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EllieBC

(3,519 posts) Thu Jul 17, 2025, 11:58 PM Thursday

Antisemitism in Ontario's K-12 Schools

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/canada-holocaust/antisemitism/antisemitism-ontario-schools.html#a7b

Antisemitism has become so acceptable here. I was going to put this in GD but firstly it would be ignored and secondly the usual assclowns would come out to defend it.

More than 65% of respondents reported an antisemitic incident in their child’s school to school authorities. Nearly 35% did not. Non-reporting seems to have been mainly the result of two circumstances. Some children insisted that their parents not report the incident, fearing it would become public, and they would consequently become the target of increased harassment or bullying. As the parent of a Grade 11 Toronto student said: “My child doesn't trust school authorities because last time s/he reported an antisemitic ‘Heil Hitler,’ the school didn’t keep it discreet and s/he was bullied afterwards.” Alternatively, some parents believed that reporting the incident would fail to elicit meaningful action from the school, having heard or witnessed as much in the past.

Table 7 corroborates the last point. It categorizes 781 responses to the question: “What did your child’s school do about the incident? Please select all options that apply.” Again, multiple responses were permitted. In 49% of cases, school authorities did not investigate the reported incident. In an additional 8% of cases, their review of the incident led them to conclude—contrary to the assessment of parents and their children—that the incident was not antisemitic. In a small number of cases, school authorities recommended what amounts to the punishment of victims: in just over 1% of cases, school authorities suggested that the victim be removed from the school permanently or attend school virtually.

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Antisemitism in Ontario's K-12 Schools (Original Post) EllieBC Thursday OP

That is the problem. Antisemitism has gone mainstream. Not only has it now been legitimized, but it certain circles lostincalifornia Friday #1

Why does the people put up with bulling? Stargazer99 Friday #2

Bullying is handled totally internally now. EllieBC 23 hrs ago #3

lostincalifornia

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1. That is the problem. Antisemitism has gone mainstream. Not only has it now been legitimized, but it certain circles

Reply to EllieBC (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:49 AM

Friday

it has actually become "fashionable".

It is disgraceful, independent of political ideology, religious background, or other demographics.

Stargazer99

(3,237 posts)

2. Why does the people put up with bulling?

Reply to EllieBC (Original post)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:12 AM

Friday

If bulling occurs in school I would say call the parent to come and get the kid out of school and teach the kid that bulling will not be tolerated in this society before the kid returns to school.
What the hell is the matter with this society that it tolerates bulling?

EllieBC

(3,519 posts)

3. Bullying is handled totally internally now.

Reply to Stargazer99 (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:41 AM

23 hrs ago

My oldest was bullied a couple of years ago when she was in grade 7. Not because she’s Jewish but she was just a target of this one kid because she was “weird.” She is autistic and has ADHD so while she’s academically gifted, socially she’s pretty much a solid 4 years behind.

Anyway, the school kept reassuring me they were addressing the issue (an issue they didn’t tell me about; my own kid did) but they weren’t really. And then they suggested my daughter be moved to another class when she screamed at the bully finally one day.

I found the kid’s mom on FB and told the a goo I was going to contact her (at this point the school had asked my daughter to not tell me the bully’s name because they were trying to handle it) and let her know what her kid was doing because it was obvious the school had not.

I was told to not speak to the kid’s mom and magically the next week the bullying stopped. I think my suspicions were correct and the school had not let the bully’s mom know her kid was being a shithead.

There’s a lot of talk in anti bullying campaigns but that’s all it is. I’ve taught my kids they can defend themselves because the schools sure as hell won’t.

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