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30-09-2020, 01:14 PM | #26 | ||
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Black lives matter in itself, is not a political issue, it's literally saying black lives matter.
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30-09-2020, 01:20 PM | #27 | |||
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30-09-2020, 01:22 PM | #28 | ||
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BLM isn't party-political (thankfully it isn't, in the UK anyway) and it shouldn't be partisan either (sadly, it seemingly is, everywhere). It clearly is a political issue. I would imagine that in Texas it's more political than pretty much anywhere else in the western world. |
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30-09-2020, 01:37 PM | #29 | ||
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Neither Covid, nor the idea of black lives being equal to everyone else's should not be political issues. |
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30-09-2020, 01:48 PM | #30 | ||
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So the secondary point is that if the employer has a policy of no messaging of any kind on clothing, then employees either have to follow that policy, find another job that falls more in line with their values, or try to organise like-minded people in asking the employer to change the policy. Again, you don't just decide that you don't like the policy and go against it, then do shocked pikachu face when that's considered misconduct. Like I said before, I'm pretty sure anyone who has ever worked for an employer knows this. And I say that as someone who DID make the decision to drastically change employment type from an employer that was full of **** in a dodgy industry to one that falls more in line with my personal values. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 30-09-2020 at 01:49 PM. |
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30-09-2020, 01:56 PM | #31 | ||
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30-09-2020, 02:21 PM | #32 | |||
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I'd argue that using schools to educate how important the subject of racism is, is a very good thing
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30-09-2020, 02:26 PM | #33 | ||
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And that just circles back round to the second point; if you don't like your employers policy you have to accept it anyway, leave, or try to get it changed and THEN do the thing you wanted to do. You can't just say "stuff the policy, I don't like it and I think it's wrong!" and go ahead with what you want to do and then cry unfair at being fired. |
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30-09-2020, 02:26 PM | #34 | ||
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Racism is a part of America's DNA, it should absolutely be taught in school that racism is a thing and the effects it has had on the US as a whole.
No country should shy away from it's past when it comes to education, people would be better educated about the world if we followed in Germany's example in how they teach their students about the World Wars. It's unflinching, it doesn't shift blame or undermine the tragedy, they teach their kids not to repeat the same mistakes. Our education would certainly be more well rounded if we learned a less rosey and more realistic version of our own history. Many people don't even know the damage the Empire did to the world, they think it's some glorious pinnacle of British history when it should be one of our greatest shames. |
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30-09-2020, 02:27 PM | #35 | ||
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I understand the no message on masks policy but we should also think about who the message is harming. It contains no profanity or rude symbols/inferences. If anything, it is a mark of respect. I think that the lives and self esteems of children (in particular black children) can be totally enriched by their exposure to positive messages of support, such as BLM. I would hold the same views if it were a rainbow mask or a statement about Trans lives.
BLM might be a political group but the message is strictly identity politics. That matters. |
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30-09-2020, 02:28 PM | #36 | ||
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30-09-2020, 03:32 PM | #37 | |||
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If the school has a no message policy, then it is what it says on the tin..no messages, it doesn’t matter how worthy the message, allow one, you open the door to argument to allow others, I am sure the staff have better things to do with their time then spend it discussing the merits of individual messages, the teacher was in the wrong, its hard to believe that was the reason for her sacking though
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