Buckle up, because Christopher Rufo is back with another thread of whistleblower documents, these from a teacher training session in Santa Clara County. An adviser for the state ethnic studies curriculum acknowledged that the Marxist underpinnings of the session’s concepts “scare people away,” but you need to get to the kids early and play on their inherent empathy to indoctrinate them.
SCOOP: Santa Clara County Office of Education denounces the United States as a "parasitic system" based on the "invasion" of "white male settlers" and encourages teachers to "cash in on kids' inherent empathy" in order to recruit them into political activism.
Here's the story.?
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
Last year, Santa Clara County held a teacher training on how to deploy "ethnic studies" in schools. The leaders began the presentation with a "land acknowledgement," claiming that the public schools "occupy the unceded territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Nation." pic.twitter.com/VLVSB9u2gO
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
The presenters claimed that America is a "system of oppression" based on the "invasion" of "white male settlers" and "exists as long as settlers are living on appropriated land." White males brought "white supremacy, patriarchy, classism, genocide, private property, and God." pic.twitter.com/3PoE2a8YKj
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
Jorge Pacheco, an adviser for the state ethnic studies curriculum, said that teachers must "awaken [students] to the oppression" and lead them to "decodify" and eventually "dismantle" the dominant political structures, which enable "white people [to exploit] people of color." pic.twitter.com/t5ut4mYS8i
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
The language in the presentation is pure Marxist conflict theory—oppressor-oppressed, praxis, synthesis. Pacheco acknowledged that the Marxist underpinnings "scare people away," but insisted that teachers must be "grounded in the correct politics to educate students." pic.twitter.com/2gUUruIIaM
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
The panelists advised local teachers to hide this political program from administrators and parents. "District guidelines and expectations are barriers," said one panelist. "[We] have to be extra careful … now that we're in people's homes [because of remote learning]." pic.twitter.com/jgq8A7RGL6
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
“Have to be extra careful about what is being said, since we can’t just say something controversial now that we’re in people’s homes. Parents can take out of context or see what materials are being used so need to be careful of what they see.”
This curriculum will soon become commonplace for millions of California schoolchildren. Earlier this year, the state Department of Education approved a "model ethnic studies curriculum," championed by Pacheco and colleagues, who encourage recruiting kids beginning in first grade. pic.twitter.com/KPqUpDGdnx
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
Though they are coy about their ultimate intention, the ethnic studies activists seek, at a minimum, a moral revolution—and, out of such tumults, political revolutions often follow.
Read my full coverage in City Journal: https://t.co/N29tlJi9Zy
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) April 13, 2021
This is what we are dealing with in California.
— NorCalU (@NorCalU1) April 13, 2021
For those who are unaware, Santa Clara County is most of what the world knows as "Silicon Valley"–Stanford, Intel, Cisco, Google, Yahoo, most of the rest of the "brand names". The rest are in the neighboring county to the north.
— Ann Bridges (@ABridgesAuthor) April 13, 2021
Exploiting the empathy of others is a highly effective manipulation tactic. In fact, if it fails to work on you, people can call you "heartless".
— David (@hcetamd) April 13, 2021
This is the primary manipulation I see in both politics and church today.
— Andrew Wooddell (@AndrewWooddell) April 13, 2021
As an atheist, God bless you for exposing this
— Jaidev (@jmp832) April 13, 2021
As an actual Native, I'd like the Office of Education to explain what's different between the white male settlers of yore and the brown male settlers of today?
Neither group is from here.— Naninizhoni (@naninizhoni) April 13, 2021
Dems are cashing in on a lot of things these days.
— Hattori Hanzo (@Hattori24318886) April 13, 2021
Simplistic view, but honestly it sounds like they are desperate to inflict their misery and anger on others. Such a burden to unload on kids. Can children even assimilate such information intellectually? How depressing!
— ???MeMeMiddleClass??? (@MeMeMiddleClass) April 13, 2021
Actually wokeism is the parasite
— Rae ? (@FiatLuxGenesis) April 13, 2021
We try to catch each of Rufo’s threads, but imagine all of the teacher training sessions that are going on without our knowledge — and how much the critical race theory grifters are making advising these school districts.
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WOW! Loudoun County, VA school committee chair writes in email that teachers against Critical Race Theory ‘cannot be tolerated’ https://t.co/CT6WLkQmdl
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 1, 2021
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