'Down the rabbit hole' with the purple penguins of gender inclusivity

Jim Jamitis | 12:11 AM on October 09, 2014

We’re not making this up.

Down the rabbit hole… "Teachers Told to Call Kids ‘Purple Penguins’ Because ‘Boys & Girls’ Isn't Inclusive" http://t.co/xa1Rb5FFJ6

— Tammy Bruce (@HeyTammyBruce) October 9, 2014

In postmodernism's greatest triumph to date, "he/she" has passed "ze/zer" & become "purple penguins." http://t.co/h3mabNpSDA @KCTimpf

— Andrew Klavan (@andrewklavan) October 8, 2014

https://twitter.com/LibertarianLuke/status/520037231629590528

National Review Online: School Told to Call Kids ‘Purple Penguins’ Because ‘Boys and Girls’ Is Not Inclusive to Transgender

A Nebraska school district has instructed its teachers to stop referring to students by “gendered expressions” such as “boys and girls,” and use “gender inclusive” ones such as “purple penguins” instead.

“Don’t use phrases such as ‘boys and girls,’ ‘you guys,’ ‘ladies and gentlemen,’ and similarly gendered expressions to get kids’ attention,” instructs a training documentgiven to middle-school teachers at the Lincoln Public Schools.

“Create classroom names and then ask all of the ‘purple penguins’ to meet on the rug,” it advises.

It gets worse.

If teachers still find it “necessary” to mention that genders exist at all, the document states, they must list them as “boy, girl, both or neither.”

Furthermore, it instructs teachers to interfere and interrupt if they ever hear a student talking about gender in terms of “boys and girls” so the student can learn that this is wrong.