Category Archives: Education

Disrupt Texts: When Schoolbooks Go Full Woke

Posted on January 13, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Some people still think that “wokeness”, “decolonization”, and teaching “social justice” is a fringe idea that at worst happens in some Left-wing dominated city.   It is hard to argue that point when the official “School & Library Marketing department … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – When Some Races Are More Equal Than Others

Posted on January 7, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Racial bias; racial essentialism; racial lives that don’t matter.      First, a … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Mandatory Anti-Racism In College: Anti-Racist Training; Anti-Racist Goals; Anti-Racist Litmus Tests

Posted on December 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: “Think as we think” said a college, “or you are abominably … Continue reading →

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The (Genderless) Birds And The (Woke) Bees

Posted on December 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     When a child asks where a baby comes from, the old usual response starts off with “when a Daddy and a Mommy love each other lots”. This will likely become a “H8” crime to say (even in one’s own home) … Continue reading →

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Struggle Sessions In San Diego Schools

Posted on December 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Yet again we see woke Critical Theory indoctrination setting up, ironically enough, “systems of oppression” where White teachers not only do not have the privilege of not “checking their privilege”, but are drafted into making sure that White students check … Continue reading →

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Asians Are Now Persons Of Pallor

Posted on December 2, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The woke narrative of how American society was a “system of oppression” that perpetuates “white supremacy” is complicated by the fact that many non-White ethnic groups statistically do better—in some cases much, much better—than Whites as a whole, and more … Continue reading →

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Social Justice League

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Guest Poster

     The following super letter was dropped off by a dog in a silly green cape. Hey there superfriends! One thing we’ve learned while palling around with Superman, Wonder Woman (the secret alias of Ruth Bader Ginsburg), Batman (and his same-sex … Continue reading →

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Berkeley Professor Supports Book Burning

Posted on November 18, 2020 by The Political Hat

     An English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley—who of course specializes in, in part, Critical Theory and Gender & Sexuality Studies—has come out lauding that liberal value of … book theft and book burning. Since some ppl have misunderstood … Continue reading →

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Anti-Racist Education Comes To San Diego

Posted on October 21, 2020 by The Political Hat

     San Diego Unified School District has decided to embrace “anti-racist” education principles including achieving “racial equity” in punishment and grading to end “inequitable” practices—with such policies seemingly designed to harm children of all races.   Be it a national lab … Continue reading →

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A Sea-Lion In The Twitter Wild

Posted on October 12, 2020 by The Political Hat

     “Sealioning” is defined by þe olde Urban Dictionary thusly: “A subtle form of trolling involving ‘bad-faith’ questions. You disingenuously frame your conversation as a sincere request to be enlightened, placing the burden of educating you entirely on the other party. … Continue reading →

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