This is the 4th article I’ve published about Beaverton this year, which I don’t relish, but the extraordinary cluster of foolishness among the school district&#8217;s leadership keeps churning out news.
In May, Beaverton School District enthusiastically endorsed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-high-school-students-in-oregon-offered-black-student-graduation-ceremony-this-spring">Black Student Graduation Ceremony</a> (in the name of social justice, per usual). This week, they are affirmatively declaring themselves “white supremacist” in a bizarre new “Antiracist Vision Statement” put forth by an “Equitable Policies Task Force.”
In the second paragraph of the “Equitable Policies Board Report” <a href="https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Agenda/1443?meeting=464614">draft</a>, which members anticipate will pass in a <a href="https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/school-board">vote</a> this evening, the task force affirms, unabashedly, that “Beaverton School District perpetuates institutional racism and embodies a white supremacist culture.” 
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the unintentional genius of the line (recall, this same district endorsed a blacks-only graduation event, which, by the way, did not even require “graduates” to meet the normal qualifications of graduation). Yet, it turns out there is so much more to cringe at in this statement, which careens totally unselfconsciously from one glaring inconsistency to the next.
At various points, the vision statement vows, quite ambitiously, to “confront” and indeed “eliminate”(!) all forms of “conscious” and even “unconscious” racism and “bias” in Beaverton, only to later affirm the need for “permanent” funding and resource allocation to accomplish this.
Apparently, taxpayers in Beaverton are expected to swallow the absurd notion that this paltry committee of utopians can, through their combined intellect and rosy intentions, “eliminate” all forms of “unconscious bias” in the district (a problem most people consider inherent to the human species), if provided the right amount of cash&#8230;indefinitely. 
The comments section was also a delight. Members primarily heaped praise on the vaguely worded one-page vision, including “Very thoughtful and inspiring!” and “I feel like this captures everything we&#8217;ve been working on the past few months.” 
Meanwhile, others piped up with concerns, including, “I am not a fan of ‘people of color.’ I am uncomfortable with it and feel like every time it is used, it diminishes me. I would hope we could find another way to say non-white.”
One member demonstrated some prescience, if not wisdom, voicing concerns about declaring themselves “white supremacist.” He or she stated, “while I agree with the term and how it is used, I am concerned about spending unnecessary energy defending this one word.” 
Personally, I am quite appreciative when so-called “equity committees” write with such illuminating honesty. 
For Beaverton parents who naively believe that academics still remain “fundamental” to the school district’s mission, they would be wise to refer to this quote: “Eliminating racism and all forms of bias is fundamental to our work—not just a part of our work.” 
Fortunately, documents from the meeting indicate that a lone dissenting member piped up with satisfying gusto.
Evidently ignored by the zombie conformists in his midst, Latino father of three, Joshua Guerra, penned a glorious paragraph of exuberant dissent, which proves that the candle of common sense still burns in even the darkest corners of Blue America. He writes:
<blockquote>The language and phrases used in this statement are alarming, irresponsible, unfounded and divisive. The statement contains radical presuppositions about the apparent structural racism and perpetuation of “a white supremacist culture.” These terms, when used in this context, are insulting to entire demographic groups within our community, and further perpetuate a radical racialization of our community members. The statement continues by committing to “dismantle policies and systems that perpetuate white supremacy” yet it fails to identify what policies and/or systems within the district actually perform this function or how the act of dismantling will be carried out. The statement further commits to “ongoing antibias and antiracist education to every staff member.” In this statement alone one can infer that antibias trainings, which are offered by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity consultants, will be based on Critical Social Justice pedagogy. The vocabulary used in the overall statement is indicative of the ideological underpinnings of Critical Theory, Applied Postmodernism, and Intersectionality. In particular, trainings by many (not all) DEI consultants include tests which purport to measure bias of individuals and are based on the implicit bias (implicit association) test. However, there is considerable debate and doubt in the psychological community about the application of Implicit Bias testing and what it actually measures about individuals. In short, the commercial use of the IAT on staff and faculty is not scientifically rigorous and should be regarded with extreme caution. Other radical and racialized practices of DEI training have been known to use racial and gender segregation as a training method, along with racial essentialism, the primacy of power dynamics, a victim and oppressor (privileged) narrative, and structural (racial) determinism. Perhaps most alarming, given that BSD is concerned with education, is the notion in Critical Theory that standpoint epistemology, or more commonly referred to as “lived experience” is a more robust form of truth than objective truth or empirical data.</blockquote>
The Beaverton School Board is set to vote on the resolution in a <a href="https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/about-us/school-board">meeting</a> tonight. As of publication, Guerra remains the lone dissenting voice on the committee. 
This article is part of my ongoing efforts to expose radical ideology in k-12 schools and institutions. To share your story, contact me at ghowe@dailywire.com or on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a>
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Oregon School District Declares Itself ‘White Supremacist’ 

Anti-Racism

Education

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This week, the Beaverton School District declared itself “white supremacist” in a bizarre new “Antiracist Vision Statement” put forth by an “Equitable Policies Task Force.”

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If 2020 was an eye-opening year for millions of Americans, 2021 is the year they are taking action. 
Over the past several months, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-parent-groups-fighting-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools">leaders</a> have emerged across the country and across the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-organization-forms-to-fight-critical-race-theory?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_4m4Ss7tTX40kkcErwL9wxJepV0fCZeikoFDEDeH2Ugpyuxw4BStztILFglXq9JJO9FEIPv4XESMsc78NkvY8L0utW1A&amp;_hsmi=117279878&amp;hsCtaTracking=db654b52-297b-41b8-b2e7-5ffbe9ecfcc2%7C94716110-09a5-4329-a4f3-3ab6f91b7eb7">political spectrum</a> to fight against divisive, racially charged rhetoric in American classrooms. 
One of the fastest-growing and most robustly organized groups is Moms For Liberty, which is focused on creating a nation-wide watch-dog network to monitor school boards. 
<a href="http://momsforliberty.org/">Moms For Liberty</a> (which also welcomes dads and other stakeholders), was chartered about 5 months ago in Florida and has since grown to 20k members, with 44 chapters in 19 states, and hundreds of chapter applications currently in queue. 
Co-founder and former school board member, Tina Descovich, told me in a recent exchange that Moms For Liberty stands for “liberty and parental rights in education,” so CRT is just one issue they are addressing. 
Unlike other similar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-parent-groups-fighting-against-critical-race-theory-in-schools">organizations</a>, many of which have sprung up to specifically combat political indoctrination in schools, Moms For Liberty is focused on cultivating empowered, liberty-minded citizens who share a broader commitment to the principles of the American founding. 
One way they accomplish this is by promoting events called “Madison Meetups,” which involve encouraging community members to meet in living rooms across America to discuss America&#8217;s founding documents. 
Moms For Liberty also organizes parents and community members to meet to discuss school board policies and proposals, and rallies parents to attend and speak out at local school board meetings (see Moms For Liberty member <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGjZY6JrkI">Quisha King</a> address a Florida school board <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiGjZY6JrkI">here</a>). 
Because both co-founders, Tina Descovich and Tiffany Justice, are former school board members, they say the group has an advantage in understanding the way school boards work, and how parents can best hold them accountable. 
A growing list of <a href="https://www.momsforliberty.org/find-a-chapter/">chapters</a> can be found on the main website, with more announced each week. 
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Teach Facts Not Feelings

Parents Are Rapidly Organizing Against Public School Indoctrination. ‘Moms For Liberty’ Is Zeroing In On School Boards

Critical Race Theory

Over the past several months, leaders have emerged across the country and across the political spectrum to fight against divisive, racially charged rhetoric in American classrooms. One of the fastest-growing and most robustly organized groups is Moms For Liberty, which is focused on creating a nation-wide watch-dog network to monitor school boards. 

