...wait, what? Wasn't peanut butter invented by George Washington Carver?Well one principal from the Harvey Scott K-8 school in Portland, OR, Verenice Gutierrez, seems to think that the otherwise benign sandwich has subtle implications pointing towards white privilege, namely because of the concept of the sandwich itself. She points directly to Somali or Hispanic students who might eat torta or pita.
Branding the insidious sandwich came as part of Portland's "Courageous Conversations" program, encouraging school employees to read articles and discuss popular topics from the perspective of "white privilege."
In other words, it's a program designed to make a privileged demographic feel like they've done their part without actually making them talk to a real minority.
Of course, it's bad enough whenever you get enough privileged people in a room together. You can be sure something's going to get banned. If it's not abortion or gay marriage, they're banning shellfish and dodgeball.
But what about the kids? A bunch of officials, who admittedly know nothing about racial adversity by creating a program to analyze racial adversity - without consulting anyone adversely affected by racism - have charged themselves with tackling racial adversity.
That's what's taking place. And they're serious.
Meanwhile the minority students at Harvey Scott are saddled with a principal telling everyone that their peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist towards them.
It is amazing the lengths to which the privileged will go to make the underprivileged miserable, just to quell their own guilt.
What's more racist than Falafel Friday? Having a Falafel Friday just to make your Middle Eastern students feel comfortable, when a kid of any color doesn't care what's for lunch as long as it tastes good.
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