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Another damaging aspect of Transformative SEL is what it does to the individual. It saddles the individual with concepts that he or she is oppressed or is an oppressor. Remember that we don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. Those now saddled with seeing themselves as oppressed will "see" oppression everywhere. How can this perspective develop hope.

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I appreciate and agree by far most all in Ms. Sears' article shown here. Yet, I must object to her unconscious acceptance of the language of the side of radical progressives and cultural Marxists who, all in turn, become racists in their own rights. Sears says, " In a pluralistic society, a public school district that teaches students that there is only one way to be anti-racist is not only wrong, but it also makes it more difficult to reach every student and convince them of the virtues of being anti-racist. " Why should public schools teach one how to be an "anti-racist" in the first place?

NO! I do not support racism, yet that does not make me an "anti-racist." A "racist" is a person, likely very sick in his/her soul and low on humanity and appreciation of such, who BELIEVES IN AND ESPOUSES RACISM. I don't want racism, but to be "against" a "racist" is to somehow wish to impede his well being, livelihood and standing of rights due us all. A white journalist once asked an elderly Black man if he hated people of the KKK. The old Black man's reply was a high example of humanness and decency. I paraphrase the elderly Black man's answer: 'I don't hate them. Hatred is a disease. You wouldn't hate someone for being sick, would you?". Sears' statement plays into the hands of neo-racists by using their verbiage. I appreciate the article. It is illuminating. Yet, please, we should teach children tolerance of racial differences, not intolerance of the ignorant people who don't understand this.

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