WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS documents an Oakland-based alternative to the Girl Scouts - specifically for girls of color, ages 8-13. The girls earn badges for units on social justice, such as Black Lives Matter, Radical Beauty, Disability Justice, and being an LGBTQ ally. They face challenges in growing the organization, both pre-and-post the 2016 election.
This group might resent my comparing them with the Girl Scouts as they are not selling cookies. They are selling activism and interestingly seem to have some differences from the current agenda. Their classes pitch History of where they come from to arrive where they are now. The history they teach might come as a shock to some folks.
The history of the Black Panthers, is just one of the controversial groups they teach the history of. When they teach it thankfully, they are trying to teach how these groups contributed to civil rights. That's good because if they taught the facts behind some of the things these groups did, there would be a lot of issues that would not make sense.
Activism is what girl scout aged students are learning here. The efforts are new and according to the show there are 4 of these troops in California. Besides the doctrines and agendas, they do friendships, tent camping, and some of the other activities that those scouts do. What they do different is teach political agendas and have merit badges for Black Lives Matter that go on sashes like the Girl Scouts use.
What might shock someone with a long memory is that teaching the young and impressionable at this age, making their politics robotic, is something that was very much done in Dictatorships in the past. The name of the group is hardly Democratic in meaning and conflicts with those who hold Democracy in their dogma. They are being taught to be radical and rule their lives with activism.
Whether or not this agenda is for everyone, is a matter of conjecture. Parts of it are being brought main stream currently. Considering this training as these kids grow up, main stream might evolve more though a lot of times this type of indoctrination winds up doing more harm than good historically.
This group might resent my comparing them with the Girl Scouts as they are not selling cookies. They are selling activism and interestingly seem to have some differences from the current agenda. Their classes pitch History of where they come from to arrive where they are now. The history they teach might come as a shock to some folks.
The history of the Black Panthers, is just one of the controversial groups they teach the history of. When they teach it thankfully, they are trying to teach how these groups contributed to civil rights. That's good because if they taught the facts behind some of the things these groups did, there would be a lot of issues that would not make sense.
Activism is what girl scout aged students are learning here. The efforts are new and according to the show there are 4 of these troops in California. Besides the doctrines and agendas, they do friendships, tent camping, and some of the other activities that those scouts do. What they do different is teach political agendas and have merit badges for Black Lives Matter that go on sashes like the Girl Scouts use.
What might shock someone with a long memory is that teaching the young and impressionable at this age, making their politics robotic, is something that was very much done in Dictatorships in the past. The name of the group is hardly Democratic in meaning and conflicts with those who hold Democracy in their dogma. They are being taught to be radical and rule their lives with activism.
Whether or not this agenda is for everyone, is a matter of conjecture. Parts of it are being brought main stream currently. Considering this training as these kids grow up, main stream might evolve more though a lot of times this type of indoctrination winds up doing more harm than good historically.