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Failing Citizenship

A school devoting itself to “cultural and racial diversity” offends its hosts as it teaches first graders about conflict in the Middle East.

Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness
Published in
3 min readNov 30, 2023

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This is not a black and white world

You can’t afford to believe in your side

– Live

Like a scab located on a part of the body that is prone to contact with the outside world, any pause in the hostilities in the Middle East always seems destined to be ripped away before it can lead to permanent healing. Looking to disrupt the expanding state of detente between Israel and its neighbors, Hamas stuck a knife directly into the healing wound with its barbaric terrorist attack of October 7th. Israel’s right-wing government responded with a sledgehammer, exacting revenge not only on the terrorists but on innocent civilians.

With our country’s political systems badly broken, this conflict in the Middle East has become yet another battle in the endless culture war. We only seem to be able to see issues in terms of black and white refusing to see shades of grey. Those supporting a cease-fire are deemed to be allies of terrorists with opposition to the…

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Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com