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/parents-are-rapidly-organizing-against-public-school-indoctrination-moms-for-liberty-is-zeroing-in-on-school-boards/

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About two weeks ago, I covered a proposed “Equity Training” contracted for the steep price of $37k by Douglas County School District in Colorado. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colorado-school-district-shells-out-37k-for-anti-racism-training-via-zoom">proposed training</a>, provided by a consulting firm called <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a>, was to be completed via zoom, and was intended to be available for staff and community members. It has been confirmed this week that the training was abruptly canceled late on the evening of May 25th as the result of parent backlash. 
This comes as welcome news to thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-parents-file-lawsuit-against-school-board-over-equity-ambassador-program">parents</a> across the country who have been fighting the same battle against Critical Race Theory in their home districts. 
This success is particularly notable given the apparent disconnect between the values espoused by the parents in the district and those running the DCSD schools. 
Correspondence between Dr. Chris Page, member of the Equity Advisory Council for DCSD, and <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a>, submitted by a parent to The Daily Wire, are illustrative of how parents are perceived by school leaders and the pricey consulting firms they contract to indoctrinate their staff and students. 
In response to the news of cancelation, <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> released an official statement, reporting that they “watched the school board meeting” (during which multiple impassioned parents appealed to the teachings of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.,) “and were disgusted and appalled at the level of misinformation and conscious misunderstanding” demonstrated by parents. 
In their conclusion, after referring to Andrew Jackson as a “genocidal maniac” in the preceding paragraph, <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> accused “White parents” of “demanding that we not talk about race,” in a “willful attempt to maintain the status quo.” 
In response to The Gemini Group’s official statement, Dr. Page responded that, “sadly,” DCSD parents “just aren&#8217;t ready for this work … at this time.” At no point in his response did Page come to the defense of DCSD parents’ values or validate the merit of their concerns.   
Regardless of differences in views, parental pressure was sufficient to convince the superintendent of the district to cancel the training.  
For parents fighting CRT in other states, success in Douglas County may be replicable in other purple districts. Located just outside of deep blue Denver, Douglas leans conservative, but only by a modest margin. In <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/colorado-results">2020</a>, voters in Douglas County voted 52.4% for Trump, compared to 45.2% for Joe Biden. However, as copious reporting now suggests, opposition to Critical Race Theory may prove to be a uniting issue among conservatives and moderate liberals. 
Together, conservatives and an increasing portion of liberal Americans, now recognize what <a href="https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/reverend-dr-wyatt-tee-walker">Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker,</a> a contemporary and close advisor to Dr Martin Luther King Jr., recognized in a 2015 essay. Walker <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/10/12/the_civil_rights_legend_who_opposed_critical_race_theory_144423.html">wrote</a>: 
<blockquote>&#8220;Today, too many ‘remedies’ &#8212; such as Critical Race Theory, the increasingly fashionable post-Marxist/postmodernist approach that analyzes society as institutional group power structures rather than on a spiritual or one-to-one human level &#8212; are taking us in the wrong direction: separating even elementary school children into explicit racial groups, and emphasizing differences instead of similarities.
“The answer is to go deeper than race, deeper than wealth, deeper than ethnic identity, deeper than gender. To teach ourselves to comprehend each person, not as a symbol of a group, but as a unique and special individual within a common context of shared humanity. To go to that fundamental place where we are all simply mortal creatures, seeking to create order, beauty, family, and connection to the world that &#8212; on its own &#8212; seems to bend too often towards randomness and entropy.&#8221; </blockquote>
Portions of the parent testimony that led the school board to reconsider can be heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=xfj2WWpwZT4&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;fbclid=IwAR0cl1LTvZfzVzTFSJ4be7dpJx2OjVGJdNc5ND3KJS7dQh7F8zPC_D4hwUE">here</a>. An additional full length speech can be heard <a href="https://vimeo.com/555436027">here</a>. 
A previous version of this piece erroneously attributed the quote by Dr. Chris Page to Superintendent Corey Wise.
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These Parents Successfully Pressured Their School Board To Ditch Divisive Equity Training 

About two weeks ago, I covered a proposed “Equity Training” contracted for the steep price of $37k by Douglas County School District in Colorado. The proposed training, provided by a consulting firm called The Gemini Group, was to be completed via zoom, available for staff and community members. It has been confirmed this week that the training was abruptly canceled late on the evening of March 25th as the result of parent backlash. 

