{"id":4075,"date":"2013-03-19T05:03:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T05:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=4075"},"modified":"2013-03-19T05:03:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T05:03:00","slug":"students-to-wear-white-privilege-wristbands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=4075","title":{"rendered":"Students to wear ‘White Privilege’ wristbands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction runs several programs that emphasize racial issues.<\/p>\n

One of those programs \u2013 an Americorps operation called VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) \u2013 \u00a0 encourages white students to wear white wristbands that serve “as a reminder about your (white) privilege?”<\/div>\n
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The program for high school students “seeks to build capacity in schools and districts serving low-income families to develop an effective, sustainable, research-based program of family-school-community partnerships,”according to its Facebook page.<\/div>\n
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That sounds reasonable enough. However, the program becomes a bit suspect when one notices the Gloria Steinem quote on the top of their webpage: “The first problem for all of us, men and women, is not to learn, but to unlearn.”<\/div>\n
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The webpage list a series of suggestions for high schools students to become more racially sensitive. The suggestions include:<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Wear a white wristband as a reminder about your privilege, and as a personal commitment to explain why you wear the wristband.<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Set aside sections of the day to critically examine how privilege is working.<\/div>\n
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\u2022 Put a note on your mirror or computer screen as a reminder to think about privilege.<\/div>\n
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The Wisconsin DPI also sponsors \u00a0CREATE Wisconsin, an on-going “cultural sensitivity” teacher-training program that focuses largely on “whiteness” and “white privilege.” – WTMJ<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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