Oppression? Really?

This article was so appalling, hypocritical and absurd that I could not even finish it. First of all, labeling people as "Others" and categorizing people in generalities is half of the problem. Furthermore, what is the "norm"? Who among us was "normal" as a child? Part of growing up was learning how to deal with people who think, look and act differently from you. To consider that every student should have a "trauma center" and all of these types of individual things is unrealistic (not to mention expensive)! We did have people we could talk to when I went to school, they were called teachers, coaches and GUIDANCE COUNSELORS! Also, on page twenty-six, it is mentioned that "students with limited or no-English language proficiency" are oppressed. Is this a joke? I have never seen more specialized reading groups and individual focus on reading and writing in schools as there is now. To say that these children are oppressed and marginalized is only going to further their deficiencies and expand their problems. Because of frivolous, waste of money, bleeding-heart "research" such as this, teachers have become day care workers and babysitters more than educators.
While I cannot argue that it is important for teachers to create a safe and fair learning environment and do everything in their power to stop any sort of discrimination or abuse, it is more important for students to learn how to read and write and do math. Perhaps if we first paid attention to basic skills and catch our youth up to the levels of European and Asian children, then we may find it easier to teach them appropriate human decency and fairness because, I dare say it, THEY WOULD BE MORE INTELLIGENT AND ABLE TO COMPREHEND SIMPLE CONCEPTS SUCH AS OPPRESSION.
Naturally, it is the teacher's responsibility to try and educate everybody equally. However, to expect that if teachers put "pink triangles on their doors" that everything will all be okay and the world will understand everybody. I have a news flash for researchers...there is a REAL WORLD out there where people are not treated equally. Softening up our children to that is not going to make it go away, but teaching them that it exists will harden them to the challenges that lie ahead. What ever happened to tough love?
Finally, the hypocrisy in the so-called marginalization of African Americans is also a joke. As far back as I can remember, there has been a Black History MONTH in our school systems. The intentions behind this are understandably good, but by doing so they are doing the very thing that these researchers scold the "norm" for. They are creating an atmosphere where children of other races begin to question why their race doesn't have a place in classrooms. Is there a Jewish history month? Is there an Arab history month? Are these also not important stories to be told? What about a Japanese history month? I am not saying this to knock Black History month, but just to make the point that most of the time political correctness goes way too far and usually aggrevates the problems they are trying to solve. When can we just let teachers teach again?