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Richard Hanania on the ideological capture of state education:
[T]he movement to ban Critical Race Theory is naive if it thinks it’s going to change much about public schools… A CRT ban might mean a teacher won’t say “Ok, kids, today we’re going to learn about Critical Race Theory!” but they’ll still teach variations of the same ideas. Neither Robin DiAngelo nor Ibram X. Kendi, the two thinkers that seem to offend conservatives the most, identifies as a Critical Race Theorist. In fact, the American Federation of Teachers just announced a campaign to bring Kendi’s teachings to every student in the country, and they don’t appear to be deterred by CRT bans. This is their full-time job, and they’ll still be at it whenever public attention has moved on from the controversy of the day… A state can ban CRT, but if it does, kids are still being taught by the same people who thought CRT for kindergartners was a good idea in the first place.
Somewhat related. And also. And, you know, for eight-year-olds.
An emeritus professor, who wishes to remain anonymous, on the ideology of “white fragility” and its trajectory:
The fundamental claim of White Fragility ideology is that income, wealth, academic, and other outcome gaps are solely the result of white supremacy and can only be eradicated through “anti-racist” measures—that is, by addressing white supremacy, white privilege, and white racism. The behaviour of individuals in groups experiencing negative outcomes is never admitted as a possible driver of disparate outcomes…
If one believes (as is asserted in White Fragility) that all inequality between whites and blacks is due to racism, then racism is a very evil thing indeed and must be eradicated. The mildest action that might be taken to attempt to accomplish this goal is the voluntary re-education of whites. However, according to White Fragility dogma, whites benefit enormously from white racism… [and] are generally unaware that they are doing this. It follows that, given the benefits whites receive from racism, their denial of their own racism, and the discomfort associated with re-education, it is unlikely that many whites would voluntarily submit to re-education. Moreover, even if whites were to voluntarily submit to re-education, according to White Fragility dogma, it is not possible for whites to free themselves of racism. The author, Robin DiAngelo, who is white, makes her living trying to re-educate whites and works very hard at trying to eliminate her own self-confessed racism, but admits that she is still not free of racism.
Nevertheless, suppose that all whites are voluntarily or mandatorily re-educated, but income and other inequalities persist. For example, suppose that mass re-education of whites has little or no effect on the disparate out-of-wedlock birth rate between blacks (currently above 70%) and whites (currently below 30%). According to the tenets of White Fragility, any observed difference in outcomes between whites and blacks is due to white racism. If re-educating whites doesn’t work to eliminate this disparate outcome, the next logical step would be to replace whites who are in positions of power with blacks and other persons of colour. Suppose that after doing this, disparate outcomes persist—for example, the black out-of-wedlock birth rate is still well above the white out-of-wedlock birth rate. If disparate outcomes still persist even after replacing whites in all positions of power, then the institutions themselves must be destroyed…
If the above sounds a little fanciful, a tad dystopian, real-world examples are helpfully provided.
Now, imagine the kinds of minds to which such things might appeal. Say, minds much like these, employed by the schools of Portland, Oregon, where “white shame,” “white guilt,” and psychological “disintegration” – such that the subject becomes estranged from friends and parents, and such that they can’t sleep – are deemed necessary experiences for middle-school children, at least those with pale skin. And do note the casual dishonesty of the educators in question, the willingness to deceive.
Feel free to share your own links and snippets, on any subject, in the comments.
Today in “serious” and “violent” incidents, book recommendations:
Interesting comments, too. Lots of leftoids condemning the ABA for their “violent” mailing, including booksellers who have portrayed themselves as advocates of free speech.
Today in “serious” and “violent” incidents, book recommendations
Ah, this book here, by Abigail Shrier, and which, while broadly sympathetic to people with gender dysphoria, cautions against faddish credulity and social contagion, and the hasty misdiagnosis and consequent drugging of adolescent girls.
Apparently, even this now constitutes “evil,” and is “violent” and “inexcusable,” and apparently “eugenicist,” and any acknowledgement of its existence – short of total, breathless denunciation – is a basis for mass firing and shutting down the entire organisation, or at the very least replacing “every single person on your selection committee with a trans person.”
