Today I learned +

[Dannyalcatraz]

I cannot imagine the mindset it must take to send kids there. Like, the article on it says a Black basketball player sent his kids there and people were racist to them, and it's like, you sent your kids to racist pedophile academy (which was founded EXPLICITLY to exclude Black people!!!) why exactly?!

I’m thinking it’s a combination of;

1) people who regard Hammond as a heroic figure.

2) people who haven’t a clue as to Hammond is.

3) people who know who Hammond is, but hope that the school’s programs and reputation will open doors.

 

[Aeson]

That's a huge loophole in private institutions. Being private, they can discriminate in who they let in. Private Christian schools have discriminated against the LGBTQ community in recent times. They can fire pregnant unwed mothers.

Segregation academies, statues of Confederate figures, Confederate battle flags were all part of showing white dominance. There's a correlation between the emergence of these things and the civil rights movement.

 

[Ryujin]

That's a huge loophole in private institutions. Being private, they can discriminate in who they let in. Private Christian schools have discriminated against the LGBTQ community in recent times. They can fire pregnant unwed mothers.

Segregation academies, statues of Confederate figures, Confederate battle flags were all part of showing white dominance. There's a correlation between the emergence of these things and the civil rights movement.

Little known thing: You can (or could?), as a Caucasian, submit an application as a "minority student" to a traditionally Black school. A friend of mine got her Masters by applying in this way to Alabama A&M, in Huntsville. Really nice campus. Impressive football fields (of course).

 

[The Sigil]

I learned about the Index Function on 80's CD players... and in doing so realized that a lot of my favorite YouTubers' sensibilities outside of their chosen lanes are actually similar to my own... for instance, I learned Matt Colville is familiar with at least one of the same Youtube channels that I follow: Technology Connections.

I also learned a lot about properly using a dishwasher from Technology Connections (forgive this is part commercial: ).

I also learned that someone blind from birth can create paintings with perspective:
Basically, I learned that my assumptions about a great many things are wrong.

 

[Aeson]

Little known thing: You can (or could?), as a Caucasian, submit an application as a "minority student" to a traditionally Black school. A friend of mine got her Masters by applying in this way to Alabama A&M, in Huntsville. Really nice campus. Impressive football fields (of course).

I did know that. I think it's a great thing that they are willing to accept others when they were not always accepted themselves. A more pragmatic take, money is green, green is accepted everywhere. Why turn down someone's money?