{"id":19843,"date":"2023-01-12T02:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=19843"},"modified":"2023-01-12T02:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T09:57:01","slug":"quick-takes-woke-schools-denying-merit-anti-racist-math-queer-question-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/01\/12\/quick-takes-woke-schools-denying-merit-anti-racist-math-queer-question-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes \u2013 Woke Schools: Denying Merit; Anti-Racist Math; Queer Question Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Wokeness ain\u2019t the bricks in the wall, it <em>is<\/em> the wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;First, a little mood music:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HrxX9TBj2zY\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carrying on\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5372\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"176\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing says \u201cequality\u201d like thinking of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/top-u-s-high-school-deprived-students-of-national-merit-awards-as-part-of-equity-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">merit and achievement as tools of oppression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThomas Jefferson high\u2019s principal, Ann Bonitaibus, told a concerned parent in an email that the school had received the National Merit certificates in mid-October, and that she had signed them within 48 hours. But the awards were not distributed by homeroom teachers until November 14, after the early application deadline had passed, the report stated. \u201cTeachers dropped the certificates unceremoniously on students\u2019 desks,\u201d Nomani wrote.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe report also states that Brandon Kosatka, the director of student services at Thomas Jefferson high, admitted on a call with the concerned parent, Shawna Yashar, that the decision not to inform parents of the National Merit awards and to inform the students in a low-key manner was intentional. \u2018We want to recognize students for who they are as individuals, not focus on their achievements,\u2019 Kosatka told Yashar, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cYashar found out about the school\u2019s decisions about informing students about their awards after she learned that her son was recognized as a \u2018commended student\u2019 for being among the nation\u2019s top 3 percent of students. \u2018Keeping these certificates from students is theft by the state,\u2019 Yashar told Nomani, who first reported the story in City Journal. Nomani\u2019s report was republished in the New York Post. Nomani\u2019s son graduated from Thomas Jefferson high in 2021, and she wrote that she learned that he was a National Merit commended student \u2018two years after the fact.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nomani reported that the decision by Thomas Jefferson high\u2019s leaders to delay the notification of National Merit awards comes as the school is implementing a new strategy of \u2018equitable outcomes for every student, without exception.\u2019 School administrators, she reported, have implemented an \u2018equitable grading\u2019 policy that eliminates zeros, and gives student a grade of 50 percent just for showing up. \u201cIt\u2019s a race to the bottom,\u201d Nomani wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Out: Teaching math. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2022\/08\/critical-race-theory-anti-racist-math-pollutes-kentucky-school-district-teacher-training-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blaming Whitey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cDr. Julie Chancellor, Atherton High School\u2019s assistant principal, didn\u2019t even shy away from her objective in her presentation \u2018Racial Equity Work and Your Majority White Faculty.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cRight there in black and white: Critical Race Theory<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cChancellor even cites the book Towards a Critical Race Theory of Education and the article \u2018Towards a critical theory of whiteness.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOne slide includes a quote from author bell hooks (she doesn\u2019t capitalize her name) reminding white people, even the liberals, they\u2019re white supremacists: \u201cWhen liberal whites fail to understand how they can and\/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as prejudice or domination (especially domination that involves coercive control), they cannot recognize the ways their actions support and affirm the very structure of racist domination and oppression that they wish to see eradicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cbell hooks chose not to capitalize her name because she wanted \u2018to place focus on her work rather than her name, on her ideas rather than her personality.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5371\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"37\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line.gif 500w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/eag_line-300x22.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The joy of teaching doesn\u2019t have to educating children in the three \u201cR\u201ds anymore\u2026 the joy of teaching is all about the teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/self-proclaimed-first-grade-teacher-boasts-my-favorite-moments-are-always-when-my-students-ask-about-my-queerness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharing [insert pronouns here] queerness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Twitter account titled \u2018Nalo\u2019 stated, \u2018My students call me Professor Nalo because I prefer not to use Mrs. or Mr. in my classroom. I teach all subjects as a 1st grade teacher, but my favorite moments are always when my students ask about my queerness.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TTFN.<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatBlog\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalHat\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Woke Schools: Denying Merit; Anti-Racist Math; Queer Question Time\"\/><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The focus this time: Wokeness ain\u2019t the bricks in the wall, it is the wall.\" \/><meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/EaglewithFlag.gif\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Another &#8220;quick takes&#8221; on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The focus this time: Wokeness ain\u2019t the bricks in the wall, it is the wall. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2023\/01\/12\/quick-takes-woke-schools-denying-merit-anti-racist-math-queer-question-time\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[19,55,46,24,48,68],"class_list":["post-19843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-progressives","tag-communism","tag-gender","tag-kyriarchy","tag-leviathan","tag-social-justice","tag-wtf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19844,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19843\/revisions\/19844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}