Fundamentalism in public schools

This is making the blogosphere rounds. It's a list of definitions of racism taken from the Seattle public schools website. Presumable it defines school policy. It's bizarre, and more than a little scary. For example, according to the Seattle Public Schools, only white people can be racist. Seriously, look it up. So what do they do when a black, Latino or Asian kid picks on a white kid using racial slurs? Or non-white kids use racial epithets against each other? According to the Seattle Public Schools, if you are white and you insist that you have rights, you are guilty of racism. Individualism and "having a future time orientation," whatever that is, are also signs of racism. And if you happen to be white and question these definitions, well, that just goes to show how racist you are.

Madness. And some people wonder why others have lost faith in public schooling.