You see, a book critical of trans hysteria – which doesn’t exist, obviously – is the problem, the outrage, the Great Wickedness. Not the drugging and irreversible mutilation of girls who don’t actually have gender dysphoria.
Somewhat related.
And likewise, this.
Not a big fan of Paul Joseph Watson. Usually can’t take more than a couple minutes of him partly because his language becomes rather off putting, even for me. But this piece about the recent racial virtue signaling via penalty kick selection by England’s coach (I didn’t see the game and know virtually nothing about European soccer) was worth the full listen. Especially as a Yank not knowing much of the degree that this nonsense pervades even UK sports commentary.
https://youtu.be/Rmc12n5uCPU
book recommendations
Do the screeching Twitter respondents simply not understand words?
According to one such cretin “The literal cover of the book says its anti trans.”
Does it? The “literal” cover. Does it really?
Who’s using whom for exotic sex with no social obligations attached?
If you’re being passed around the basketball team you can probably feel good about yourself. If you’re being passed around the lacrosse team, you might need to Do The Work.
Does it? The “literal” cover. Does it really?
Hmmm…just looked this up so as not to be ignernt….while the word ‘literally’ no longer literally means ‘literally’, the word ‘literal’ retains its literal meaning in a literal sense. As Mr. Spock would say, interesting.
including booksellers who have portrayed themselves as advocates of free speech
These people are all in a cult that defines reality for them on an ongoing basis.
Something error happen.
Today in “serious” and “violent” incidents …
Interesting comments, too.
… a basis for mass firing and shutting down the entire organisation …
Oh, but the comments though!
Once again I find that I’m lacking a word or phrase which captures the experience of being simultaneously astonished, yet unsurprised at the same time.
I am a big admirer of the Tom Walker/Jonathan Pie persona so PJW’s excerpt is a huge disappointment.
And no-one does that quite like neurotic, middle-class lefties.
Ya don’t say…
Oh, but the comments though!
Competitive indignation, it’s the latest thing.
If I’m the ABA, my scapegoat is some poor intern, like say a young gay African refugee. Let these hyenas tie themselves in knots figuring out how to burn one of their own at the stake.
Does it? The “literal” cover. Does it really?
When your ideology is based on group identity, then anyone not part of your group is “othered” and, since they don’t belong to your group, they must be against your group. So all the names quoted on the back cover are thus anti-trans making the “literal” cover anti-trans. As for the figurative cover, I’m not sure.
What’s my prize?
“Male-appearing genitalia.”
“Male-appearing genitalia.”
My favorite part is the violent leftists (definitely not the non-existent Antifa) who beat the snot out of the few random people who showed up outside of some of the spa locations to protest this degeneracy. You don’t even have to be a (violent extremist) Proud Boy. Just making a sign and picketing, alone, outside some random establishment is enough for the shock troops to attack you.
Lancastrian Oik:
Evening all.
After the second large G&T, and the second large-ish glass chilled Chablis* I got to wonderin’.
Does anybody know how this here “pronoun” bullshit goes down in the non-English speaking world?
You’ve got your “Romance languages”- Spanish, French, Italian, etc. with two gendered cases for nouns, but then you have German which has three, all of which are inflexive (der, die, das; den, die, das, etc.) to a simply maddening extent.
That wasn’t me who chucked a lit firework through the window, by the way.
Oh. So you are the one.
Come for the social commentary via puppet, stay for the loquacious smearing of Matt Hancock*, courtesy of the good Doctor.
*Begins at the 5:30 mark and includes such gems as: “a rancid dill pickle” and “a sad, broken piece of a peanut pulled from the congealed stool of a bull elephant”.
Male-appearing genitalia
Schroedinger’s Cock
I’ll leave my hat…
“Male-appearing genitalia.”
There’s a reason for that.
There’s a reason for that.
That’s the thing. If you start from a false premise, a cultivated dishonesty – that trans women are women – then the convolution, and risk of farce, will quickly escalate.
Though, browsing the subsequent comments, I did smile at the word henis.
By the way, the ABA’s Wikipedia page has already been “edited,” presumably by activists, to denounce the organisation as “anti-trans.”