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A group of parents and grandparents in Rocky River, Ohio recently gave a series of stunning speeches to their school board, rebuking the infiltration of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender theory in schools. &#8220;What these ideologies are really creating is a nation of angry mob justice protestors, instead of successful producers,&#8221; said one defiant resident in a statement that summarized many of his peers&#8217; sentiments. &#8220;You in whom we&#8217;ve put our trust to instruct our children in math science, and history are instead indoctrinating our children with radical political ideology and rhetoric adopted from Karl Marx,&#8221; said another resident. &#8220;These programs are aimed at turning our students against their parents.&#8221;
As the video of the school board meeting (below) shows, Larry, resident of 27 years, called out the sneaky nature of radical propaganda in schools. Speaking about a proposed diversity program called “JEDI,” Larry states: 
<blockquote>The twisted language of CRT is propagated throughout the JEDI program. The only difference is the slight change in the name and language to disguise it and make it less offensive in order to gain acceptance by parents and the community at large&#8230;  Equity sounds non-threatening and is easily confused with the principle of equality. Equality, as enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, is explicitly rejected by CRT backers that regard it as a cover for white supremacy and oppression. Equity promotes equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. Equity strives to segregate individuals by identity, particularly race, rather than ability, desire, and achievement&#8230; What these ideologies are really creating is a nation of angry mob justice protestors, instead of successful producers.</blockquote>
Anne Robbins, a 40-year Rocky River resident, gave the board an impressively succinct lesson about Critical Race Theory:  
<blockquote>To be clear, the words diversity and inclusion do not necessarily mean what people think they mean. Everyone would agree that diversity and inclusion are valuable and important, but the devil is in the details. If you tell our 9th graders at Rocky River High School, that society is made of two separate groups, a dominant and subordinate group, and the dominant group controls the subordinate group because of unearned privilege, you are teaching Critical Race Theory. Furthermore, if you identify the dominant group as the white middle class, you are teaching Critical Race Theory. And I want to stop with the sugar coated buzzwords, and call them “oppressors&#8221; and “victims.” If you teach 9th graders that every person, including themselves, has to be understood in terms of a special social group, you&#8217;re teaching them to see the world through a lens of group identity, be it race, socioeconomic status, gender, or ethnicity. Group-think creates conflict that pits one group of students against another. It&#8217;s a poisonous worldview. It denies the individual the content of their character and the merit of their work. We are the freest country in the world. Everyone, blacks, latinos, women, LGBTQ, all minorities have equal opportunity under the law to achieve their dreams. Why don&#8217;t we teach that and inspire our students to that? Let&#8217;s teach students to overcome obstacles&#8230;Please stop teaching the dangerous politics of group identity, the parents and taxpayers of Rocky River see right through it.</blockquote>
Another woman (not named in the video), pushed back against gender theory: 
<blockquote>Rocky River schools have failed to specifically inform you of the gender ideology and sexual constructs in the curriculum currently being taught to your children&#8230;Instead they use manipulation, coercion, and public shaming exercises as means to indoctrinate our children with their personal belief system. This is unacceptable&#8230;The diversity instructors have been silencing your parental voice, driving a wedge between you and your child, all in the deceptive name of diversity and inclusion. Your role as an influential presence in your child&#8217;s life has not been honored or revered. Scientific data is ignored. You are ignored. Do the research. Look at the study from Brown University entitled <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202330">Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of rapid onset gender dysphoria</a>. Read the findings of <a href="https://www.abigailshrier.com/">Abigail Shrier</a> who holds degrees from Columbia University, Oxford, and Yale Law School. There is a tremendous game of deception going on in our classrooms and our children are losing their innocence, their ability to trust parents, and the freedom of being a child. </blockquote>
Finally, Emily Lyman, a Rocky River resident of 53 years, called out the Marxist origins of the “diversity” and “inclusion” ideology: 
<blockquote>I’ve seen lots of changes in our time, but nothing is great to me or more shocking than to learn that our young people are being corrupted by the Marxist curriculum in our schools. I call it Marxism because the very people who promote these programs are self proclaimed Marxists and Communists, and they&#8217;re determined to replace our democratic republic. You in whom we&#8217;ve put our trust to instruct our children in math science, and history are instead indoctrinating our children with radical political ideology and rhetoric adopted from Karl Marx. These programs are aimed at turning our students against their parents. They’re being taught to be ashamed of the United States, and that it&#8217;s good to kneel during the national anthem. This works against the students self-worth and identity by undermining their confidence. They can&#8217;t speak their mind against such ideas for fear of retribution. Transgenderism and sexuality are not subjects for the classroom or library story hours, and mathematics is not racist, as some have claimed. In continuing this effort by the radical propaganda to dumb down our society in favor of emotional learning, you are helping to extinguish individual freedoms. And I say shame on you for not taking a stand against this Communist agenda.</blockquote>
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These three citizens are far from alone. As I reported earlier this week, parents in the nearby <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-mother-rips-all-white-school-board-over-relentless-focus-on-race">Beachwood</a>, Ohio district had similarly successful showing, as have parents in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out">Virginia</a> and dozens of other states. The movement has inspired bipartisan groups, including <a href="https://www.fairforall.org/">FAIR</a>, as well as widespread <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/coming-bipartisan-backlash-public-school-wokeness-opinion-1584346">backlash</a> among parents in both public and <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/the-miseducation-of-americas-elites">private schools</a>. 
Are parents speaking up at your school board? Contact me at ghowe@dailywire.com or on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a> 
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Parents And Grandparents Across America Speaking Out Against The ‘Diversity’ And ‘Inclusion’ Scam

A group of parents and grandparents in Rocky River, Ohio recently gave a series of stunning speeches to their school board, rebuking the infiltration of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and gender theory in schools.

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Young children are being instructed about gender by &#8220;<a href="https://www.gegi.ca/resources/#tip-sheets">Gegi</a>,&#8221; a virtual nonbinary unicorn, an educational tool that has been embraced by at least one school board in Ottawa and which heavily promotes left-wing &#8220;gender identity&#8221; activism.
As reported by CTV Ottawa in a wildly disturbing <a href="https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/virtual-unicorn-teaches-kids-about-gender-identity-and-gender-expression-discrimination-in-schools-1.5443985">video</a> segment earlier this month, Gegi was created by <a href="https://www.leeairton.com/">Lee Airton</a>, an assistant professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education, and <a href="https://kylekirkup.com/">Kyle Kirkup</a>, an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
Gegi is a virtual resource that empowers students to assert their rights and challenge norms in schools, the creators say. “Gegi brings together publicly available information like school board policies, definitions of grounds of human rights protection and translates them so that anyone can find them and understand them,” Airton says in the CTV interview. 
Gegi the unicorn is nonbinary, and “doesn&#8217;t exclusively identify as male or female, much like many of the students who find themselves visiting the site,” the outlet claims. You can see an image of Gegi <a href="https://www.gegi.ca">here</a>. 
Limestone District School Board equity and inclusion consultant Suche James says he believes the visual of the unicorn is effective for reaching elementary-aged children as young as Kindergarten. &#8220;James says he feels that the visual of the unicorn is something that can easily connect with people from Kindergarten to Grade 12, and that&#8217;s important they have the information,&#8221; CTV Ottawa explains.
The <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/resources/#tip-sheets">Gegi website</a> teaches kids a variety of gender and advocacy-related information, including what gender expression and identity are, and “tip sheets into what a student&#8217;s rights are during field trips and activities.” 
Until very recently in human history, having separate restrooms, sports teams, and sleeping quarters for boys and girls was the norm. However, according to Airton, “with these new human rights protections, [those] might actually constitute discrimination,” and children should be equipped with the knowledge to confront that “discrimination.” 
Here are some of the useful tips being imparted to young children by Airton and Kirkup via the Gegi website. Pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-School-Washroom-Tips.pdf">restroom</a> use:
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<li>In Canadian schools (and other public settings), everyone has the right to use the washroom that they know to be right for them.</li>
<li>No one may ask a transgender person (of any age) to use a washroom that does not align with their gender identity or to use an all-gender washroom (if not self-selected), as this is gender identity discrimination.</li>
<li>If another student objects, [the non-trans student] can be accommodated elsewhere.</li>
<li>Gegi recommends signage without men and women symbols, but with ‘all-gender washroom’ text and a toilet, instead.</li>
<li>Ensure that your school’s student-accessible all-gender washroom does NOT require a key. Requiring a key places students in the position of having to justify their need to access this washroom. This can place them at risk of being outed to/by staff, and potentially experiencing harm.</li>
</ul>
Here are some tips Gegi offers to children pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-Overnight-Field-Trips-Tips.pdf">field trips</a>: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">In Canadian schools and their associated activities, every student has the right to access gender-segregated facilities or housing that they know to be right for them. </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">No one may ask a transgender person (of any age) to stay in gender-segregated housing that does not align with their gender identity or to stay in a private room (if not self-selected), as this is gender identity discrimination.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Asking for a private room, or to share a room or be billeted along with a trusted friend or two (regardless of gender identity) can be what a trans student needs right now.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Costs associated with providing private or semi-private accommodations, if necessary, should not be borne by transgender students.</li>
</ul>
And pertaining to <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Gender-Friendly-Athletics-Tips.pdf">sports</a>: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Every student has the right to participate in athletics, and try out for a team or use a changeroom (etc.) that they know to be right for them, gender-wise. No one may ask a transgender student to try out for a team or join an intramural league that does not align with their gender identity, as this may be gender identity discrimination.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Asking transgender students to provide legal or medical documentation in order to participate may also be gender identity discrimination.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Because all Ontarians also have gender expression human rights protections, students who aren’t transgender but who are gender non-conforming also have the right to play without changing how they express their gender, or wearing a gendered uniform if it does not match their gender expression.</li>
</ul>
For <a href="https://www.gegi.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Gegis-Tips-for-Welcoming-Gender-Diversity-in-Your-Classroom.pdf">teachers</a> in the classroom: 
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">When you introduce yourself on the first day of school, or send home an email to introduce yourself to students, include your own pronouns (even and perhaps especially if no one has ever gotten them wrong).</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Use gender inclusive language, like “students” instead of “boys” and “girls” or “ladies” and “gentleman.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice using they/them pronouns. “If you have not already encountered a nonbinary student in your school, you will.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">Practice articulating that one of your legal responsibilities is mitigating gender-based discrimination in your classroom and school.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">When speaking to students, make “hedging” statements about women, men, boys, and girls (e.g., “some women have breasts and a uterus”)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Defend your gender diversity-affirmative practices” to parents who are “struggling” by “walking beside them.”</li>
</ul>
Like the <a href="https://www.genderbread.org/">genderbread person</a> of yesteryear, the gender unicorn is extraordinarily popular with corporate diversity trainings and, increasingly, in early childhood education. However, despite prolific evidence of early childhood gender lessons posted to social media, most schools are less than forthright about their use of these tools, often omitting them from their official curriculum, only to be discovered by diligent parents. 
Is your school teaching children about the gender unicorn? Contact me with stories from your community at ghowe@dailywire.com or on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a>. 
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Meet ‘Gegi,’ The Unicorn Schools Are Using To Turn Young Children Into Trans Activists

