February 2015: Dissolve Mandatory Racial and Ethnic Affinity Groups at ECFS Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/february-2015-dissolve-mandatory-racial-and-ethnic-affinity-groups-at-ecfs.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 07:49 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #234] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19951532?utm_medium=rss As a parent of bi-cultural children, and a long-standing Gordon School parent, I can assure you that we are having our own struggles with the voluntary model. Mandatory affinity groups equate to lazy teaching and a deep sense of "otherness" that even without a mandate has occurred at Gordon. As a parent with extensive history watching the evolution of this experiment, I would walk out of Gordon the moment affinity groups became mandatory. No school has the right to a child's identity, or to use artificial racial constructs for commodification to advance their own social agenda. To offer space is one thing, to social engineer space and mandate students to fit into a rigid construct is something else altogether.

]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2016 04:13:28 UTC 19951532 Anonymous [Signature #233] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19534219?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Dec 2015 04:28:48 UTC 19534219 Anonymous [Signature #232] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19193182?utm_medium=rss Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:55:36 UTC 19193182 Anonymous [Signature #231] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18947333?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Jun 2015 03:05:00 UTC 18947333 Anonymous [Signature #230] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18945188?utm_medium=rss My children attend Gordon School (which you hold up as a model in your resource section). They are Hispanic and Caucasian and did not feel "different" until the affinity groups at their school were established. It is hotly contested by both minority and non-minority groups at Gordon and has produced no evidence that they do anything more than divide and create patriarchal peer and institutional sympathy groups. It has been, however, successful at dividing the institution. I am a professor at a higher ed. institution that is extremely diverse and know from years of experience that integrated ed. is where change resides, self-segregation a forcing children to define themselves further promotes a culture of fear and victimization. We refuse to attend.

]]> Tue, 2 Jun 2015 05:04:36 UTC 18945188 arthur m. langer [Signature #229] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18925526?utm_medium=rss Wrong-headed in the extreme. Where do children of mixed racial and ethnic families belong? Why not separate on basis of gender? Religion? Sexual orientation? Political party of parents? Economic status? This ill-conceived prgram will separate and Balkinize rather than foster a feeling of community.

]]> Wed, 27 May 2015 08:24:17 UTC 18925526 A**s F***er [Signature #228] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18920545?utm_medium=rss THIS SCHOOL SUCKS

]]> Wed, 27 May 2015 01:08:07 UTC 18920545 Michelle stephenson [Signature #227] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18913552?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 May 2015 03:51:27 UTC 18913552 Kay Wahrsager [Signature #226] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18909157?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 May 2015 04:28:39 UTC 18909157 Lance Maxwell [Signature #225] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18896892?utm_medium=rss I'm not convinced that mandatory, self-segregated groups of any sort--- however "comfortably listened to" such groups might allow their members to feel--- will work toward the elimination of human separatism. segregation, and prejudice with respect to human qualities erroneously linked to "race."
with race.

]]> Wed, 20 May 2015 03:41:59 UTC 18896892 Anonymous [Signature #224] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18893824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 May 2015 08:08:46 UTC 18893824 Anonymous [Signature #223] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18729832?utm_medium=rss Mon, 6 Apr 2015 07:16:20 UTC 18729832 Frank Adelman [Signature #222] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18719958?utm_medium=rss There are many ways to teach about race (& class & economic privilege, all linked); surely Fieldston can devise a program more in keeping with its core values, historical roots and community spirit. But mandatory segregation seems inappropriate, especially at elementary ages. Kids will naturally wonder about what's being said in the groups they don't participate in, and what's being hidden from them on the basis of race. It's OK for the message and lesson to be different for different children, indeed it should be, since the reality is that race-based differences are embedded in society. But all kids should be able to hear the lessons to each audience, and to discuss the reality of why the lessons and messages may differ for different kids. More communication, more understanding, less mystery.

]]> Wed, 1 Apr 2015 08:55:25 UTC 18719958 Stefanie Nelson [Signature #221] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18717944?utm_medium=rss Tue, 31 Mar 2015 10:14:34 UTC 18717944 Jacob Zimmerman [Signature #220] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18716663?utm_medium=rss If I was still a student there, I would immediately begin attending wearing a big yellow star on my shirt/jacket. Just to make the damn point. To those who apparently don't get it.

]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 06:24:27 UTC 18716663 Sujata Gupta [Signature #219] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18716376?utm_medium=rss Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:18:32 UTC 18716376 Ariane Schneider [Signature #218] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18710717?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:46:49 UTC 18710717 Adam Grosswirth [Signature #217] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18678353?utm_medium=rss Wouldn't it be more in the spirit of ECFS to MIX groups, not separate them? I'm perplexed by the purpose of this whole program.

