* * * * *
                                        
                  Is it okay to say that white men can't jump?
                                        
I should really quit reading education oriented blogs, because of stuff like
this:

> Cultural Racism:
> 
> Those aspects of society that overtly and covertly attribute value and
> normality to white people and Whiteness, and devalue, stereotype, and label
> people of color as “other”, different, less than, or render them invisible.
> **Examples of these norms include** defining white skin tones as nude or
> flesh colored, **having a future time orientation, emphasizing
> individualism as opposed to a more collective ideology, defining one form
> of English as standard**, and identifying only Whites as great writers or
> composers.
> 

Via Right on the Left Coast [1], “ Seattle Public Schools: Definitions of
Racism [2]”

“Having a future time orientation” is racism?

Hello?

Planning for the future?

Did no one on the Seattle School Board read The Ant and the Grasshopper [3]?
(My thought—these people should be forced to drive cars they themselves
designed and built—sheesh!)

And I have to wonder what they'll make of this:

> UPDATE: The Senate has agreed to the Inhofe Amendment by a vote of 63- 34.
> 
> Another quick post to let you know that I am co-sponsoring Senator Inhofe's
> amendment to declare English as the national language of the United States.
> 
> This amendment also makes English is the default language for government
> communication and redesigns the naturalization exam.
> 

Via Instapundit [4], “ English Should Be Declared America's National Language
[5]”

[Personally, I'm conflicted about this bill and deep down, I feel this
shouldn't even be an issue (and given that even the Founding Fathers decided
against a national language (which would have been German of all things)
should count for something) but given the recent illegal immigration issues
cropping up, I can see why this is happening, but getting back to the Seattle
School Board …]

Even their definition of “racism” comes across as racist to me:

> The systematic subordination of members of targeted racial groups who have
> relatively little social power in the United States (Blacks, Latino/as,
> Native Americans, and Asians), by the members of the agent racial group who
> have relatively more social power (Whites). The subordination is supported
> by the actions of individuals, cultural norms and values, and the
> institutional structures and practices of society.
> 

Via Right on the Left Coast [6], “ Seattle Public Schools: Definitions of
Racism [7]”

So, only  whites can be racist (Sanford and Son) [8].

Yeah.

I should really stop reading those educational blogs.

[1] http://rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2006/05/racism-in-seattle-
[2] http://www.seattleschools.org/area/equityandrace/definitionofrace.xml
[3] http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/36.html
[4] http://instapundit.com/archives/030398.php
[5] http://www.volpac.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=290
[6] http://rightontheleftcoast.blogspot.com/2006/05/racism-in-seattle-
[7] http://www.seattleschools.org/area/equityandrace/definitionofrace.xml
[8] http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/S/htmlS/sanfordands/sanfordands.htm

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

.