PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH IS RACIST, SAYS PORTLAND SCHOOL OFFICIAL

[zappasguitar]

I think I figured out why there was so much confusion here. The article Soc linked to in the OP spoke about the original article in the Portland Tribune (which Sun Devil linked to). Here's how the Portland Tribune article started:


Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.

Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.

“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools’ principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of “Courageous Conversations,” the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.

Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own “white privilege,” then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students’ performance.


http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/114604-schools-beat-the-drum-for-equity


So clearly they are calling the PB&J example subtle racism. That's your answer to your first post Zap. And yes they are tying the PB&J into white privilege.

It reasons to me if they have this many non-Americans at the school why don't they hire some non white teachers?

Nonsense.

CLEARLY no one can show where ANYONE has ever said the PB&J is "racist".

All any of you can do is take a single sentence out of context and twist it to fit your narrow minded agenda.

And NO, they are NOT tying the PB&J into white privilege...they are correctly pointing out that many people the world over DO NOT EAT PB&J SANDWICHES.

How is that very simple point sailing so far over your head?

 

[cawacko]

Nonsense.

CLEARLY no one can show where ANYONE has ever said the PB&J is "racist".

All any of you can do is take a single sentence out of context and twist it to fit your narrow minded agenda.

And NO, they are NOT tying the PB&J into white privilege...they are correctly pointing out that many people the world over DO NOT EAT PB&J SANDWICHES.

How is that very simple point sailing so far over your head?

So by mentioning that the teacher picks up on subtle racism in the first sentence is not tied at all to discussing PB&J in the next sentence? Why the need for having that first sentence in there?

 

[leaningright]

Wonder what George Washington Carver would think about this discussion?

 

[The Dude]

I think I figured out why there was so much confusion here. The article Soc linked to in the OP spoke about the original article in the Portland Tribune (which Sun Devil linked to). Here's how the Portland Tribune article started:


Verenice Gutierrez picks up on the subtle language of racism every day.

Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year.

“What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?” says Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, a diverse school of 500 students in Northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.

“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?’ Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”

Guitierrez, along with all of Portland Public Schools’ principals, will start the new school year off this week by drilling in on the language of “Courageous Conversations,” the district-wide equity training being implemented in every building in phases during the past few years.

Through intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives, the premise is that if educators can understand their own “white privilege,” then they can change their teaching practices to boost minority students’ performance.


http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/114604-schools-beat-the-drum-for-equity


So clearly they are calling the PB&J example subtle racism. That's your answer to your first post Zap. And yes they are tying the PB&J into white privilege.

It reasons to me if they have this many non-Americans at the school why don't they hire some non white teachers?

Is it because multi culturism is too tuff for crackers

 

[cawacko]

Is it because multi culturism is too tuff for crackers

Exactly, if it ain't soul food I don't know what it is and don't want to touch it.

 

[zappasguitar]

Is it because multi culturism is too tuff for crackers

No...they just believe every single person, regardless of which cultural background they may have been raised in from around the globe should know and understand what the average middle American eats so any discussion can be centered around imagery that those self same Americans are certain to understand.

 

[cawacko]

No...they just believe every single person, regardless of which cultural background they may have been raised in from around the globe should know and understand what the average middle American eats so any discussion can be centered around imagery that those self same Americans are certain to understand.

So why the reference to racism in the first sentence? Do you believe other ethnic groups born and raised in the U. S. don't eat PB&J or that all white people do?

 

[Damocles]

I'll have to make a rule against PB&J now. Dang.

 

[zappasguitar]

No...they just believe every single person, regardless of which cultural background they may have been raised in from around the globe should know and understand what the average middle American eats so any discussion can be centered around imagery that those self same Americans are certain to understand.

So why the reference to racism in the first sentence? Do you believe other ethnic groups born and raised in the U. S. don't eat PB&J or that all white people do?

I believe there are certain pockets of ethnicity living here in the USA who have never eaten a PB&J.

