education
Post-Affirmative Action, Black Enrollment Down at Top Colleges. No Sh*t!
Black enrollment at top colleges is way down, but that should come as no surprise. After all, this was the clear intent of the White supremacist anti-DEI crusaders who made banning affirmative action a political casus belli. So, mission accomplished! Meanwhile, legacy admissions continue to thrive as it has since time immemorial — as “affirmative… Read more.
Holy Hunger: Force-Feeding Religion as Education
For White Supremacists, DEI Is the New CRT
DEI, the new CRT Not long ago, Whites scurried across the country like Chicken Littles. They warned that Critical Race Theory (CRT) was a greater anathema to high-school education than slavery to democratic values.” I duly decried their racist hypocrisy in commentaries like “Maddening Critical Race Theory Turning Suburban Moms into Jan 6-Style Insurrectionists” on February 12, 2022,… Read more.
Racists Force Gay, Harvard’s First Black President, to Resign
Gay resigns On December 6, I published the blog post “Calls for Presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT to Resign: Sexism, Racism, and Hypocrisy.” Today, Harvard President Claudine Gay became the second forced to resign, despite the glaring sexism, racism, and hypocrisy from her critics. Harvard President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday she is stepping down just six months into her… Read more.
Calls for Presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT to Resign: Sexism, Racism, and Hypocrisy
On December 5, the presidents from Harvard, Penn, and MIT testified at a congressional hearing on the rise of antisemitism on their campuses. Everyone expected them to field questions from those politicians with ease, like professors fielding questions from their students. University presidents failed That’s why everyone was shocked when one simple question made them all look so… Read more.
Republicans Banning Books: Democrats Can Turn the Page
Republicans banning books The Nazis burned books. But the Republicans are more civilized; they’re just banning them. Republicans claim they’re preventing the kind of fascistic indoctrination the Nazis practiced. They insist they’re only helping parents protect their kids. On Morning Edition last month, NPR featured the crusade that one parent, Katie Gates, launched to ban Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, And You. Her daughter’s teacher assigned this book for… Read more.
Florida Bans Teaching Psychology
Florida superintendents have been advised by the state to drop their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to The College Board, which oversees the AP program. (USA Today, August 3, 2023) I reiterate my clarion call for all major colleges outside Florida to declare that they will not… Read more.
Florida Gov. DeSantis Is Whitewashing Black History to Brainwash White Kids
Florida Gov. DeSantis is whitewashing Black history Governor Ron DeSantis is hellbent on having Florida teachers whitewash history to brainwash kids. Only that explains his rubberstamp Board of Education issuing new standards for teaching Black history that read like White-supremacist propaganda. Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a ‘personal benefit’ because… Read more.
DeSantis Bans African American Studies to Teach White Supremacy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a crusade. He’s banning African-American studies from public schools, claiming they impose a political agenda on school kids. This is a brazen case of projection. DeSantis is ensuring schools indoctrinate kids with a white-supremacist version of US history Rev. Al Sharpton led a march on Wednesday on Florida’s state… Read more.