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blu3dice t1_j9xvujc wrote
The article title seems purposefully inaccurate. The event wasn't about racial trauma. It was the Youth Empowerment Summit,
>an annual conference created to expose local high school students from historically under-represented groups to higher education options.
During the event, a mental health session was held and lead by Burrell. The kids were meditating and reflecting on trauma, including racial trauma.
I know the News-leader is a business, but they are fanning the flames of racial tensions locally. People will skim the headline and think their tax dollars are being used to teach or support CRT.
They wanna report and profit off these stories. The very least they could do is be self-aware enough to NOT continue the harm with inaccurate or inflammatory reporting.
Advanced_Car1599 t1_ja2no3f wrote
Right. Well, to be clear, it is instruction from Gannet that does this.
Fuselol t1_j9x80xj wrote
Very redundant with no actual quotes or details of this disgustingly awful interruption that damaged so many.
ProgressMom68 t1_j9wuixm wrote
So…what did Mohammedkhani actually say? I find it odd that the article kind of dances around what it is she did. I don’t doubt it was viciously racist, because look who we’re talking about. But I’d like to know what she actually said and did. It sounds like she called Ms. Rover a liar. Also, what was she doing there? Why did she choose that specific breakout session? Somehow she’s decided it’s her job to police everything having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion in Springfield?
bobone77 t1_j9x7iia wrote
I’m 100% certain she attended this meeting with the express purpose of “uncovering CRT” and flipped her shit the first time anything racial was talked about. She’s absolute fucking trash.
MountainTomato9292 t1_j9yyru6 wrote
In the article, it says that the kids were doing an exercise where they closed their eyes, and anyone who had experienced racial trauma was asked to raise their hand. She interrupted in the moment commenting that it was only “part of the room,” and the students started looking around irritated, saying things like “what does it matter if it was only 10 people, I raised my hand”. I’m not commenting on the veracity of any of this, just telling you what the article itself said.
laffingriver t1_j9ykdw7 wrote
sounds like the students lodged the complaints because she wasted their time and interrupted their event.
arent board members usually mandated to make decisions but otherwise keep out of the day to day business? why is a board member directly involved?
when i was in school i never once had an interaction with a school board member.
micromanagers are the worst.
jjmcgil t1_j9wio99 wrote
What an a**hat.
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armenia4ever t1_j9z4bkx wrote
- Is it actually interruption , or did she deviate from the expected/approved discourse that these types of sessions have?
"The complaints alleged Mohammadkhani challenged a statement made by Marquisa "Keke" Rover — director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Burrell"
'Mohammadkhani said the allegation that she disrupted the session on mental health is not true. "Your information is incorrect. I made a comment, same as the other board member in the room."'
The other board member who was there, Thomas-Tate who is also on the board wasn't actually there.
From Tate: " If Maryam wants to spout off at me at board meetings or other board members or the superintendent, we're all adults," Thomas-Tate said. "But to come to the students' session, this was not a community session, and to disrupt that setting, where the students were being very vulnerable ... was not helpful at all or relevant to that particular moment. It was egregious."
She made one comment from what this story says. ONE comment - and it was deemed to be a massive interruption. That sounds a bit sus. What did she actually say? No one appears to know or is telling.
- They are literally both "minorities". Why can one of them dictate what these struggle sessions are about and what is discussed vs the other?
Also Horton wasn't even there. " In the email, Horton said the session — which she was not in — was expected to be a "safe space for students to acknowledge racial trauma based on their lived experiences."
Very specific idea of a safe space that doesn't include the other minority actually there, Mohammadkhani, being able to say anything. No expression of lived experience for her.
- Horton is the one blowing this all up. "Horton, a member of the local NAACP who presented on civic engagement, emailed the school board early Friday and forwarded the message to the News-Leader."
She's helping to dogpile another minority who didn't agree and said something she doesn't deem permissible. Oh and that's perfectly fine to silence Mohammadkhani's lived experience with the usual BS. Horton appears to be one of these types:
"As a side note, non-Christians can practice religious bigotry, women can be misogynistic, and people of color can uphold white supremacist ideals that are dismissive of individuals who experience marginalization especially from people in positions of power; and minors are particularly vulnerable to this kind of treatment, but often do not recognize it or talk about it, but in this case SPS students reported it."
