Posted on Feb 21, 2022
Fallout from a video about 'white privilege' roils a Wichita-area school district
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A video about racial profiling and discrimination was “not appropriate” for students or teachers at Derby High School, according to a Derby school board member who requested an apology from the principal who showed the video.
Emails obtained through a Kansas Open Records Act request show that Derby school board member Andy Watkins requested the apology, which principal Tim Hamblin issued in an email to staff earlier this month.
“I don’t think the community would support that video and the terminology used,” Watkins wrote in an email to Hamblin.
“I think Derby is a unique place that can look past the color/race of an individual and not discount those people by their race, but rather, encourage integrity, academic achievement, community and treating others as they want to be treated.”
In the email, Watkins writes, “My request was only a request of one board member, and not a requirement.”
Watkins, who was first elected to the Derby board in 2017, did not return emails or phone calls asking for comment.
Last week, before releasing the records, Derby school board members met in closed session for three hours with their attorney, Calvin Rider.
Emails obtained through a Kansas Open Records Act request show that Derby school board member Andy Watkins requested the apology, which principal Tim Hamblin issued in an email to staff earlier this month.
“I don’t think the community would support that video and the terminology used,” Watkins wrote in an email to Hamblin.
“I think Derby is a unique place that can look past the color/race of an individual and not discount those people by their race, but rather, encourage integrity, academic achievement, community and treating others as they want to be treated.”
In the email, Watkins writes, “My request was only a request of one board member, and not a requirement.”
Watkins, who was first elected to the Derby board in 2017, did not return emails or phone calls asking for comment.
Last week, before releasing the records, Derby school board members met in closed session for three hours with their attorney, Calvin Rider.
Fallout from a video about 'white privilege' roils a Wichita-area school district
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Racism
Discrimination
Wichita
American History
Derby
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The idea of white privilege isn't fully a question of history, it's also a question of an active political debate. There are those who believe we live in a post racism society where now everyone has the same opportunity and are treated the same (more or less). The other side of that is the idea that racism and bias are still around and baked into our systems and current situations and that impacts the outcomes for different groups, many times rooted in race.
White privilege and CRT run smack dab into that political debate and thus are going to be contentious.
White privilege and CRT run smack dab into that political debate and thus are going to be contentious.
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Yeah. That's my alma mater. Hamblin, who I know from my time at DHS, needs to resign.
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These articles never really get into the true meat of why people don't want something taught. The majority of people have no issues with teaching about history; all of it, good and bad. None of us want to repeat the bad stuff if at all possible.
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