Gender Identity

LGBT

Sexuality

Young children are being instructed about gender by &quot;Gegi,&quot; a virtual nonbinary unicorn, an educational tool that has been embraced by at least one school board in Ottawa and which heavily promotes left-wing &quot;gender identity&quot; activism.

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/meet-gegi-the-unicorn-schools-are-using-to-turn-young-children-into-trans-activists/

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There’s no good way to introduce this, but for those of you who enjoy following the latest trends in gender medicine, the newest procedure being offered is called “<a href="https://www.mymarinhealth.org/programs-services/surgery-procedures/surgical-specialties/gender-affirmation-surgery/nonbinary-gender-affirming-surgery/">nullification</a>.” 
According to <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/nullification/">Align Surgical Associates</a>, a medical practice based in the San Francisco Bay Area, “nullification creates a relatively continuous and mostly unbroken transition from the abdomen down into the genital area, enabling gender non-conforming patients to enjoy a body that looks closer on the outside to the way they feel on the inside.” 
The Align medical practice also offers other custom surgeries for unique gender identities, including a <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/phallus-preserving-vaginoplasty/">phallus preserving vaginoplasty</a>, which entails creating a “functional” vagina out of scrotal skin while preserving the phallus. According to Align’s website, “this non-standard gender affirming surgery is an excellent way to align the way you feel on the inside with the way your body looks on the outside, confirming your gender identity and enabling you to live your ideal life.”
They also offer <a href="https://www.alignsurgical.com/non-binary/vagina-preserving-phalloplasty/">vagina-perserving phalloplasties</a>, which involves the “construction of a new adult phallus, while still preserving the presence of the vaginal canal.” As photos on the website purport to demonstrate, these patients can achieve &#8220;both&#8221; forms of genitalia. 
Who is a candidate for these procedures? According to the website, “the <a href="https://www.wpath.org/">World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)</a> has standards of care in place that require patients over eighteen have two letters from mental health providers, stating their readiness for surgery. Clients must be taking hormones and be non-smokers.”
The website boasts that the phallus-preserving vaginoplasty has been “shown to have a positive, lasting benefit for transmen and nonbinary individuals.” It is unclear from the website how much longitudinal research has been completed in order to substantiate this sweeping and vague claim. 
Far be it from me to prevent others from pursuing their “ideal life,” and frankly I am still gathering my thoughts about this. However, my immediate reaction is this is wildly predatory on the part of these doctors. It should be plainly evident to anyone, regardless of medical credential, that a person who wants to remove all genitals, or add supplementary genitals, is someone who requires far more care and counseling than just superficial plastic surgery. I don’t mean to be insensitive to the “<a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=enby">enbys</a>,” but this is insane and astonishingly exploitative. 
This news comes on the heels of the shocking <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/60-minutes-runs-explosive-segment-featuring-young-transgender-individuals-who-decided-to-reverse-course">60 Minutes special</a> about young people who regretted undergoing permanent gender reassignment surgery. Something tells me we are due to see a lot more regret in the future. 
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‘Gender Nullification Surgery’ Enables ‘Non-Binary’ Patients To Achieve ‘Smooth Genital Area’

There’s no good way to introduce this, but for those of you who enjoy following the latest trends in gender medicine, the newest procedure being offered

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/gender-nullification-surgery-enables-non-binary-patients-to-achieve-smooth-genital-area/