So basically if you are a minority, you better have the right views on this subject otherwise it's internalized oppression, so shut the fuck up. Of course, pseudo CRT stuff that isn't technically CRT, but has all sorts of its ingredients sprinkled in.
So.....
Remember who's running for school board. I sure am.
Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j9zltf5 wrote
It was for students. It wasn't for school board members or for general members of the community to talk. Thomas-Tate asked a question. Based on the article, Mohammadkhani took issue with the activity and the response from the speaker saying that "most of the room raised their hands" when it was only "part" of the room. Her comment, as it currently reads and based on response from the students, sounds like she was trying to undermine the session and discount the experiences those students may have had. This event is not a debate, nor was it for anyone other than the students, which means, by definition, it was absolutely an interruption. Her job is to advocate for students, not run interference on any discussion that she disagrees with.
armenia4ever t1_j9zo24o wrote
So one comment about it only being part of the room undermines the sessions and discounts the students experiences? Am I getting that right? It makes it a debate? One comment?
Thats enough to run interference on a discussion and some completely undermine it? Is that what advocacy for students is considered now? What's the point of the job then?
Dramatic_Ad_6560 t1_j9zpdg0 wrote
It doesn't matter if it was one comment or 17. If the intended audience is stating how the interruption is impeding their ability to communicate freely, which you can see from the students' response in the article, then yes, it's interfering and it is a problem.
Her job is not to attend events and call out things she disagrees with. It's also not her job to call out decisions on her own; that's why there's an entire board. Her role in this situation would be to address it at a board meeting, where the entire board is able to communicate about it. The board has legislative authority over the district; they do not have the authority to disturb educational sessions at an off-site event. She had no right to interrupt the session, regardless of her position on the board.
utilitybelt t1_ja04iqe wrote
It wasn’t a discussion or debate. It was meant to be a moment of quiet reflection. The article says as much.
malevolentk t1_ja22tgj wrote
Ah -
Buts my understanding she does not identify as a minority nor is she a practicing Muslim
armenia4ever t1_ja3q03y wrote
Doesn't matter. You're from the UK, one doesn't just shed being a muslin. It's not just a religion, it's a culture. (With various types of it depending on the region)
Muslin upbringing deeply shapes your worldview and one doesn't just turn on or off how they were raised by their families and their traditions and cultures. I'm not saying this a pejorative either.
That only happens in the West, and even then...
malevolentk t1_ja3rmx9 wrote
I am not from the UK - my family has lived in this country for almost 400 years
She went to an American School in Iran - participated in a Christmas play as a child - and had to leave the country after the Islamic Revolution because her father worked for the previous government
Most Muslims aren’t the sort of religious zealots typically portrayed in our country - just like most Christians arent the White Christian Nationalists trying to become the American version of the Taliban
Do you even research the folks in office?
malevolentk t1_ja3rzxv wrote
My husband is from the UK though - maybe if you are going to peruse someone’s posts before replying to them you should read more than the subs they are a part of
armenia4ever t1_ja3saw1 wrote
Usually I don't see aside the time for that and do a quick glance through, but fair point.
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Great-Bratton t1_j9y9okq wrote
You might as well just say if they never left the plantation then their owners would have ensured a nuclear family for the children… get some self awareness, and touch some grass, my guy.
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22TopShelf22 t1_j9wnqpn wrote
As a person that has attended meetings and focus groups, all.i can say is let's see the facts. The nonsense and lies that are construed are lengthy and deliberate. Lets see if this is fact or fiction.
Bright-Lion t1_j9wu08r wrote
As a person who has attended meetings? Weird flex.
22TopShelf22 t1_j9wv9rm wrote
Flex lol. All I was indicating is that I've been inside of these nasty environments. I safely assume most of the keyboard warriors here have not.
bobone77 t1_j9x7dtj wrote
Nasty environments? Ones run for underserved students by a mental health professional?
blu3dice t1_j9xtnxj wrote
You
>I've been inside of these nasty environments.
But also you
>The nonsense and lies that are construed are lengthy and deliberate. Lets see if this is fact or fiction.
joecamel816 t1_j9x5lk9 wrote
Really profound, thanks for adding lmao
Own_Ear_7356toss t1_j9wrczx wrote
Love how people don't want facts, only the emotional triggers.
AmcillaSB t1_j9xck51 wrote
Isn't she the "Critical Race Theory" nutjob who was spouting stuff about covid vaccines and masking?