Liberals are too dumb to see the irony in this.
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SanFransico Unified School District Art Department changed its name from VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) to SFUSD Art Department because acronyms are "white supremacy".
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So it's now SFU as in Shut the F up?
How is this related to being a liberal? Because of confederate buildings being renamed?
And VAPA? Have not heard of that.
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@bc22
Other than liberals, who is screeching that everything is "white supremacy"?
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White Supremacists!
Remember Trump retweeted the video where a guy said White Power?
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@bc22
How does that defeat my comment?
It's like how you guys claimed the OK hand sign was the white supremacy sign.
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You asked me who was screeching, I was not attempting to defeat anything.
The OK sign is just that, thumbs up is too.
If the OK sign is done upside down, apparently more boys turn gay or something.
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@bc22
Just because some idiot said something extremely ignorant, doesn't negate that liberals deem everything white supremacy.
YES, to sane people the OK sign and thumbs up are just that, but to liberals, they were parts of white supremacy. People lost their jobs over that because of the liberal cancel culture.
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What happened to them just wearing a white pointy dunce hat?
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@raphjd said in Liberals are too dumb to see the irony in this.:
SanFransico Unified School District Art Department changed its name from VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) to SFUSD Art Department because acronyms are "white supremacy".
OK, you've got me fooled on this one.
I'm supposed to be a liberal (your label for me, not mine! I think I'm a Conservative who just doesn't agree with (or like) Donald Trump or QAnon!)...
... and yet, I have no idea what this is talking about!
So, all acronyms are white supremacist? or VAPA was?
I did a Google search on VAPA - no sign of White Supremacy, save for the article you referenced yourself... Lots of cases of "Visual and Performing Arts" in lots of other districts though!
...and folks in CA wonder why we call Northern California the "Land of fruits and nuts"!!
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It's essentially true. Liberals would rather posture than enact real change; they would rather police people's speech and do stuff like this than actually change any systems of oppression. The unspoken motto of the liberal is: Posture and do things only until it starts to change the status quo, then it's too much. This is especially true of elite liberals: posture and do things only until it threatens your wealth and status, then it's too much.
This is essentially what Noam Chomsky has been talking about his entire career: liberal propaganda, such as that of the New York Times' editorial board, who regularly publish US government propaganda (US officials say..... the DOJ alleges.... The President's Cabinet believes.....—it should go without saying that just because a government entity says something, doesn't mean it's true).
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They are saying that all acronyms are racist, so they just changed the acronym.
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@raphjd said in Liberals are too dumb to see the irony in this.:
They are saying that all acronyms are racist, so they just changed the acronym.
Absurd. And a true example of "Political Correctness run amok!
Have you seen the absurd level of backlash against Morgan Wallen?
ICYMI: Morgan Wallen is a rising star (like #1 album rising star) in US Country music. A video surfaced recently where he's a little too casual, and makes a comment that includes the work "ni**er".He responded - publicly - that he was sorry and embarrassed by his own behavior (let's face it, he's embarrassed he got caught)...
The backlash though has been OVER THE TOP! LA Times story here
- songs pulled from radio & streaming
- eligibility for CMA (Country Music Awards) revoked
- contract with his "label" put on hold: indefintely
What do they want from this guy? His dick in a meat grinder?
Would even that be enough for them?I get it - he should be punished and the use of the term should not be taken lightly. But this shit gone crazy! Pull his songs for a few days, maybe fine him... but all this? Can you say: "OVERBOARD!"
SIDE NOTE: I am not a US Country Music fan - until I saw this story, I had no idea who this bloke was!
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TBH I thought the intention was to make less jargon and making navigation of the system easier for non-native English speakers. The director clearly indicates this move as making it more accessible while achieving their anti-racist policy.
The origin of said intention is really stemming from the author's quoted words: "our culture perpetuates racism when things continue to be written down in a certain way," which distills the relationship between the use of language (in this case acronym jargon) to enforce barriers (jargon increases difficulty to understand terms to understand and participate in the system, also requiring one to visit a special section for complete definitions, thus adding additional layer of technological barrier), ergo perpetuating institutional racism.
I think the intentions are there to lower barriers, just poorly explained how the connections work.
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So they get rid of acronyms to replace them with acronyms.
How is it "racist" when plenty of non-whites speak english? Isn't that racist, in and of itself?
At best, you could say that it's anti-non english speakers.
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@raphjd
But they didn't? They went from SFUSD VAPA to SFUSD Arts Department. I'm not sure where you've got the replacement from?I would argue no, this change cannot be named racist of itself because it doesn't have an effect of any proficient English speakers (proficient here being at least intermediate to high intermediate equivalent in English skill assessments). The change lowers the bar of entry into understanding the terms, and everyone benefits.
Think of it as universal design, such as the large power door button plates for wheelchair users and ramps. It lowers the barrier to access, at very little cost to able-bodied people.
I've outlined what I believe is the underlying connection of this to the paper and institutionalized racism, so I won't delve deeper into it again. I will concede it is purely my speculation, but it works to dismantle at least a small item should new Americans want to understand and participate in the education system.
Off topic: The field of education (and many other professional fields, for that matter) are absolutely TERRIBLE with the amount of jargon used. Pretty frustrating for newbies since one would need a complete separate lexicon to decode what is being discussed!
Edit: defining proficiency
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Let's look at the "racism" claim in all of this.
Plenty of non-whites speak english, just as there are whites who don't speak english.
Of course, liberal dogma says that only whites can be racist and you can't be racist toward whites.
Also, every society uses jargon/slang, so every society is guilty of racism (see the previous sentence).
Industries, likewise, use jargon/slang.
Let's not forget that they still use acronyms; ie SFUSD