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The battle over “Diversity” curricula is raging across the country, and with each passing week, more parents come out of the woodwork to testify against political activism in schools. In recent weeks, parents have written to me from Ohio, Texas, Arizona, Utah, and Virginia reporting that their local meetings have become so packed that parents are forced to watch proceedings from screens in lobbies and hallways. 
As I’ve covered this phenomenon over some months, I’ve observed how parent testimonies have evolved into almost an art form. As dire as the situation seems to be, and sometimes it does feel dire, I can’t help but think this is a shining moment in history for the salt-of-the-earth Americans who can smell BS from a mile away and are willing to say so. 
That was never more true than for one wholesome, middle-aged mother of two in Beachwood, Ohio. On March 9th, she ripped the Beachwood school board to shreds over their obsession with race and pompous need to control black families like hers, as well as what she perceives to be the sexual grooming of children. Her eloquent comments were met with admonishment by the president of the all white school board, who ultimately attempted to drone out her voice with robotic platitudes about “equity.” It was a stunning exchange. 
Below is her poignant speech, which, being so chock full of wisdom, was difficult to edit down (video below).
She began by discussing her experience as a black mother of two grown children, both now successful doctors, who, she argues, were able to thrive in Beachwood because the school united families around a quest for excellence for all students. 
<blockquote>Years and decades prior, students made friends based on personalities, similarities and differences, and interests in academics, sports, music, clubs, associations, etc. They studied together, carpooled together, went on trips together, went to each other&#8217;s houses together, went out to eat together, planned school activities together. Athletes, cheerleaders, and band members rolled together on school buses to games all over northeast Ohio together. They laughed and cried, win or lose together. Band members went to band camp together, they ran bake sales together, parents took turns running the concession stands during games together, sat together at games and cheered on the team members. They took pictures at homecoming prom and other events and went to restaurants and home parties after together, and they congratulated each other when they were receiving their acceptance letters to universities that they applied to and consoled each other when they didn&#8217;t get into the school of their choice. They were never surprised when the Beachwood school system was either in first, second, or third place consistently year after year in northeast Ohio, or top within the state of Ohio for academic achievement. For vocational and college prep there was a high percentage of students who took the honors and AP classes and graduated from high school with college credits already under their belt. The students were polite and respectful to adults and law enforcement. The administration, teachers, and staff were invested in everyone&#8217;s success, Beachwood excellence, and Beachwood pride. There was no extra time for any other focus. 
Contrast that with today&#8217;s school system, superintendent, school board, school administration, the decision-makers. Let&#8217;s start with the website <a href="https://www.beachwoodschools.org/">beachwoodschools.org</a>. Here you have the curriculum page and the educational equity page. The website has a menu item for the curriculum that doesn&#8217;t mention anything about curriculum, why? Because if a lot more residents knew about the mess that you’ve made in this school system via the curriculum and policy you all would probably lose your positions in the district. 
Many school districts in Ohio are now hiding their curriculum from residents because they’re teaching students to become bigots toward their peers, adults, and law enforcement. Many school districts within this congressional district are on board with advocating funding and teaching young students the how-to about changing their gender, child pornography, and pedophelia, and where to find those websites, what sex toys to purchase, and how to use that which has been purchased. Parents are not being told that their child is being taught that, and the teachers and librarians are being exempted from criminal prosecution. 
Regarding the educational equity piece, it appears that the superintendent and you, the school board members, grew up so white that you don&#8217;t even know the damage that your decisions have caused previous, current and future generations of Beachwood students whose parents just wanted them to qualify to attend some great universities. Instead you convince yourselves that blacks are oppressed and that it is your job to stop that oppression. How have you not looked at the results to realize what you did was immoral and had the opposite effect? Within Beachwood schools black kids are turning against white people of all ages, and white kids are hating their parents and their success and their heritage and calling them racist. Only because you don&#8217;t understand the black race you attempted to fix something that for all intents and purposes years ago was in reality not even broken. You just convinced yourself that it was broken. It was never your job. You got out of your lane. Your job was to provide students with the environment to be well rounded and educationally successful. Now the residents with kids who did find out about your deviant curriculum pulled their kids out as fast as they could. More and more are withdrawing their kids because the school system has lost control of the classroom environment. 
In the document for Critical Race Theory, your stated goal is to make children advocates  –  I mean activists  –  in their own home. What does that mean? You are creating an atmosphere, trying to create an adversarial relationship between parents and child, when that relationship needs to be strengthened&#8230; [You’re] intrinsically advocating the kids to just be adversarial to their parents, it&#8217;s nuts. This is nuts!</blockquote>
At this point in the speech, she went off script and really ripped into the board in a visceral, personal, way. Animated and speaking more boldly, she continued: 
<blockquote>I’m a professional as well, I grew up in corporate America, I&#8217;ve met people like you all every day. You all know nothing about black people, but you still think you can make rules for black people, black kids. In Beachwood schools when [my kids] were growing up, all these decades until you came along, they didn&#8217;t look at race or gender. [These are] very successful black people, very successful, but what did you do? You decided instead of looking at Beachwood data you decided to put us lumped-in with George Floyd and everybody else that got killed. They had nothing to do with Beachwood, nothing! So what do you do? You put in stuff like Critical Race Theory and other garbage like that. 
Now you have kids not liking their own parents, you have black kids that are now racist against their peers, we never saw that! You went down a road because of what you see nationally that had nothing to do with Beachwood. Now you’ve got school systems in this congressional district telling them how to have anal sex and this is what your sex education… (gets cut off)</blockquote>
It was at this point that the president of the school board interjected to let her know that her time was up. After a brief back and forth exchange in which the mom tried to get in a last comment about the “gender unicorn,” the school board president cut her off, speaking over her on the mic. He can be heard saying, voice full of contempt, “I take extreme exception with almost everything you’ve said because your premise is wrong.” 
At this point the black mom had left the podium and was now standing about 10 feet in front of him, facing him, shaking her head no, her voice drowned out by his, as he stammered on, “this..this..administration and this board is..is&#8230;committed to equity for every student in this district.” 
Now addressing the group he continued, “You can shake your heads no, you’re free to disagree (becomes inaudible),” at which point his voice is drowned out by applause and cheering in the background. Like a robot, the school board president can be heard again, droning over the hostile crowd, “Our administration is committed to equity for every student.”
The exchange is astonishing to watch (begins around 7:43 mark): 
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The indignant reaction this woman elicited from the board president, evident in his tone of utter contempt, is familiar to many black conservatives, and anyone else who dares to focus the spotlight too brightly and effectively on the deeply disturbing elements of the white progressive agenda. As many successful, independent black Americans have experienced, there are people who are viscerally threatened by the bold assertion that black Americans can succeed on their own steam, and that they can integrate fully and joyfully into the fabric of American life. In the case of white progressives, that message threatens their sense of benevolent superiority, their feelings of righteous sanctification, and most importantly, it obstructs their avenue to societal control and the remaking of mankind in their own image. Self sufficient black Americans can’t be controlled, and thus they must be silenced. 
***
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Black Mother Rips All-White School Board Over Relentless Focus On Race

Race

The battle over “Diversity” curricula is raging across the country, and with each passing week, more parents come out of the woodwork to testify against

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/black-mother-rips-all-white-school-board-over-relentless-focus-on-race/

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Racism Inc. is a booming business. 
In April of this year, Colorado’s Douglas County School District contracted with <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> to provide a package of “Equity” trainings to the district administration, staff, parents, and community. The total price of the contract was $36,900 and included the following: 
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">2 equity consultants, billed for 23 hours of “coaching and prep” work</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Four 3.5 hour workshops spanning 2 days</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">One 1 hour keynote presentation</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">One 2.25 hour community workshop </li>
</ul>
According to the contract (viewable below), all services would be rendered via zoom and would transpire across 3 calendar days. 
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The first stunning detail is that the billed rate for the “Equity Consultants” was listed at $550 per hour, which did not apply toward the cost of the Zoom sessions themselves. The sessions would cost an additional $2-5k each. For comparison, the median hourly wage for a neurosurgeon in the U.S. is $299. 
The second alarming detail, buried on the “about” page for <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/mentor-team">The Gemini Group</a>, reveals that the consulting company appears to consist of only two persons, consultants (and wildly impressive swindlers), Christina and Dante. Aside from the effort entailed in preparing a Powerpoint and dialing in for the Zoom chats, it is unclear what overhead costs are accounted for to explain this exorbitant price tag. How the administrators of Douglas County School District will justify this price tag, which must ultimately be paid by the community, remains undetermined. 
Fortunately, parents and stakeholders can see clips of the training <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=093Atq55g6Q">here</a> to determine for themselves whether the pearls of wisdom The Gemini Group offers are worth the hefty price tag. 
A brief review of <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> website also gives a taste of what this highly specialized training may include. Emblazoned on the splash page is the first of many nonsensical platitudes, including: &#8220;Equity is the umbrella under which diversity and inclusion reside.”
The description for the “Implicit Bias Training” offered confirms what many parents may already suspect, that <a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> is firmly based in Critical Race Theory. On their site they state that “every day, we see and feel the impacts of implicit bias, both individually and institutionally.” “Since everyone has it,” they assert, “and most institutions were built on it” (again, an assertion directly out of Critical Race Theory), the specialized training “provides participants with the understanding of where it comes from, how it can be recognized, and how detrimental impacts can be minimized.”
The “Equity Training” description also includes telltale signs of critical theory influence, promising to help employees “understand..systemic racism and the history of racial inequity, [and] learn how to utilize an equity lens to recognize and mitigate racism and any other forms of discrimination and oppression in the workforce.” With this approach, they promise, “participants will also understand intersectionality.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.thegeminigroupllc.com/">The Gemini Group</a> is one of many organizations that have sprung up in the past decade advertising pricey cures for racism and “inequity,” despite scant evidence supporting the efficacy of such teachings, and growing evidence that “diversity” training may <a href="https://hbr.org/2012/03/diversity-training-doesnt-work">exacerbate</a> racial and gender divisions in workplaces. Amazingly, compared to other firms, Gemini’s prices are actually a bargain.
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Colorado School District Shells Out $37K For Anti-Racism Training Via Zoom

Colorado

In April of this year, Colorado’s Douglas County School District contracted with The Gemini Group to provide a package of “Equity” trainings to the district administration, staff, parents, and community. The total price of the contract was $36,900.

