Un-ironically hoping to “foster a more inclusive and supportive environment for all,” Stevens Point Area School District (Wis.) is creating race-based parent groups.
The district’s embrace of neo-segregationism follows “Students of Color” freshman orientation in Appleton, segregated community groups in Sun Prairie, and segregated student, teacher, and parent groups in Madison.
I struggle to see any benefit to such groups, and “struggle” may be the operative term. If past is prologue, getting parents into a room to discuss race, under the guidance of progressive school officials, will likely devolve into an anti-racism struggle session where all involved admit their biases, identify their status as oppressor/victim, and pledge to “do the work” to tear down the “systems and structures of oppression.”