San Francisco Public Schools: Acronyms Are A Symptom Of White Supremacy

Everything is “white supremacy” thus nothing is.

ABC7 in San Francisco reports:

First the San Francisco School Board decided to rename 44 schools because they are named after people with ties to racism or slavery. Now the Arts Department has taken a bold move by changing its name, "VAPA" because they say, "acronyms are a symptom of white supremacy culture."...
In a letter, he explains that acronyms are a symptom of white supremacy culture.
"The use of so many acronyms within the educational field often tends to alienate those who may not speak English to understand the acronym," he added.
That's based on a 1999 paper written by author Tema Okun titled "White Supremacy Culture." Okun told me that, "Our culture perpetuates racism when things continue to be written down in a certain way."
But the San Francisco Unified School District uses so many acronyms on a daily basis that if you go to their website there's a section on how to find what their acronyms or abbreviations mean.”

Keep in mind that all this talk about changing school names and acronyms are coming at a time when the schools remain closed.Perhaps they have their priorities misplaced.


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