The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: California Bans Schools From Requiring Staff To Notify Parents Of Child's Pronouns

Episode Date: July 16, 2024

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Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.

We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman,

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Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm a donkey. Say it again, Charlemagne. I'm a donkey. Yes, you are a donkey. I'll show you how to act a donkey. Everything that Charlamagne is saying is true. Yes, donkey of the day for Tuesday, July 16th goes to lawmakers in California.

Today's the 16th, right? Yes. Tuesday, July 16th goes to lawmakers in California who yesterday made California the first U.S. state to ban school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child's gender identification change under a law. Signed Monday by Gavin Newsom. You heard me right. California is the first state to ban school rules requiring parents get notified of their child's pronoun change. Let's go to WLBY three news for the report, please. It's a first in the nation law. The governor bans policies that require teachers to tell parents if their child asked to change their gender identification. Well, I think with

the governor signing AB 1955, it's actually going to just cause more confusion. Rockland Unified is one of at least six other districts in the state that tried passing similar policies. Many met with legal challenges. And while it's being praised as a way to protect LGBTQ students from so-called forced outings. If parents aren't supportive of their children, then the children shouldn't have to tell the parents. Some say it could interfere with parent transparency. Yeah, the biggest sticking point in why I'm opposed to AB 1955 is that it's going to have others on the other side try to force school districts to keep secrets from parents. And I think that's a non-starter for me. I agree. That was actually a WLBT3 news

for the report. And this is where politicians lose me every damn time i wouldn't care if my child identified as a teenage mutant ninja turtle okay they could come in that classroom and say they leonardo donatello rafael and michelangelo teacher you better tell me so i know what the hell's going on got me confused as hell when my kid comes home craving pizza all the damn time walking around with weapons like nunchucks and twin katanas a bow twin size they doing kicks wearing bandana mask and i'm trying to figure out what the hell is going on then i come to you okay as a parent okay parent to teach you and ask you if you've noticed any changes and you tell me you're not allowed to disclose that information see this is the problem we us okay as a society

we're not a village you know we're not a village when it comes to our kids we supposed to work as one unit what i don't see as a parent, you may see as a teacher. What you don't know about my child as a teacher, I may have information as a parent that can help you. We got to work in concert with each other. Okay, Brandon Richards, a spokesperson for Gavin Newsom, says, this law helps keep children safe while protecting the critical role of parents. He said in a statement, it protects the child-parent relationship

by preventing politicians and school staff from inappropriately intervening in family matters and attempting to control if, when, and how families have deeply personal conversations. Brandon, as your leader, Joe Biden, says quite often, that's a bunch of malarkey. Okay, to me, you're doing the opposite. If my child comes out at school, comes out to you, but hasn't come out to me yet, then that means my child may be dealing with a whole lot of backlash, a whole lot of hate, a whole lot of prejudice that their young mind can't navigate through. And I would like to be there to help them do that. What happens if my child, you know, God forbid, kills themselves because they're getting bullied because of their gender identity. And I had no idea. Okay. I had no idea. That's what they

even identified as. I didn't know they identified as something else how can you as a teacher sleep at night knowing you knew but didn't tell me their parent our guardian and how hot would a parent be if they found out you had that information and didn't tell me Jonathan a Zacharyson an advocate in California who supports what this article calls the parental notification policies opposes the law and said telling parents about a student's request to change their gender identification is critical to the well-being of children and for maintaining that trust between school and parents. I agree. OK, it's critical to the well-being of children because, well, you know,

we know how daddy and mommy issues impact us in the future. And listen, a lot of times kids be thinking their parents are going to be mad at things their parents not even tripping on okay yes if your child comes to you and tells you they identify as another gender it's going to take you aback but that's still your child and most parents are going to love their children regardless the ones that don't they're just terrible people okay i understand that coming out to your parents is hard okay deciding when to come out is difficult. I get it. People want to do it on their own terms.

But when you do come out, I feel like it should be, you know, your parents first. But I don't even want to get caught up in the LGBTQ Disney plus of it all. I just encourage my kids to tell me everything. The secrets we keep as a society have done nothing but hurt us. OK, we don't do ourselves any favor by keeping secrets, which is why I tell my kids to tell me everything. We will figure it out. Don't lie to me. Don't keep nothing from me

because nobody gonna help you navigate whatever it is you dealing with better than me and your mama. Okay, your real day ones. Teachers, we have to help each other, okay? As parents, we send our kids off to school every day. Our kids spend a large part of their days at school with teachers. I feel that teachers should be required to tell parents of any changes to their child's emotional,

mental, or physical health. It's only right, okay? And as a parent, if I know my child has some issues, I should have to tell the teacher about those issues in order to make their job easier, so they can make the proper adjustments, all right? That's just the way the world should work. This child is your responsibility part-time for a brief moment in time. This child is my responsibility forever until they become an adult and start taking care of me. So therefore, you better tell me everything you know about my child. Tell me everything you learn about my child. Why? Because that's my child. Once again, we don't do ourselves any favors by keeping secrets and we damn sure don't need California lawmakers making laws to assist my child in keeping them please give california lawmakers who made cali the first u.s state to

ban school districts from requiring staff to notify parents of their child's gender identification change the biggest hee-haw and to me this ain't even about gender identification it's just about encouraging children to keep secrets from their parents. I ain't with that. I don't think there's any parents that will agree with this. I don't know. That's what we open the phone lines for. 800-585-1051.

Thank you for that donkey today. Are there anybody out there that agrees with this? I don't know. We about to find out. Call us up right now, 800-585-1051. Because like you said, it's almost like you're encouraging keeping secrets. Secrets have done nothing but hurt us as a society. Sounds stupid and dumb.

Especially in the, well, I can't say especially because I only know about the black community. Why do we say that? Especially in the black community. I'm only, I'm black. That's all I know. Okay. I just know secrets have never helped us as a people. That is so debatable. I'm black. That is so debatable. I'm black. That's all I know. Okay? I just know secrets have never helped us as a people. That is so debatable.

I'm black. That is so debatable. I'm black. That's what you say. I'm black. That's what you identify as. Yo, shut up, man. I'm black. That's what you identify.

That's what you identify. Because that's what I am. That's what you identify as. That's what I am. It's okay. That's what I am. That's what I am. I'm not here to argue with you this morning.

Roof. Wow. Roof. Wow. That's what I identify now, too. You a black dog? That's what I identify now. Roof. Wow. Roof. Wow. Ask me what I identify now, too. You a black dog? Ask me what I identify now. Roof.

That's what you are. You a black dog? That's what you're saying? Meow. Now you a black cat. So you just bad luck. Now you a black cow? Meow.

Now you a black donkey. This is crazy. I'm not playing this game. Why are you doing this? I don't even know why I'm messing with you. 800-585-1051. We're talking about this law that they're trying to pass in California. Do you

agree? Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake that ass up. early in the morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher.

That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence. And we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast. Hey, y'all. Niminy here.

I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin,

a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records, because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.