TJ Presthus is a solid player. I like his attitude on the field. Steps up when needed. "Has your back" type of player. All teams need a player like this. Congrats to him. He has a bright future.
Introducing the Transformational Change Course: to engage players on the topics of activism, social justice, and racism as they relate to and interact with the world of sports, led by U14 HC @TheRisingPoint1.#TheCollective #Crew96 pic.twitter.com/pPyI1eNLgl— Crew Academy (@CrewAcademy96) August 6, 2020
q So being a good soccer player is no longer sufficient for the Crew Academy. Now you're going to be required to engage in right think as well. What about a player - or his parents- who don't want to be subjected to lectures on how whiteness is oppressive,, we're all tools of the patriarchy and Amerikkka is evil? Is there an opt out option? Or is ideological indoctrination now a requirement for anyone aspiring to play for the Crew. The mind reels
Wouldn't it be nice if employers, schools, and the government didn't need to teach us how to act? Wouldn't it be great if parent's just taught respect at home? I am by no means big church guy but I went twice a week growing up. And there I was taught to love thy neighbor - all of them - no mater race, sex, or religion. Wouldn't it be nice if we had more of that these days? I find it a bit ironic that many (not all - don't want to over stereotype) of the people involved in some of the protests seem to be not just anti government but also anti religion. Just an observation.
Why don't you explain this point of view to Derrick Etienne, Darlington Nagbe, or Jonathan Mensah, and see what they have to say?
I'll make two brief points: (1) Your last point was also true of the French Revolution, which was quite nasty. (2) Our church had a prayer meeting just after the protests began. One of the speakers (via a written message) was John Perkins (one of the guys who marched with Dr. King) who noted that as Christians we believe that we are all image-bearers of God. That has (and should have) huge implications about how we treat other people.
The biggest reason ever not to vote for Trump. I refuse to sacrifice my beliefs for someone like that even if he did a 180 degree turnaround on his policies. It's a one package deal. For every good thing Trump does, there are twenty things that smell like shit. A few years ago quite a few Christian men were sacrificed by Muslim extremists on a beach in Libya. They took their belief to the grave with them. I'm not even close to being in that boat but, the least that I can do, is vote against someone that just yesterday said that Biden was against God and the Bible.
Let's keep the presidential race over in the National Politics board please. Bill's comments were pertinent to the Academy. This is not. I'll will briefly say that I do agree that our faith should inform our vote--which will differ in application and thought from person to person--and leave it at that.
I agree. I reacted to your comment and didn't realize I wasn't in the politics thread. If the moderators want to move it, that's fine.
Came on the forum to talk about access to the stadium. And then, I end up reading BS like this. Of course, there's no systemic problems within our local, state and federal government. Of course, there's no racists protected within that system, both in law enforcement and government. One of the most difficult jobs in society is that of protecting and serving. Dealing with humans at their worst is always difficult. This doesn't make the systemic problems any less noteworthy. But spouting nonsense like the above, which simply pushes an extreme and false perception in order to counteract other extreme and false perceptions is infantile.
It makes perfect sense for the Crew to make sure their potential future players are comfortable in the racially diverse environment they will experience with the Crew, or any other club they may play for. We don't need a Ron Jans situation with the Crew.
I see where you are coming from. My only concern is that this smacks of "safety culture" just a bit. The real world just isn't like that. You will often be put into uncomfortable situations in diverse environments In real life. Growing up is part of learning how to deal with it--life isn't fair. Or as The Dread Pirate Roberts once said "Life is pain--anyone who says otherwise is selling something". Teaching respect is good. Teaching someone how to respond when they're in a Rodney Dangerfield situation ("I don't get no respect") is better. I recall my first Boy Scout camping trip--in November. I borrowed a sleeping bag from a neighbor. It was a summer bag. Oops! I was quite cold the entire night. It didn't kill me. But I learned a lot from that experience. One was that the Boy Scout motto was no joke ("be prepared"). Today? A parent would have sued the troop. But it was my mistake.
I don't know the facts of Ron Jans incident but what I heard was that some players in the locker room had a song playing that mentions the "N" word. Some of the players were singing along with the song. Ron Jane joined in with the players singing the words and one of those words was the "N" word! Seems that I heard this version on a Cincinnati radio station. Don't really know for a fact but it is possible Jans didn't mean to offend anyone!
I imagine that this is exactly the sort of thing that could be taught in diversity training. I would imagine that diversity training would cover unintended offensive comments.
Man, I miss the soccer talk. Where is the new Crew Academy thread at? I wanted to post on that thread that I am looking forward to the start our new academy season. The higher age groups are projected to have good teams this year.
One would hope--but with things like "micro-aggressions", probably not (see the Jans case). You are now taught to take offense at those. Yet, at the very least, they are subjective and based to some extent on emotion. Emotions are not always reliable.
With the DA now longer being a thing and now this new structure it will be interesting to see how things go this year.
I'm not sure anyone is being taught - or teaching - that individuals should take offense to more things. What's happening is that demographics who have historically just let a lot of things slide are no longer letting things slide. I don't see anything wrong with that.