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anktreetchoolforChildrenat610W.112tht.inManhattan.
KatieOrlinsk

METRO

Elite K-8 school teaches white students theyre

born racist
Paulperr

Jul1,2016 | 2:15pm

AneliteManhattanschoolisteachingwhitestudentsasoungas6thatthereornracistandshouldfeelguiltenefitingfromwhite
privilege,whileheapingpraiseandcupcakesontheirlackpeers.
AdministratorsattheanktreetchoolforChildrenontheUpperWestideclaimitsanovelapproachtofightingdiscrimination,andthat
severalotherprivateNewYorkschoolsaredoingit,utevenlieralparentsarentuingit.
ThecomplaintheK-8schoolof430kidsisseparatingwhitesinclasseswheretheremadetofeelawfulaouttheirwhiteness,andall
thekidsofcolorinotherroomswheretheretaughttofeelproudaouttheirraceandarerewardedwithtreatsandotherprivileges.
versinceFerguson,theschoolhaseenincreasinganti-whitepropagandainitscurriculum,saidaparentwhorequestedanonmit
ecausehehaschildrencurrentlenrolledintheschool.
anktreethascreatedadedicatedspaceintheschoolforkidsofcolor,wherethereemracedminoritinstructorsand
encouragedtovoicetheirfeelingsandshareexperiencesaouteingakidofcolor,accordingtoschoolpresentationslidesotained
ThePost.
Meanwhile,whitekidsareherdedintoseparateclassroomsandtaughttoraisetheirawarenessoftheprevalenceofWhitenessand
privilege,challengenotionsofcolorlindness(and)assumptionsofnormal,good,andAmericanandunderstandandownuropean

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ancestrandseethetietoprivilege.
Thesameslidespointoutthatanumerofleadingprivateschoolsacrossthecountralso
havesegregatedstudentsrace-asedaffinitgroups.ItlistsseveralinNewYork,
includingRiverdaleCountrchool,rooklnFriendschool,TheCathedralchool,The
Calhounchool,thicalCultureFieldstonchool,andLittleRedchoolHouseandlisaeth
IrwinHighchool.
UnderanktreetsRacialJusticeandAdvocaccurriculum,parentssa,teacherspush
whitekidstograpplewithAmericashistorofracism.Thentheindoctrinatetheminto
thinkingsstemicracismstillexists,andthattherepartoftheprolemandmusthold
themselvesaccountaleevenforactsofracismcommittedothers.

One hundred
percent of the
curriculum is what
whites have done to
other races. They
offer nothing that
would balance the
story.

Aslidefromtheankchoolshowsthedifferent
goalsforwhitechildren(right)andkidsofcolor
(left).

Onehundredpercentofthecurriculumiswhatwhites
havedonetootherraces,saidanotheranktreetparent.Theoffernothingthatwouldalancethe
stor.
Addedtheparent,whoalsoaskedtogounnamed:Anquestionsthecantanswertherationalize
underthepretenseofinstitutionalracism,whichisneverrealldefined.
Theprogram,theseparentssa,delieratelinstillsinwhitechildrenastrongsenseofguiltaouttheir
race.omekidscomehomeintears,saing,Imaadperson.

Thesawhitekidsareeingrainwashedintothinkingansuccesstheachieveisunearned.Indeed,
aoungwhitegirlisseenconfessingonaanktreetvideo:IfeelguiltforhavingaprivilegeIdont
deserve.

-Anonmousanktreetparent

Parents,moreover,satheclassroomsegregationonlreedsresentment.Youngerchildren,forinstance,feelleftoutwhenthekidsof
colorcomeacktothemainclassroommunchingoncupcakestheweregivenintheiraffinitgroup.
ThedivisiveprogramisrunAnshuWahi,alongtimesocialjusticeactivistwhosheldthetitleofdirectorofdiversitatanktreet
since2013.hereferredquestionstotheschoolscommunicationsoffice,whichdidnotrespondtorequestsforcomment.
till,Wahisradicaleliefscomeintoclearviewfromrecordedconversationswithparents,aswellashandoutsandemailstoparents.he
elievestheanswertoracismisteachingwhitekidstoseeraceineverthingaprocesscalledwhiteracialsocialization.
Forgetteachingthemtoecolor-lindthatsacop-out,shesuggests,anexcusetoignorethehardshipsofpeopleofcolor.Itsalsoa
toolofwhitenesstoperpetuatetheoppressionofpeopleofcolor,accordingtoonepapersherecommendsparentsread.
Wahielievesevenwhiteaiesdisplasignsofracism,sosheencouragesparentstotalktotheirkidsaoutraceasearlas
kindergarten,makingthemhperawareofracialdifferences,andevenexamineourownwhiteness.
hedefendssegregatingminoritchildrenracearguingtheneedasafeplacewherethecansharetheirouchmoments,including

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sutleutoffensivewhitecommentsknownasmicro-aggressions.

anktreetwantstogivekidsofcoloraspacetotalkaoutsharedexperiences,Wahiexplainedinaparenthandout,ecauseevenin
societtoda,peopleofcoloraretreatedunfairl.
Intherecentpast,sheadded,childrenofcolorinourLowerchoolhaveeentoldwell-intentionedpeersthattheirskinlookslikethe
colorofpoop.
Wahisastheschoolismerelempoweringchildrenofcolorwhofeelalienatedanddevaluedinadominantwhiteculture.utsome
parentsfeartheschoolisnurturingresentmentamongminoritpupilsandreinforcingperceptionsofvictimization.
HerextremediversitprogramisasedonthepremisethatAmericaisstillplagued
sstemicracism,whichsheclaimsshesawfirst-handwhileservingasajurorhearing
criminalcasesinrookln.hetoldparentsshewasshockedtolearnthatevercase
involvedaminoritdefendant.InthesameMa2015meetingwithparents,shecitedthe
GIillasproofofwhiteprivilege,claimingthepopularpost-WorldWarIIlegislationonl
enefitedwhitesoldiersandtheirheirs,wheninfact,lackenrollmentincolleges
explodedundertheGIill.
Mostrecentl,parentswereupsetwithherairingadocumentarfilmlionizingleadersof
theviolentlackPanthersmovement.OnMa31,theanktreetchoolscreenedlack
Panthers:VanguardoftheRevolution,whichdepictsPanthersfounderandconvicted
cop-killerHueNewtonasamartr.
In2013,moreover,parentsexpressedoutrageoveranemailfromWahithatseemedto
smpathizewithMuslimterroristsaftertheostonMarathonomings.
TheApril17,2013,messageFromAnshu,ourDirectorofDiversitandCommunit:The
ostonMarathonAnotherPerspectiveadvisedstudentsandparentstoemindful
ofstereotpesanddangerousideasregardingAras(and)Muslims.
ItlinkedtoanarticletitledLetshopetheostonMarathonomerisawhiteAmerican.
Theschoolof430studentsisledAnshuWahi,
whoelievestheanswertoracismisteachingwhite
childrentoseeraceineverthingaprocesscalled
whiteracialsocialization.

PaulperrisauthorofTheGreatAmericanankRoer,whichexposestheracial
politicsehindthemortgageust.

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