Many of the ppl that will be homeschooling are doing so bc of the blm education being introduced in schools- it isn't just about covid.
I suppose there is a market for that, and you're serving it, making money as you divide society.
The division is caused by treating with different skin colour or ethnic background as lesser, or as criminals. Pretending it doesn't exist doesn't make it go away. It's real, and it needs to be addressed. Making kids more aware of that is absolutely important.
If the kid is white, possible learning outcomes include:
a. self-hate, leading to depression and self-harm
b. reading between the lines, learning that to be normal he must be racist against black people, because that is just how white people are
c. rage at being disfavored by every diversity initiative, leading to a desire for revenge
If the kid is black, possible learning outcomes include:
a. hatred toward white people due to being told that white people are to blame for all the bad in life
b. giving up on life because the world seems so racist that life is hopeless
c. deciding that if most people believe he is prone to crime, it is probably true or he might as well make it true
Most of the above will be recognized by both sides as "othering" that is enough to prevent friendship. That's what is being taught, even if not intended.
It's important that kids grow up knowing that there are different people out there, with different backgrounds, different ideas, different skin colours, and indeed that some people have been treated differently in the past, and often still are. A too sheltered upbringing is not doing your kid any favours.
I've observed the opposite to be true, especially in secular homeschooling communities I've been a part of in NYC and San Francisco. Parents are homeschooling because they want to expose their child to a more diverse community - or they are joining a more inclusive community because they experienced discrimination in the school community they were a part of.
I think that many families feel that designing their child's learning has paved the way for them to meet families from more diverse perspectives and backgrounds than they would in their school, join a more inclusive community that has space to be more conscientious about how they relate to each other and paves the way for them to include historical viewpoints that are not incorporated in many traditional schools. Of course, the opposite can also be true. It mostly depends on the parent's intention I've found.
Some really great examples of diverse, inclusive homeschooling communities to give you a flavor for this are:
SEA homeschoolers https://www.facebook.com/groups/seahomeschoolers/
San Francisco Homeschooling and Unschooling Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/166286810672946/
HUGS SF https://www.facebook.com/groups/1931740383552142/
New York City Homeschool Support https://www.facebook.com/groups/262047073979701/
Wildschooling https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildschooling/
Bay Area Homeschool Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1537398423139116/
