org forums and stay the fuck off this one.

That's your spin and not the point at all.

 

[YDB95]

That's your spin and not the point at all.

Then what do you think is the point?

 

[YDB95]

The curriculum could further divisions, teaching students they are all opposed and fueling animosity. That is a bad idea, since students of all races should be taught to respect and care for one another.

I don't see how you can do the latter without acknowledging the former. Whitewashing history won't make it go away, nor will it undo the damage that we are still dealing with today.

 

[Chobham]

Then what do you think is the point?

They get a HS diploma without being able to read, write, or do math beyond counting currency. They're, the education system, is creating a curriculum anchored on anger, resentment, and retaliation. Instead of fiction why not the writings of Fredrick Douglas or Booker T Washington? Or is that level of literacy beyond the ability of the public schools to teach anymore?

The fact of the matter is that the black population of the nation is a minority, and the recent flood of Latin's into the nation has guaranteed that in perpetuity. The Latins aren't allies beyond that of convenience, when push comes to shove they'll step all over the blacks at every opportunity. The tail doesn't wag the dog and with no education there is no job and no future.

And before you go off on some other tangent, I KNOW that the majority of those students are quite capable of rising to a demanding curriculum, I don't blame them, I blame a lazy and weak educational system.

 

[schism666]

They get a HS diploma without being able to read, write, or do math beyond counting currency.

they have your idiot son beat.

 

[YDB95]

They're, the education system, is creating a curriculum anchored on anger, resentment, and retaliation.

If you think those things aren't already present in Black teenagers, you really do not know what you're talking about here.

Instead of fiction why not the writings of Fredrick Douglas or Booker T Washington? Or is that level of literacy beyond the ability of the public schools to teach anymore?

It would be more appropriate for history or African American studies courses than for English, which has always focused primarily on fiction.

The fact of the matter is that the black population of the nation is a minority, and the recent flood of Latin's into the nation has guaranteed that in perpetuity. The Latins aren't allies beyond that of convenience, when push comes to shove they'll step all over the blacks at every opportunity. The tail doesn't wag the dog and with no education there is no job and no future.

And before you go off on some other tangent, I KNOW that the majority of those students are quite capable of rising to a demanding curriculum, I don't blame them, I blame a lazy and weak educational system.

I suspect the kids in question here are in the slower track and have probably been struggling to get up to speed with their ability to read and to appreciate literature. That's why unorthodox methods are being used. If you can connect kids with reading assignments they actually enjoy, that makes all the difference in the world.

And I could comment on which political party has been doing its best to sabotage public schools for decades, but we all know you wouldn't listen to that.

 

[PaxNurgle]

Plus, Rightguard dba SugarDaddy1's naked racism has been on full display for as long as I have been on this forum, so of course that's why I went there. That was almost certainly why he brought it up. Chobham at least was trying to make a coherant and logical point, though that is not saying that I agree with his take.

 

[Chobham]

English is fiction? And every other language?

*chuckle* So conservatives contorl

If you think those things aren't already present in Black teenagers, you really do not know what you're talking about here.

It would be more appropriate for history or African American studies courses than for English, which has always focused primarily on fiction.

I suspect the kids in question here are in the slower track and have probably been struggling to get up to speed with their ability to read and to appreciate literature. That's why unorthodox methods are being used. If you can connect kids with reading assignments they actually enjoy, that makes all the difference in the world.

And I could comment on which political party has been doing its best to sabotage public schools for decades, but we all know you wouldn't listen to that.

So you think that blacks are too stupid to learn. Fine.

 

[Bray123]

If you want kids to learn, you make the subject interesting.

Thirty years ago someone wrote some books about a school for wizards, it caught the imagination of children and suddenly they put down their games consoles and learned to read. Those books transformed educational standards but certain smooth-brained christo-fascists decided they were demonic.

Times change; people don't.

 

[YDB95]

English is fiction? And every other language?

Nope, didn't say that.

So you think that blacks are too stupid to learn. Fine.

You know perfectly well that's not what I said. If you want to debate this, stick to addressing what I actually said. If you can.