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/colorado-school-district-shells-out-37k-for-anti-racism-training-via-zoom/

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A staff member at the University of Utah <a href="mailto:ghowe@dailywire.com">reached out to me</a> this week with a recording from a recent staff training on “microaggressions.” Immediately, I popped on my headphones, as few things delight me more than being a fly on the wall in other people’s unhinged diversity sessions. 
For those still blissfully unacquainted, Merriam Webster defines “microaggression” as a “comment or action that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a prejudiced attitude toward a member of a marginalized group (such as a racial minority).” 
On its face, the concept isn’t outrageous. Most people recognize that bigotry occurs in subtle interactions which often aren’t readily apparent to the perpetrator. Classic examples include the white suburban mom clutching her purse more tightly when a black man walks by, or the insistence, by educated whites, that black Americans are less capable of meeting mundane societal expectations than are white Americans. The former example betrays an assumption that black men are a criminal threat, the latter a patronizing assumption about black Americans’ cognitive abilities and/or character. Small acts of bigotry add up, and they do make a difference over time. 
However, these were not the types of microaggressions that staff at the University of Utah were primarily presented with in this bizarre 90-minute session. Rather, participants were instructed that a comment or action can be considered a “microaggression” even if it is well-intended, well-received, and causes no apparent harm. 
It was stressed by one facilitator that even a genuine compliment can be a microaggression, even if the recipient was flattered by it, as long as the compliment in some way “reinforces” the “systems of power” (which, of course, remain perpetually nebulous and strategically undefined). For example, phrases like “You’re so smart for 15!” and “Wow, you look great for your age!” were touted as two obvious examples of microaggressions (presumably because they reinforce the stodgy, outdated, and hateful notion that young people are both more beautiful and more naive than elders). 
It was at this point in the presentation that one female participant chimed in: “People tell me I’m too successful to be so young” and “too ambitious.” “It&#8217;s like, you can&#8217;t be 26 years old and that well-spoken,” she lamented. “It’s like, thanks,”  she added, sarcastically, “So that really hit home for me.” 
“And how did that make you feel? What do you think the subtext was?” the facilitator probed. It turned out that the participant was also a redhead, which was “hard.”
I got the impression that diversity trainings might be a little blander in Utah. 
Regardless, the wonder of Critical Race Theory (CRT), which is the academic theory from which all wokeness springs, is that it can train soft minds to successfully manufacture grievance from any human interaction. And that is the explicitly stated goal of all critical theories, to stir discontent with the goal of activating pawns in a revolution. Contentedness is the enemy of revolution, so people must be trained out of it. 
They also must be trained to be pathologically nervous about aggrieving others. 
Phrases such as “What is your spirit animal?” and “That movie was lame” flashed across the screen as participants pondered their implied complicity in silence. One slide said “Those people are crazy!” Another said “I’m having a senior moment.” One image was simply a photo of a sign that said “Boys” and “Girls” with arrows pointing in opposite directions, presumably to a pair of restrooms. 
No explanations were given at any point, except for a passing reference to ableism, which allowed me to extrapolate that “lame” and “crazy” were being considered “identity groups,” presumably by way of medical diagnosis. 
Participants were encouraged to “not take it personally” if they were guilty of these offenses in the past, but rather to use those “feelings of vulnerability” as a learning opportunity. “If you catch yourself [pushing back against being corrected], remind yourself it&#8217;s not about me, it&#8217;s about bias and power.”
Participants were also coached on how to react when they do offend someone. 
“One thing I&#8217;ve learned,” advised a facilitator, “is to avoid over-apologizing…Who am I doing that for? I’m wanting to make myself feel better&#8230;at their expense, I want them to tell me oh ‘it&#8217;s ok no big deal.’” Rather, “It&#8217;s important to just listen, don&#8217;t expect them to educate us.” The appropriate length of apology for a microaggression is approximately “30 seconds,” according to this diversity expert. 
After the slide show, participants discussed words and phrases they no longer use due to problematic etymology. 
“I used to use the phrase ‘gyp’ all the time&#8230;I didn’t realize it was about gypsies!” 
“Oh yeah, I used to say gyp too.”
The group bonded over their guilt about using the word “gyp,” which they agreed reinforced the marginalization of gypsies. 
“One strategy I use now,” added the facilitator, who also confessed to marginalizing gypsies in the past, “if there&#8217;s a phrase [that] I’ve been using forever, that I&#8217;ve never stopped to think about&#8230;that&#8217;s gonna be a red flag.” She continued, “I’m going to stop to think about it, and I&#8217;m going to look it up.” 
This level of paranoia is justified, she argued, because “sometimes when I look it up, I realize there&#8217;s this whole history, and it’s reinforcing stereotypes, and when we&#8217;re reinforcing stereotypes, that has an impact on things like systemic power.” 
I’m reminded of a classic quote by Ibram X. Kendi in “How to Be an Antiracist”: “Like fighting an addiction, being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination.” 
As I’ve discussed in past <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leaked-teacher-training-video-shows-how-cultish-critical-race-theory-is-being-pushed-on-virginia-teachers">articles</a> about woke indoctrination, when you’re caught up in constant self-examination and self-criticism, you’re not able to critically evaluate the truth of what you’re being told. That is by design. 
Lastly, a handout about microaggressions distributed to the group revealed another, and more insidious, meaning to “microaggression” that wasn’t accounted for by either Merriam Webster or the diversity facilitator. Apparently, it is actively microaggressive to affirm traditional American values and beliefs, especially those which directly undermine Critical Theory. 
For example, “America is a melting pot,” “there is only one race, the human race,” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” were listed as common microaggressions. A column on the far right of the document explained the real coded messages behind each of these microaggressive phrases, which included wildly presumptuous phrases like “people of color are lazy or incompetent and need to work harder” and a presumed directive to “assimilate to the dominant culture.” 
Through courses like these, diversity instructors are training soft minds to associate almost all aspects of language, as well as affirmations about foundational american ideals, with bigotry. Worse, the thought leaders behind it are making millions off the charade. It’s a sham, and does nothing to address the actual racism permeating society, often making it worse, all while under the guise of so-called “diversity” and “inclusion”. It’s past time for us to wake up and tell the Emperor he has no clothes. 
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This article is part of my ongoing effort to expose radical ideology in education and other institutions. Please send me stories from your community to ghowe@dailywire.com or find me on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a>
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Censorship

Leaked Univ. Utah Diversity Session: Even Well-Received Compliments Now Microaggressions

A staff member at the University of Utah reached out to me this week with a recording from a recent staff training on “microaggressions.” Immediately, I popped on my headphones, as few things delight me more than being a fly on the wall in other people’s unhinged diversity sessions. 

https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/leaked-univ-utah-diversity-session-even-well-received-compliments-now-microaggressions/

