PORTLAND, Ore. – Dr. Verenice
Gutierrez, a principal with Oregon’s
Portland Public Schools, has become
convinced that America’s “white
culture” negatively influences
educators’ world view and the
manner in which they teach their
students.
For instance, last year a teacher in
the district presented a lesson that
included a reference to peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches.
Gutierrez says that by using
sandwiches as an illustration, the
teacher was engaged in a very
subtle form of racism.
“What about Somali or Hispanic students,
who might not eat sandwiches?” asked
Gutierrez, according to Portland Tribune .
“Another way would be to say: ‘Americans
eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have
anything like that?’ Let them tell you.
Maybe they eat torta. Or pita.”
Gutierrez is not the only Portland
administrator who has become obsessed
with identifying such forms of alleged
racism. Almost all Portland school leaders
have gone through “Coaching for
Educational Equity,” a week-long seminar
on race that’s conducted by the Pacific
Educational Group.
The Pacific Educational Group is the
brainchild of Glenn Singleton, whose
mission is to enlighten educators about how
public schools promote “white culture” and
“white privilege.” He argues that those
conditions are responsible for the black/
white achievement gap that exists
throughout America’s public education
system.
The Portland school district has certainly
taken Singleton’s message to heart.
EAGnews discovered that since the 2010-11
fiscal year, the cash-starved school district
has spent $526,901 for services provided
by Singleton’s Pacific Educational Group .
That’s a serious “investment,” especially
when one realizes the district is facing
financial problems, and has been forced to
lay off teachers and cut classroom
resources.
What are Portland schools getting in return
for all the money spent on PEG?
According to the Tribune, Portland
educators are subjected to “intensive staff
trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom
observations and other initiatives,” all
based on Singleton’s premise that only by
becoming aware of the pervasive “white
privilege” can teachers change their
classroom practices to reach minority
students.
In addition to teaching that peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches are racist, PEG trains
educators to view “rugged individualism,”
“adherence to rigid time schedules,” and the
belief that “hard work is the key to success”
as traits of the dominant white culture.
PEG teaches that minority cultures value
“color group collectivism,”
“interdependence,” group success, shared
property, learning through social
relationships, and making life choices based
on “what will be best for the family or
group.”
Upon receiving this revelation from PEG,
educators are encouraged to create
culturally sensitive lesson plans that make
use of “group homework preparation,”
“cooperative projects,” and “choral
reading.”
So how’s this new approach working for
Gutierrez’s school?
The Tribune reports that “Oregon’s
Department of Education just last month
identified Harvey Scott School (where
Gutierrez is principal) as a ‘focus school,’
which means it’s among the state’s lowest
performing 15 percent.”
Perhaps if the staff spent more time on
academic fundamentals, instead of obsessing
about non-existent racial issues, the
students would learn more.
We wonder how taxpayers will react when
they discover Portland officials are wasting
precious time and money to promote an
ideology that may soon classify peanut
butter and jelly sandwiches as a “hate
food.”

That is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard!!! That just raised my blood pressure 30 points

What a crock of sh*t

Hate food. Lol!And this particular paragraph..." In addition to teaching that peanut butter
and jelly sandwiches are racist, PEG trains
educators to view “rugged individualism,”
“adherence to rigid time schedules,” and the
belief that “hard work is the key to success”
as traits of the dominant white culture.
PEG teaches that minority cultures value
“color group collectivism,”.....should make minorities blood boil...

Does that make me a racist because i eat mostly"white food"

Ohhhh hell no!!!

Lol evidently, according to the whackjob in the article....does anyone get the irony of peanut butter and George Washington Carver?

I do!

@xNOBODYx: Nah, just makes you white!