Tag: John McWhorter
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State Journal endorses critical race theorist
Blair Feltham says Madison schools are racist. The Squire of Stately Blaska Manor did the Danny Thomas coffee spray Sunday morning. In that long-ago sitcom, originally called Make Room for Daddy, his missus would relate some catastrophe and the comedian, mid-sip at breakfast, would spray Maxwell House into the atmosphere. The Wisconsin State Journal, the…
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Why defend critical race theory when you can deny it?!
The tocsin never escapes the chem lab?! Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away… — Hughes Mearns Baby steps. This time, at least, the Wisconsin State Journal reporter bothered to report the other side: namely, Blaska and Daniel Lennington…
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Reporter wants names of CRT teachers
I have here in my hands … Thanks to the Simpson Street Free Press for hosting a Madison school board debate Thursday 03-17-22. We’ll include the link when it is posted. Must admit, was taken aback by the Wisconsin State Journal’s question. Reporter Elizabeth Beyer asked Blaska which classrooms are teaching critical race theory? Suppose she…
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Guilt-ridden Madison explores reparations
Name your ‘historic wrong’ for cash and prizes! Woke progressivism, like rust, never sleeps. Madison city government now wants to invite “BIPOC” people to kvetch about how Madison was mean to them. The city’s Equal Opportunities Commission, trying to justify their budget, would then report by December 31 with “detailed recommendations on how the city…
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WI DPI: bigots who deny CRT are often well intentioned
Critical race theory sees the invisible! Let’s have no more nonsense that critical race theory is not being taught in our schools. Looking at you, John Nichols, for writing “CRT is nothing more than dishonest right-wing talking points.” Prof. John McWhorter of Columbia University would disagree. First, let’s define our terms. No, it isn’t about teaching…