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For months, teachers from across the country have been reaching out to me with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-in-schools-teachers-suffering-in-fearful-silence">stories</a> about bullying and intimidation in the workplace related to diversity training and radical changes to curriculum. Recently, an anonymous teacher in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-grandmother-is-running-for-her-school-board-to-fight-critical-race-theory-in-education">Beaverton</a>, Oregon, sent me a recording from a zoom call in which the superintendent clearly implies that teachers who are not ideologically aligned with the administration on its &#8220;anti-racism&#8221; agenda would not be welcome to continue teaching in the district. 
The quote was recorded during an equity committee meeting via Zoom on January 28th, in which the group was discussing an upcoming mandatory staff training on “anti-racism.” In the clip, superintendent Don Grotting states: 
<blockquote>I do want the message to get out there that this [anti-racism training] isn&#8217;t optional anymore. We&#8217;ve waited for the willing, and if you’re not willing then maybe this isn&#8217;t the right place for you to work. Maybe we can free up your future, because if we’re going to become an anti-racist school district, it cant just be a few people, it needs to be everybody, to include our staff, our students, our community, eventually everyone.</blockquote>
The term “anti-racist” was popularized by thought leader Ibram X. Kendi in his book “How To Be An Antiracist,” which asserts that individuals must choose sides: either “racist” or “anti-racist.” Kendi claims that in order to be “anti-racist” one must actively advocate for a specific left-wing ideological and political agenda in both word and deed. His theories, which are heavily informed by Critical Race Theory, have been widely implemented in education circles, including in Beaverton. 
As details about this radical theory and its infiltration in schools have come to light, an increasing number of parents, teachers and community members have criticized it as divisive and counterproductive. One counterintuitive result of these “anti-racist” teachings is the growing phenomenon of <a href="https://www.nas.org/storage/app/media/Reports/NeoSeg%20at%20Yale/NeoSegregation_at_Yale.pdf">neo-segregation</a>, which I have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-high-school-students-in-oregon-offered-black-student-graduation-ceremony-this-spring">covered in the past</a>, and which has also been embraced by the Beaverton Independent School District. 
Despite the broader conversation about CRT and growing skepticism concerning Kendi’s ideas, Grotting states clearly in the Zoom clip that dissent and questioning will not be tolerated in Beaverton. 
The audio recording was submitted to The Daily Wire by a concerned parent on behalf of an anonymous teacher. According to a different parent in the same district, who independently reached out about the same issue, many of the teachers afraid to speak publicly about the trainings identify as liberal Democrats. Liberal teachers often feel they have the most to lose by speaking up, citing fear of repercussions in their social lives, friendships, and even marriages. 
While many Americans struggle with self-censorship in the workplace, few industries have embraced political correctness as militantly as the education establishment. Part of that may be due to the fact that the bulk of the employees are more financially beholden to their employers than workers in other industries, making dissent more risky. Many educators fear not just the loss of their livelihood, but also their pensions and future employability if they speak their mind about issues relating to “equity.” As one teacher in Minnesota put it, the easiest thing to do is just quietly wait to retire or transfer to another district, “because you need to be in good standing” in order to access those benefits or even to work somewhere else. 
As I reported earlier this spring about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pornography-in-schools-teachers-suffering-in-fearful-silence">Leander</a>, Texas, administrators specifically target threats toward older teachers who are seen as less compliant with the new “equity” culture. In Texas, a school board member was recorded as threatening teachers that if they “can’t get on board” with new changes to the curriculum, they will be “managed out.” Those who have worked for Leander for “more than 20 years” were singled out as most likely to be non-compliant, and were invited to “show themselves the door.” 
The phenomenon of repressive self-censorship also extends to private schools, which was expertly exposed by journalist Bari Weiss earlier this spring in her piece “<a href="https://www.city-journal.org/the-miseducation-of-americas-elites?wallit_nosession=1#.YEf4rFw-jAk.twitter">The Miseducation of America&#8217;s Elites</a>.” 
However, there are hopeful signs of parents and teachers fighting back. From teachers like <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2021/04/14/paul-rossi-grace-church-high-school-antiracism-critical-race-theory/">Paul Rossi</a> blasting his elite private institution, to record parent participation at local school board meetings, more people are speaking up. The debate about Critical Race Theory is just now heating up in the mainstream — and we will continue to report on it. 
This story is part of my ongoing efforts to expose radical ideology in schools and institutions. Help me shine a light on your community. Contact me at ghowe@dailywire.com or on IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgiamaehowe/">@georgiamaehowe</a> to share stories from your community.  
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Leaked Audio: Superintendent Tells Teachers CRT ‘Isn’t Optional Anymore…If You’re Not Willing Then Maybe This Isn’t The Right Place For You’ 

An anonymous teacher in Beaverton, Oregon sent me a recording from a zoom call in which the superintendent clearly implies that teachers who are not ideologically aligned with the administration on its &quot;anti-racism&quot; agenda would not be welcome to continue teaching in the district. 

Leaked Audio: Superintendent Tells Teachers CRT ‘Isn’t Optional Anymore...If You’re Not Willing Then Maybe This Isn&#039;t The Right Place For You’ 

