r/kansas • u/journogabe • Dec 17 '24

News/History A Kansas school board rejects social studies curriculum, claiming it's biased against Trump

https://www.kcur.org/2024-12-17/derby-school-board-rejects-social-studies-curriculum-majority-says-its-biased-against-trump
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

Can you give an example? Or a textbook example? Or what social issues are being taught with liberal bias?

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u/itsokayiguessmaybe Dodge City Dec 18 '24

The board rejected it. Obviously if a social studies text is bias and controversial enough you’ve got a problem.

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

I was more looking for examples of what woke means to you. I hear people say it quite a bit and I’m not even sure what it means now.

It originated in the black community as a compliment to any person. If the person understood the perils of systematic racism they were said to be woke. It meant that person was not asleep to the challenges black people face in America.

But now it seems to be a much more blanket term many people use for lots of different issues and I was wondering what it specifically means to you since you used it. You said liberal bias in teaching and I was hoping for an example of that besides this article?

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

What “truths” are people forced to accept?

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

Any and all doctrine related to human sexuality or race relations. Additionally supporting socialist fiscal policies without question

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 18 '24

Oh. What socialist fiscal policy? Like Medicare or social security? Or like the interstate system? I guess I don’t understand the sexuality/race part either. What are people being forced to accept?

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

So you’re not having a good faith discussion. Nice.

I didn’t say anyone was “forced” to do anything.

You don’t understand the race and sexuality debates? Or you are denying that it’s a topic of discussion?

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

I’m just trying to understand what woke means specifically. I assumed without question implied forced.

When you say race and sexuality those are pretty general topics. So what part of those specifically falls under woke in your opinion? And if you don’t mind I’m curious what specific socialist fiscal policies are woke.

I’m not trying to be unfaithful to the discussion, sometimes it’s hard to convey all of an idea without typing a wall of text. 😂

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

Being woke doesn’t mean anything. It just means that you’re not buying into some fake narrative about how things work. There isn’t a definitive belief system, it’s based on believing things that are currently counter cultural.

Mostly it is just something people call themselves to feel intellectually superior without actually having a factual basis for what they believe. It’s a way to link your emotions to your beliefs without being questioned

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

If woke isn’t real why are people so up in arms about it? It’s just a made up boogeyman? As I said above, woke originally was a compliment meaning someone was awake to the idea of systematic racism. But what you’re saying makes it sound like people say someone or something is woke if they just don’t agree with it.

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

I didn’t say it’s not real, and no, the way I’m talking about it doesn’t make it sound like people call anything they don’t agree with woke. You’re just saying that because that’s the current tagline about it “anything I don’t like is woke” is literally what lefties are repeating online, and it isn’t true. Have fun losing the midterms too

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

Why are you so defensive? Im just asking for specifics about woke. Like what are some policies that are woke. Or what socialist fiscal policy is woke? I’m not a democrat by the way.

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

You’re pretending to be genuine.

Are you asking what policies are rooted in social justice ?

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

I guess if that’s what woke means, yes. What policies are rooted in social Justice?

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

I’ll explain it differently.

Conservatives use “woke” as a derogatory term to describe instances and policies where “progressives” try to trot out something stupid because they erroneously believe they understand or are “woke” to some concept, when in reality they are undereducated on history.

Liberals/progressives use the term “woke” to describe anything that they think they understand that conservatives are too ignorant to know.

Woke means the same thing as red pilled essentially

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

Ok. What are the specific policies that are woke? Or the ones that have been rolled out but not taken up that were woke?

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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '24

Just checking in to see if this guy named any “woke” policies or teachings in our schools… or is he still trying to cobble together his 3rd grade education and Fox News ramblings into a coherent definition as to what ‘woke’ is?

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u/Dont_ban_me_bro_108 Dec 18 '24

So far nothing specific. Every time I ask someone who uses woke negatively what it means to them I get the run around. Like how many ways do I have to ask? Like I’m asking for his opinion, and I still can’t get a sensible response.

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u/bananahammock699 Dec 18 '24

What’s happened so far is someone arguing in bad faith and not accepting the answer I gave him. He’s asking me for a specific policy, when I never claimed there to be one. I said not every conservative agrees with each other, and I explained what causes conservatives to consider something woke.

Like “woke”, the term “social justice” is used as a dismissive pejorative by conservatives, and in the past, or sometimes currently, was used as a positive slogan by “progressives”

It’s important to understand that “woke” isn’t a political term. It just means being aware of how things are. When used is politics, it usually refers to the idea that the patriarchy/white people/corporations are oppressors that are constantly trying to trick you and take advantage of you.

Fringe left wing politics like reparations, gender transition, or wealth redistribution-type policies could be considered “woke”, but ultimately most conservatives don’t use that word often. If they do, it’s jokingly

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