A New York City school principal is asking parents to take time to “reflect” on their “whiteness.”
Education officials confirmed to the New York Post on Tuesday that the East Side Community School in Manhattan has distributed material aimed at building an “ethnography of whiteness, since white people have been the ones writing about and governing others.”
Some of the material involves a ranking system in which white people self-identify as one of eight identities, ranging from “White Supremacist” to “White Abolitionist.”
Officials said the material, which was developed by Barnor Hesse, a professor of African studies at Northwestern University, was shown to staff by parents before the principal decided to share it with all parents.
The principal reportedly sent the material to parents as “part of a series of materials meant for reflection” and “food for thought.”
“Anti-racism and the celebration of diversity is at the core of our work on behalf of the young people of New York City, and the East Side Community School’s students, parents and staff partner together to advance equity in their community,” a New York Department of Education said in a statement. “The document in question was shared with the school by parents as a part of ongoing anti-racist work in the school community and is one of many resources the schools utilizes.”
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