Seattle Public Schools have gone off the deep end with their so-called cultural sensitivity.  According to the district's official Web site, "having a future time orientation (i.e. long-term goals) constitutes an "(aspect) of society that overtly and covertly attributes value and normality to white people and Whiteness, an devalue, stereotype and label people of color."  If this is not a sufficient stretch of credulity, then take the district's claim that cultural racism also includes "emphasizing individualism as opposed to a more collective ideology." 

  From someone long exposed to latte liberals in the Emerald City, even I'm shocked by this latest declaration.  Sure, there's a Lenin statue in Fremont and violent riots to suppress economic viability of third world citizens, but an unqualified equation of individualism with racism is beyond the pale of common sense.  Andrew Coulson puts it best in his note to the Seattle School Board: 

"George Orwell's novel "1984" was a cautionary tale, not a how-to book.  And the folks trying to control people's thoughts through state manipulation of language--they were the bad guys."