]]> Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:16:13 UTC 18678353 Linda mitchell [Signature #216] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18670884?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:07:13 UTC 18670884 Christine Ginsberg [Signature #215] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18658448?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2015 06:19:51 UTC 18658448 Anonymous [Signature #214] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18655899?utm_medium=rss Several parents are willing to remove their children from this school.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 08:12:06 UTC 18655899 Anonymous [Signature #213] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18654243?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2015 11:18:41 UTC 18654243 S Goldstein [Signature #212] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18654027?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:37:52 UTC 18654027 Lainie Kaplan [Signature #211] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653102?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:13:44 UTC 18653102 Maria Brown [Signature #210] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18652940?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2015 06:51:39 UTC 18652940 Inna Shteynberg [Signature #209] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18650731?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:59:17 UTC 18650731 Harvey Messing [Signature #208] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18650130?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 05:36:06 UTC 18650130 Elise Roberts Messing [Signature #207] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649975?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:08:35 UTC 18649975 Kimberly Smith Spacek [Signature #206] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649898?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 03:18:51 UTC 18649898 Anonymous [Signature #205] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649861?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 03:03:50 UTC 18649861 David Rhode [Signature #204] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648951?utm_medium=rss I think the groups are unintentionally divisive. My 2nd grader has indicated as such in her comments to us since the groups have been announced.

1) "I can't believe Felix Adler would want to separate us like that. He believed in bringing people together" those are the words of my 8 year old

2) "I guess I'll sign up with the white group. I don't belong anywhere else"

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:49:35 UTC 18648951 Claude Heming PhD [Signature #203] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648933?utm_medium=rss I recommend the following research article on children's developmental understanding of ethnicity and race (http://global.wisc.edu/multiracial/docs/quintana1998.pdf).

It's long. Very long. Probably too long so Dr. Fernandez, the trustees and Mariama Richards couldn't get to the end to grasp the point that this program is not developmentally appropriate for 3rd graders, most 4th graders, and select 5th graders who may still be in the latency period.

The architects of this program are playing with fire and their logic of "seeing racial problems in the middle school so addressing them earlier-on in the lower divisions" will have serious long-lasting effects on perceptions of race development and self-identity.

Although perhaps well-intended, this experimental program is potentially harmful for 8-11 year olds and never should have been implemented without serious psychological input and vetting.

Shame on Fieldston for letting this program pass through under the aegis of educational pedagogy. An effective and authentic racial literacy program would be meticulously crafted and methodically rolled out with parent buy-in and psychologist oversight.

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2015 07:43:39 UTC 18648933 Jo Goldberger [Signature #202] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648793?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:36:04 UTC 18648793 Sonya VanPatten [Signature #201] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648410?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 01:24:56 UTC 18648410 Justine DiCostanzo [Signature #200] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648363?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:22:54 UTC 18648363 Sol Zlotchenko [Signature #199] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648235?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:33:42 UTC 18648235 Louise Mensch [Signature #198] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648174?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:00:14 UTC 18648174 Daniel Feldman [Signature #197] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648150?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:49:01 UTC 18648150 Sunny Hostin [Signature #196] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18648136?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:43:12 UTC 18648136 Stephen Witty [Signature #195] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18633228?utm_medium=rss Sun, 8 Mar 2015 10:12:15 UTC 18633228 Adam Schlesinger [Signature #194] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18628031?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Mar 2015 09:46:39 UTC 18628031 Nancy Feinglass [Signature #193] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18618031?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:32:04 UTC 18618031 Kate (Kathy) (Freidenberg) Kaufman [Signature #192] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18614749?utm_medium=rss It is the mandatory requirement at such young ages that most concern me. I trust the intended purpose is to STRENGTHEN the multi cultural appreciation that ECFS has always taught. I would be open to changing my mind if I saw convincing pedigogical evidence.

]]> Mon, 2 Mar 2015 06:02:14 UTC 18614749 Sara Tirschwell [Signature #191] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18607987?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:04:43 UTC 18607987 Erica Kassalow [Signature #190] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18605600?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:56:26 UTC 18605600 Elia Sinaiko [Signature #189] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18605375?utm_medium=rss "The affinity group program is built on several years of careful study, planning and consultation with faculty, parents and leading educators. We ask that you offer our educators your trust ..." This is a request to be accepted by faith without question, contrary to the Fieldston ethic of rational inquiry.

I would be interested to read the minutes of the trustees' meetings where affinity groups were discussed. What was said in the "several years of careful study, planning, and consultation?" What were the passions in the room?

"Mandatory Affinity" groups appear designed to achieve pride through a feeling of belonging to, but oddly separated from, the whole. The opposite of what we were taught and struggled so hard to achieve in our decade.