I never claimed ALL white people eat them.

 

[Airstrip One]

Nonsense.

CLEARLY no one can show where ANYONE has ever said the PB&J is "racist".

All any of you can do is take a single sentence out of context and twist it to fit your narrow minded agenda.

And NO, they are NOT tying the PB&J into white privilege...they are correctly pointing out that many people the world over DO NOT EAT PB&J SANDWICHES.

How is that very simple point sailing so far over your head?

Luckily this is an American school and not a world school.

 

[zappasguitar]

So why the reference to racism in the first sentence? Do you believe other ethnic groups born and raised in the U. S. don't eat PB&J or that all white people do?

Racism was mentioned because if we as a society aren't careful, it can find it's way into even the most innocuous of conversations.

 

[tinfoil]

zappa, they are clearly saying white people are too stupid to understand how their lesson plan about a PB&J is racist. Do you deny this?

 

[zappasguitar]

zappa, they are clearly saying white people are too stupid to understand how their lesson plan about a PB&J is racist. Do you deny this?

Yes, I do.

 

[cawacko]

Racism was mentioned because if we as a society aren't careful, it can find it's way into even the most innocuous of conversations.

Yes, like PB&J

 

[cawacko]

Luckily this is an American school and not a world school.

Is Portland technically in America?

 

[Damocles]

Right. Short synopsis of the OP: Only "white privilege" could possibly lead anybody to utter the words Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. Those bastards! What if there were a child in the room from the moon who doesn't know what bread is or ate tortas, how could they possibly understand "sandwich"? That child couldn't possibly understand anything at all about PB&J, let alone "sandwiches". Dumb white people and their "sandwiches", especially PB&J don't even realize their disgusting use of "white privilege".

Therefore the school spent money to train teachers out of saying inappropriate things like PB&J.

Short synopsis of the thread:

While the school specifically made it an issue, somebody steps in to say only "righty white folks" are making this an issue in the schools, the rest of the people pointed out that people who have spent more than a week in the US tend to know what bread is and what a sandwich is even if they eat torta and pita at home.

 

[cawacko]

I'll have to make a rule against PB&J now. Dang.

Ironically my broke ass had been eating a lot of PB&J the last few weeks because its cheap.

 

[cawacko]

Right. Short synopsis of the OP: Only "white privilege" could possibly lead anybody to utter the words Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. Those bastards! What if there were a child in the room from the moon who doesn't know what bread is or ate tortas, how could they possibly understand "sandwich"? That child couldn't possibly understand anything at all about PB&J, let alone "sandwiches". Dumb white people and their "sandwiches", especially PB&J don't even realize their disgusting use of "white privilege".

Therefore the school spent money to train teachers out of saying inappropriate things like PB&J.

Short synopsis of the thread:

While the school specifically made it an issue, somebody steps in to say only "righty white folks" are making this an issue in the schools, the rest of the people pointed out that people who have spent more than a week in the US tend to know what bread is and what a sandwich is even if they eat torta and pita at home.

Well said.

 

[cawacko]

Right. Short synopsis of the OP: Only "white privilege" could possibly lead anybody to utter the words Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich. Those bastards! What if there were a child in the room from the moon who doesn't know what bread is or ate tortas, how could they possibly understand "sandwich"? That child couldn't possibly understand anything at all about PB&J, let alone "sandwiches". Dumb white people and their "sandwiches", especially PB&J don't even realize their disgusting use of "white privilege".

Therefore the school spent money to train teachers out of saying inappropriate things like PB&J.

Short synopsis of the thread:

While the school specifically made it an issue, somebody steps in to say only "righty white folks" are making this an issue in the schools, the rest of the people pointed out that people who have spent more than a week in the US tend to know what bread is and what a sandwich is even if they eat torta and pita at home.

Well said.

 

[Damocles]

Ironically my broke ass had been eating a lot of PB&J the last few weeks because its cheap.

Racist white privilege using bastage!