Zoom might have been the tool that allowed schools to abandon in-person learning for a year, but it’s also been a great tool in revealing just what goes on in schools. Watch as Katherine Watkins, a middle school teacher from Beaverton, a suburb of Portland, warns her colleagues that they’d better get on board with anti-racism or they’re going to be fired … eventually … for abusing and traumatizing children with their colonialist ways. “NEA is working on it,” she says.
8th grade Portland, OR teacher has a message for her fellow teachers:
Teachers that DO NOT teach anti-racism are abusing children. Either start teaching anti-racism or the district will fire you.
(Notice how many of the other teachers on the call are nodding in agreement) pic.twitter.com/xlUrkeMCu6
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) May 27, 2021
Some of the parents in the Portland school district were understandably upset by this Zoom call listening to their teachers promote Critical Race Theory curriculum. They uploaded the private call to expose them. You can view the full call here: https://t.co/JjiiSCnyMF
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) May 27, 2021
Same call with the Portland teachers. Pronouns were not optional. They were mandatory. pic.twitter.com/vgioWQ6HPe
— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) May 27, 2021
I don’t like her already.
— Chris Aloia (@hippiedoo) May 27, 2021
The arrogance is overwhelming.
— dharmaletheia (@dharmaletheia) May 27, 2021
Western institutions are absolutely riddled with these human tumours.
— Matt Johnstone 👀🤓🇬🇧 (@BlinDesigner) May 27, 2021
This will be the death of public education, the stranglehold on tax payer funds will end and market based competition will ensure all public school students will be left behind.
— had2goanon (@had2goanon) May 27, 2021
I live in that school district. The local Facebook moms group have a sizable portion that are outspoken and loud and support CRT. This is portland after all.
— Stephen Lee (@stephenkleemd) May 27, 2021
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This is what living in a political bubble while being ideologically possessed looks like. They are only a few steps away from suggesting that people who disagree with them should be exiled from their city. You can imagine where it goes from there.
— Joe "Eagle" Biden☠️🇺🇸 (@TrumpUndead) May 27, 2021
"Come to the light or you will be fired."
— Dennis Patterson (@DmpPatterson) May 27, 2021
Sounds like a threat to me. 🤷♂️ just sayin 🇺🇸
— Jason Back (@squack10) May 27, 2021
Why would one be surprised when an authoritarian uses threats and intimidation? This is not liberal.
— daiso8 (@daiso888) May 27, 2021
Business opportunity awaits for those wanting to start up a private online academy where CRT will NOT be part of any curriculum. Who’ll be the first to the punch?
— habs1993 (@habs19932) May 27, 2021
Someone could attract a lot of parental attention starting a school promising not to teach crazy shit. And using similar language.
— Ryan Coraci (@GoonShy79) May 27, 2021
We have a generation of indoctrinated children that will eventually give this republic its final shove off the cliff and into the abyss.
— Stan Zbornak, Jr (@SouthernDandy55) May 27, 2021
The arrogance, the pure, unfiltered, ignorant self-righteous arrogance is utterly shocking. While the pandemic raged, this social pandemic was spreading as well.
— "Marcus Gee" (@BraboYankee) May 27, 2021
Following the logic: The district is becoming “browner” which means teachers must adapt by feeding a poisonous victim narrative since that’s what they’ll need. Seems racist.
— Toad (@Toad84863888) May 27, 2021
Wow. Literally the worst people in the world, all on one computer screen.
— M.E. Young (@MarkYoungLSU) May 27, 2021
This is completely bonkers
— Howard Prime (@BluishCheckMark) May 27, 2021
And we’re sure this is just an isolated incident and not taking place on Zoom calls across the nation.
Related:
New tack: Bans on critical race theory in schools having a ‘chilling effect’ on discourse, threatening First Amendment https://t.co/BicOme2tuh
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 27, 2021