A better approach might be mandatory training for teachers to understand cultural differences and encourage tolerance, acceptance, sharing in the whole classroom. Slowly, over years, develop these sensitivities. In later, more mature high school years, offer opportunities to separate into cultural groups defined by students themselves, coming back together to share these differences.

BTW, I have also been a professional educator.

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 03:35:42 UTC 18605375 Kate Washton [Signature #188] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18604891?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Feb 2015 01:23:28 UTC 18604891 Judith S Dunn [Signature #187] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18600756?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:02:16 UTC 18600756 Michael Rosen [Signature #186] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18600581?utm_medium=rss As both a graduate and as a former member of the Board of Governors of the ECS, I am deeply troubled and concerned by the promotion of "affinity" groups based on race, national origin, or ethnicity. If a group of students proposed to create the "White students" club (no Blacks, Latinos, or Asian students need apply) would this be acceptable as part of the "affinity movement? How about separate tables in the dining hall for whites, blacks, hispanics, asian-oriental students, etc. If either of the above segregative ideas are not acceptable, why doesn't the affinity movement fall into the same category of the very discrimination that the Ethical Culture Schools have opposed for years. At least they did in the past. Is this proposal part of new "ethical" values, unknown to the past generations that fought to oppose and eradicate segregation in schools and in society?

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:15:40 UTC 18600581 judith raices [Signature #185] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18599426?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:56:34 UTC 18599426 Robert Harvey [Signature #184] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18599324?utm_medium=rss I am not sure I understand the rationale for mandatory affinity groups and find little merit in forcing people to segregate by race.

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:32:51 UTC 18599324 Ruth Galanter [Signature #183] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18599085?utm_medium=rss The goal should be to cultivate empathy, not to force segregation. Certainly students should be permitted to congregate with whomever they want, but forcing students to see themselves in terms of "race" is unconscionable in modern society and violates the basic tenets of Ethical Culture.

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:13 UTC 18599085 Lynn Evansohn [Signature #182] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18592430?utm_medium=rss I am concerned both to find out there has not been a responsiveness to important concerns and that given these concerns a plan has begun to be implemented. Our children deserve a more functional system. Our young children certainly deserve choice concerning racial and ethnic affinity groups.

]]> Tue, 24 Feb 2015 10:22:59 UTC 18592430 Anna-Sophia Leone [Signature #181] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18591219?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:58:19 UTC 18591219 Anonymous [Signature #180] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18585614?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:43:48 UTC 18585614 Rabbi David Ostriker [Signature #179] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18583170?utm_medium=rss ECS is about INCLUSION and DIVERSITY, not EXCLUSION in the NAME of AFFINITY. It is a corruption of the English Language as well as the principles of tolerance and respect. The school has been a leader in diversity, in keeping with the Ethical Principals of Felix Adler. Exchanging those principles at this time for trendy political correctness would be a tragic mistake.

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 01:07:50 UTC 18583170 Ann Kirschner [Signature #178] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18582999?utm_medium=rss Mandatory affinity groups are antithetical to the ECFS mission and tradition. Frameworks, such as Ethics classes, already exist for discussing issues of concern to the ECFS community. It's not clear to me what purpose this program serves and whose agenda is being advanced.

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:31:33 UTC 18582999 Anonymous [Signature #177] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18582738?utm_medium=rss 4xex

]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:29:45 UTC 18582738 Anonymous [Signature #176] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18579436?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2015 07:54:02 UTC 18579436 Roger Rahtz [Signature #175] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18578451?utm_medium=rss As a child psychiatrist, I find this completely inappropriate for 8- to 10-year-olds' developmental needs and capacities.
From a social perspective, it actually furthers thoughtless racial categorization rather than enhancing intelligent discussion of racial issues, class stratification, and income inequality.

]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2015 03:47:20 UTC 18578451 Stefany Gordon [Signature #174] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18577891?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2015 01:46:28 UTC 18577891 Jethro Eisenstein [Signature #173] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18577419?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2015 12:14:34 UTC 18577419 Emanuel Stern [Signature #172] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18576849?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:14:12 UTC 18576849 Peggy Escher [Signature #171] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18574791?utm_medium=rss This program adopts South Africa's truth and reconciliation model to impose on these kids consciousness they already embrace willingly. It's a mind fuck.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 05:14:51 UTC 18574791 Alan Meltzer [Signature #170] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18574506?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2015 03:54:13 UTC 18574506 Chad Cooper [Signature #169] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18574341?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2015 02:59:25 UTC 18574341 Robin Ostow [Signature #168] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18574159?utm_medium=rss This program in this form appears very short sighted and potentially quite destructive.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 02:08:50 UTC 18574159 Erica Schrauer Linthorst [Signature #167] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18572990?utm_medium=rss I'm outraged.......after spending all those years in Ethics classes it seems the leadership has been derailed in its stated philosophy and mission statement.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 09:41:14 UTC 18572990 Kirstin Been Spielman [Signature #166] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18572238?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2015 07:18:17 UTC 18572238 Anonymous [Signature #165] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18572072?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2015 06:45:00 UTC 18572072 Susan Picard [Signature #164] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18571899?utm_medium=rss We are all mongrels. Better to unite than to divide.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 05:58:58 UTC 18571899 Barton Kogan [Signature #163] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18571074?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:27:43 UTC 18571074 Elissa DeWitt [Signature #162] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18571027?utm_medium=rss Surely there are more humanistic ways to think about one's better Self than the color of one's skin and other external markers.

