I have a message for liberal educators: Ya'll peoples is stupid.

According to benchmarks for (Newton Massachusetts) middle school education, the top objective for the district's math teachers is to teach "respect for human differences." The objective is for students to "live out the system-wide core value of 'respect for human differences' by demonstrating anti-racist/anti-bias behaviors."

Priority No. 2 is where the basics come in, which is "problem solving and representation — students will build new mathematical knowledge as they use a variety of techniques to investigate and represent solutions to problems."

Maybe I am naive in my belief that the best way to deal with racism is to simply ignore it, except and only when it raises it's ugly head and must be addressed. If so, I'm not alone in my naivety:

"I personally think it would be far healthier for kids, if you want to talk about culture, talk about it in Social Studies but don't talk about it in every single class. It's a waste of their time in math and science, and I think it's fundamentally wrong."

That's Joanne Jacobs' take on the Newton Mass issue, and it's my take as well.

Look, there's no denying that racism has had a negative role in our history, but this kind of perpetual obsession with it isn't productive. It's like picking at a cultural scab. Please, people, let it heal.

Minor Threat said it best:

I'm sorry
For something I didn't do
Lynched somebody
But I don't know who
You blame me for slavery
A hundred years before I was born

I'm a convict
Of a racist crime
I've only served
19 years of my time
I'm guilty of being white.