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Last week, parents in <a href="https://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/">Beaverton</a> Oregon, received a district email announcing that a local organization, the Beaverton Black Parent Union (BBPU), along with the Black Student Union, would be offering a district-wide “Black Student Graduation Ceremony.” 
According to the email, the event will “be open to any senior student in-district who identifies as Black (including African-American, Afro-Latino, African or mixed-race Black).” 
However, unlike the main graduation ceremony, the Black Student Graduation Ceremony will also welcome “those who may not have credits to participate in [the mainstream] graduation,” which is slated for a different date in June. According to an organizer of the event, this provision would allow for students who plan to accrue their final credits over the summer to partake in the annual celebration. 
The Black Student Graduation Ceremony is not intended to replace the mainstream graduation, and no diplomas will be awarded. Rather, the event is intended to be a supplemental celebration. Further, a representative from the BBPU clarified that persons of other races who want to attend will not be excluded from the event. 
According to the district representative who returned my request for comments, Beaverton School District is “not affiliated with the event” in an official or fiscal capacity. However, the concerned parent who contacted me about the story pointed to rising <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/oregon-teachers-diversity-capitol-riots-fired">concerns</a> about race-based ideology within the Beaverton district, indicating that the endorsement of a race-based event by the district was yet another step in what many parents perceive to be an alarming pattern of neo-segregationist ideology. 
A representative from the BBPU points out that the concept of a blacks-only graduation celebration is not new. A separate event called the <a href="https://beamvillage.org/2021-black-baccalaureate-registration/">Black Baccalaureat</a>, which is hosted by an organization called <a href="https://beamvillage.org/">BEAM Village</a>, has been held to honor Portland area students for “over twenty years.” According to the district email about the Black Student Graduation Ceremony, black Beaverton graduates are also encouraged to participate in the BEAM event. 
The BBPU representative added that “historically the representation of Beaverton Students has been low [at the Black Baccalaureat event], and so we have aimed to build a tradition closer to home for our students while also supporting the partnership with <a href="https://beamvillage.org/">BEAM</a>.”
Beyond BEAM, blacks-only graduation ceremonies at the collegiate level are not uncommon. Harvard University made <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/14/segregated-commencement-at-harvard/">headlines</a> in recent years for creating a separate commencement ceremony for black students. According to the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/more-than-75-colleges-host-blacks-only-graduation-ceremonies">Washington Examiner</a> over 75 colleges are holding blacks-only graduation ceremonies. While more schools have taken up the practice in recent years, others have carried the tradition for decades. For example, Stanford has offered a blacks-only ceremony for 40 years. <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbia-university-graduation-ceremonies-income-race-ethnicity">Columbia University</a> recently announced a decision to host six supplemental commencement events for various identity groups. However, the practice has historically been less common in K-12 education. 
The intention behind “build[ing] a tradition” of black student graduation ceremonies, according to the BBPU representative, is to “support the success, health, and safety of Black students in the district,” by “connecting our students to Black culture and history” and “build[ing] a community network of support across families.” 
Advocates of the practice point to historic barriers to education faced by black Americans, which have had lasting impacts on lifetime educational attainment. According to an event organizer, a blacks-only event “gives space for families and students to support one another in the culturally specific experience of anti-black racism that our students and families experience.”
Critics of race-based ceremonies and events, including Peter Wood of the <a href="https://www.nas.org/storage/app/media/Reports/NeoSeg%20at%20Yale/NeoSegregation_at_Yale.pdf">National Association of Scholars</a>, point to a phenomenon he calls “neo-segregation,” which he describes as a damaging trend in education. According to Wood:
<blockquote>Many American colleges and universities that initially sought to achieve racial integration found themselves inadvertently on a path to a new form of racial segregation. In the old form of segregation, colleges excluded black students or severely limited the number who were admitted&#8230;By contrast, in the new form of segregation (neo-segregation), colleges eagerly recruit black and other minority students, but actively foster campus arrangements that encourage these students to form separate social groups on campus. Manifestations of this policy include racially separate student orientations, racially-identified student centers, racially-identified student counseling, racially-identified academic programs, racially separate student activities, racially-specific political agendas, racially-exclusive graduation ceremonies, and racially-organized alumni groups. In some cases, colleges also encourage racially exclusive student housing.
Segregation of racial and ethnic groups is intended to benefit the members of the minority groups who are thought by their college administrations to be vulnerable and in need of the life-enhancing benefits of group solidarity. The most readily apparent harm from such segregation is that it fosters a sense of insecurity. The members of the segregated group are taught to fear other groups, especially white students. They are encouraged to see themselves as victims or potential victims, and as heirs to past grievances. Training students to see themselves as vulnerable to the transgressions of a larger, intolerant or bigoted community is poor preparation for life in American society. Students who venture outside the segregated bubble may indeed encounter some hostile attitudes and racial stereotypes, but surely it is better to learn how to deal with these realities than to hide from them.
Segregation is harmful in another respect as well. It motivates an unending search for evidence that the larger community is hostile to the minority group. The concepts of “microaggressions” and “implicit bias” are the weaponized versions of this search. The music that accompanies segregation is a combination of anger and suspicion. Sentencing bright young people to four years of intensive isolation in a segregated community that plays this music on endless loop demoralizes students and undermines their education.</blockquote>
Some parents in Beaverton are concerned that the district, through its embrace of Critical Race Theory, has become complicit in “playing the music” of racial separatism. 
In one of the most dramatic school board races in the country, candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-grandmother-is-running-for-her-school-board-to-fight-critical-race-theory-in-education">Jeanette Schade</a> is running against what she sees as a troubling rise in race-based segregation in Beaverton schools. Jeanette has been the target of significant harassment related to her efforts to dissent against Critical Race Theory (CRT) ideology in education. 
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Black High School Students In Oregon Offered ‘Black Student Graduation Ceremony’ This Spring

Last week, parents in Beaverton Oregon, received a district email announcing that a local organization, the Beaverton Black Parent Union (BBPU), along

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A new bill in Texas would make it illegal to teach race or sex-based guilt in public schools.
Senate <a href="https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB2202/2021">Bill 2202</a>, currently under review in the House Public Education Committee, seeks to ban the teaching of radical ideology associated with Critical Race Theory in Texas public schools. The bill also mandates a robust academic focus on the founding documents and ideas of America. 
Similar legislation passed last week in <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/us/critical-race-theory-idaho-bill-trnd/index.html">Idaho</a>, with additional bills under consideration in <a href="https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB618%20INTR.htm&amp;yr=2021&amp;sesstype=RS&amp;i=618">West Virginia</a>, <a href="https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/gop-lawmakers-send-stitt-bill-ban-critical-race-theory-oklahoma-schools#stream/0">Oklahoma</a>, Missouri, and <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/tom-cotton-senate-bill-on-critical-race-theory">Arkansas</a>. 
While I have my doubts about the ability of any law to effectively counter the ideological cancer that has <a href="https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/the-miseducation-of-americas-elites">taken over</a> much of our education system, the language of this bill demonstrates a robust understanding of the destructive ideas it aims to curtail. Rather than denouncing Critical Race Theory by name or even in full, it targets what lawmakers consider to be the most divisive ideological components of the theory, specifically those which can be logically shown to promote discrimination based on race or sex. 
In one remarkable paragraph, the bill details a litany of specific concepts that “no teacher, administrator, or other employee in any state agency &#8230; shall require, or make part of a course.”
Those concepts include the following: 
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “any individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive either consciously or unconsciously.” </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by members of his or her race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “any individual should feel guilt, anguish, or any form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex.”</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">That “meritocracy or traits such as hard work are racist or sexist, or were created by members of a particular race to oppress members of another race.”</li>
</ol>
Additionally, the bill would restrict educators&#8217; ability to bring politics into the classroom, and would prevent schools from compelling teachers to “discuss current events or widely debated and currently controversial issues of public policy or social affairs.” 
The bill also restricts schools’ ability to mandate race-based training for staff that promotes any of the above concepts. According to SB2202, no teacher or administrator “shall be required to engage in training, orientation, or therapy that presents any form of race or sex stereotyping or places any blame on the basis of race or sex.” 
Lastly, the bill also prohibits schools and districts from accepting “private funding for the purpose of developing a curriculum, purchasing or selecting curriculum materials, or providing teacher training or professional development for a course” in any of the following areas of study: “Texas history, United States history, world history, government, civics, social studies, or other similar subjects.”
The first major question is whether this law will be pragmatically enforceable. Ultimately, enforcement of any nondiscrimination legislation requires whistleblowing on the part of teachers, administrators, parents, and even students. In the current climate, that may prove challenging. 
Another challenge is the nature of the content. Critical Race Theory has become popular because it closely mimics legitimate and constructive discussions about racism and equality. Many unwitting educators, parents, and students are unable to confidently discern between the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. and ideas of Marxist origins, like those of Ibram X Kendi. However, the expanded possibility of legal challenges from parents may dissuade schools from flirting with that line. 
A final challenge is that of liberty. This law could be viewed as limiting the academic freedom and freedom of speech for educators (and freedom of religion for followers of the woke faith &#8211; though they may not identify as such!). While laws like these may prove to be a bulwark against tyranny in the long term, it is wise to consider the implications of allowing the government to make sweeping decisions about which topics and opinions are off limits in public education. 
Importantly, the bill does not prohibit teaching about racism or even all components of Critical Race Theory. For example, there is no prohibition on teaching about “systemic racism,” or on the claim that a person (of any race) is either “racist or anti-racist,” as argued by Ibram X Kendi. That is because the bill is narrowly focused on nondiscrimination, and does not otherwise restrict discussion of racial issues. 
Crucially, the bill does not curtail or impede educators&#8217; ability to discuss historical events in any way, including Jim Crow, redlining, civil rights movements and more. The language of the bill exclusively and narrowly prohibits educators from presenting specific ideological claims, which stereotype based on color or sex, as fact, which students must then affirm.
If SB 2202 and other bills like it prove to be successful in curtailing divisive political activism in schools, we may begin to see a path forward for liberty-minded states. 
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Texas Senate Bill Would Ban Critical Race Theory In Schools

A new bill in Texas would make it illegal to teach race or sex-based guilt in public schools. Senate Bill 2202, currently under review in the House Public

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