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22TopShelf22 t1_jahk40y wrote

Love how minorities punish minorities in the name of protecting minorities. This is progress huh?

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Demmetros t1_jahmkdh wrote

Considering how incentive she was to children, don't think it was about race.

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00112358132135 t1_jahrlrm wrote

> According to the Springfield News-Leader, during an exercise run by the director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Burrell Behavior Health, Marquisa “Keke” Rover, encouraged students to quietly reflect on their experiences with racial trauma by closing their eyes and raising their hands.

>Rover reported to the students that ‘most hands went up’ which Mohammadkhani challenged saying it was only just a part of the room.

Report goes on to say several children felt upset by the challenge.

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Mysteroo t1_jahthj0 wrote

Replying to 00112358132135 (#2,138,087)

Very weird but feels lowkey harmless

unless there's some implied subtext about 'surrendering to the police' or 'praying', in which case I can definitely see that being concerning

Edit: OHH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOHAMMADKHANI? I thought we were criticizing Rover for directing kids to reflect like that. If you can't tell, I didn't read the article

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00112358132135 t1_jahx2fb wrote

Replying to Mysteroo (#2,138,179)

Seems like it upset several children so that’s the harm. I’m personally wondering what is the motivation to correct someone like that and say “only a few hands went up”.

Like, is she that technical of a person that the statement needed to be corrected in that moment so we all live in truth or…? It just comes off as ignorant to the feelings of the kids.

Perhaps she is a little ticked off about the idea of having a director of diversity who is trying to “put trauma on” kids who don’t have it? Idk, I’m just trying to make sense of it.

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the_honeyman t1_jahyd0l wrote

Replying to Mysteroo (#2,138,179)

There was more to her outburst than simply "challenging the amount of hands that went up." It was enough that a bunch of students sent letters to the school board and showed up to speak at the meeting.

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blu3dice t1_jahyyz1 wrote

Replying to Mysteroo (#2,138,179)

If there was a group of teenage boys discussing their mental health struggles and a school broad member interrupted to interject themselves into the conversation--- is that low-key harmless?

"See, boys, most of you don't experience mental health issues - just half. It was super important I interrupt because my observations are more important than your voice being heard and this space feeling safe. I know it feels very vulnerable to discuss this subject matter among your peers. But I couldn't help myself. Go ahead and proceed."

Is that not derailing? Is it appropriate behavior for an adult? Are those boys overreacting? Would they continue to feel safe to speak openly?

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Tiny_Fly_7397 t1_jahz2uz wrote

She’s the worst and I’m glad to see her go. I know a lot of teachers and apparently she has a habit of showing up unannounced at parent teacher conferences, barging into classrooms and taking pictures, all without revealing that she’s a board member (huge no no)

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FMYLtoss t1_jai97y4 wrote

Replying to 00112358132135 (#2,138,087)

I'd encourage anyone that can handle honest, non biased facts to read the story. The way it is being discussed here is in a way in which people are rapidly drawing conclusions NOT based on facts.

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the_honeyman t1_jaiawjb wrote

Replying to FMYLtoss (#2,138,830)

The way it is being discussed here came directly from people who were actually in the meeting. Take your nonsense elsewhere. You've already had one post removed, nobody is buying yall's bull.

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blu3dice t1_jaicoq6 wrote

Replying to FMYLtoss (#2,138,830)

What conclusions are people getting wrong? That the vice president of the school board didn't show appropriate temperament given the circumstances? That, as Vice President she should be an example to the children of this district on how to behave appropriately?

Edit: and before you comment that I haven't read the story... this news is 4 days old and I've previously commented and criticized the Newsleader's headline as click bait.

https://www.reddit.com/r/springfieldMO/comments/11b8e6p/sps_board_official_accused_of_disrupting_student/j9xvujc?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

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zouspring t1_jaihg7s wrote

For those that watched, can we revisit what was in Kelly Byrnes ear? He claimed it was not electronic but this is a subplot that I want to know more about!

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Miserable_Figure7876 t1_jaiqp92 wrote

She was definitely removed for cause.

And additionally, it's disgusting to hear people like her and Byrne claim that they're trying to keep kids away from adults with agendas while they're going on conservative talk radio and podcasts and ranting about "woke culture" and CRT.

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Mysteroo t1_jaiujau wrote

Replying to blu3dice (#2,138,411)

Deleted my initial response because I only just realized that the criticism here is against Mohammadkhani, not Rover.

Was it not obvious that I was talking about Rover? Considering how I was specifically talking about the subtext surrounding their exercise? Like - yeah I should gotten more context before commenting but come on y'all

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Jo11yR0g3r t1_jaj2230 wrote

Shame they didn't have the balls to just boot her off the board entirely, especially after the crap she pulled in the meeting "in her defense"

In short, claiming it was just an excuse to publicly shame her and she shouldn't be in trouble because she "didn't know it was an sps event" and then closed with "I will continue to fight what the hustlers are peddling" which the conservative room seemed to enjoy

It was just so bizarre to watch. It was obviously just a stunt to keep that low-brow-conservative vote, very apparently antagonistic, and not even the first time she's done stuff like this. After all that, all they did is remove her arguably meaningless title for an unpaid board position?

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AmcillaSB t1_jaj46ga wrote

In this day and age, I'm shocked a politician had consequences for their actions.

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