]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:08:28 UTC 18571027 larry zacharias [Signature #161] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18570841?utm_medium=rss why start affinity groups with race -- why not socioeconomic, religious, or other affinities. mandatory groupings is ridiculous and outrageous, and 3-5th grades seems an inappropriate place to begin experimenting. sad day for the school.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:45:57 UTC 18570841 Svet Nikov [Signature #160] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18570251?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:12:07 UTC 18570251 Natalie and Harold Been [Signature #159] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18570241?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:10:44 UTC 18570241 Daniela Iankova [Signature #158] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18570052?utm_medium=rss It is very important to have the racial conversation. But it is important to have it as a diverse community not in an artificially created setting that further promote segregation and is completely ineffective in offering and debating diverse view points.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:19:26 UTC 18570052 Marilyn Hewitt [Signature #157] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18569864?utm_medium=rss To me diversity allows students of different backgrounds to come together to lend their ideas to each other, providing synergy. To separate them, even for part of a session, is antithetical to the entire concept. I have already seen in my own child the pernicious effects of separating these kids into racial and other affinity groups. My child left EC a kid like any other; now he is keenly conscious of race, to his detriment.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 06:31:11 UTC 18569864 Leslie Rubensohn Moore [Signature #156] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18569618?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 05:28:17 UTC 18569618 Lauren Ebin [Signature #155] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18569416?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 04:43:58 UTC 18569416 Roy Lennox [Signature #154] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18569077?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 03:43:41 UTC 18569077 Bill Fried [Signature #153] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18568291?utm_medium=rss Well intentioned, but I fear that this will become yet another way that minority students are in effect told who they are and how they should act etc. There must be better ways to deal with these critical issues.

]]> Fri, 20 Feb 2015 01:38:45 UTC 18568291 Laura (Zucker) Lakin [Signature #152] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18568028?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:44:32 UTC 18568028 Amit Gupta [Signature #151] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18568026?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:44:13 UTC 18568026 Hilary Reilly [Signature #150] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18567064?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:09:29 UTC 18567064 Ellen Kuris [Signature #149] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18566938?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:39:26 UTC 18566938 Anonymous [Signature #148] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18566875?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 08:22:18 UTC 18566875 Michael Slater [Signature #147] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565732?utm_medium=rss Mandatory ethnic affinity groups are antithetical to what ECFS stood for during the 13 years I was a student at the schools and for what I'd like to think they still stand for. The justifications offered by the school administration for the groups are conclusory, disingenuous and wholly unconvincing. For the good of the children who are being compelled to participate this ill-conceived experiment and for the good of the entire ECFS community, it should be terminated promptly.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 11:25:34 UTC 18565732 Elizabeth Fisher [Signature #146] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565679?utm_medium=rss Fieldston certainly has changed since 1963. Not in favor of this at all.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:57:09 UTC 18565679 Kim Zeitlin [Signature #145] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565650?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:34:35 UTC 18565650 Judy Allen [Signature #144] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565529?utm_medium=rss Required affinity groups? Really? Please rethink.

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:48:36 UTC 18565529 Elaine & Gary Friedman [Signature #143] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565426?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:23:46 UTC 18565426 ronnie ann Laval/Herman [Signature #142] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565405?utm_medium=rss Ethnic affinity groups are a terrible idea. I thought Fieldston was all about being one big family, each member being their unique self. Affinity groups sound to me like separate but equal. What's wrong with one group where everyone is equal? Isn't this what the world should continue to strive for or am I living on a different planet?

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:17:05 UTC 18565405 Nicola Fernandes [Signature #141] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565404?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 09:15:47 UTC 18565404 Why bother signing if you won't give your name? [Signature #140] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565287?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:35:11 UTC 18565287 claire Grigaux MD [Signature #139] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565282?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:33:04 UTC 18565282 Florence Lemle [Signature #138] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565208?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:07:28 UTC 18565208 Elliott Bryer [Signature #137] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565166?utm_medium=rss 19th century reactionary philosophy!?

]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:53:22 UTC 18565166 Anonymous [Signature #136] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565139?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:42:42 UTC 18565139 Karen Zorn [Signature #135] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18565121?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:33:12 UTC 18565121