Category: Politics

He’s right. Attempts to generate “equality of outcome” will not lift any up; it will only push us all down. We will have equality all right – as Pastor Brooks puts it, we’ll all be equal “…at the bottom.” We need to instead concentrate on what Pastor Brooks identifies as “equality of opportunity”.

Rooftop Revelations: Chicago’s South Side is a failed experiment in the pursuit for equality of outcome

Whether you agree or not, it seems pretty obvious to me that some politicians have a vested interest in developing racism. Without racism, many of their current “us or them” arguments fail. So policies that promote racism, under the guise of combating it, are expected. However, I think they’ve really outdone themselves this time:

Faced with soaring Ds and Fs, schools are ditching the old way of grading

Some have noted that the purpose of this policy is to “…help students who had been most impacted by the pandemic, especially Black, Latino and low-income students.”  But is this really the right approach to this problem? And what do you think will be the unintended (or possibly intended) consequences of such “help”?

Lowering the bar will only produce a lower outcome for the students that the policy is meant to help. It will not prevent failure; it will simply mask it with the appearance of success. But what will happen when the public – and, in particular, employers – are forced to gauge the readiness of those “helped” by this policy to perform in the real world? When their performance is compared to that of others?  What will happen when employers see that on paper their employees are the same, but some cannot perform at the level of their peers? When the only discernible difference between them and their more capable peers is the color of their skin? Do you think that this will reduce or exaggerate racism in our society?

But it gets worse. Another goal of this policy is to “… remove behavior, deadlines and how much work they do from the equation…” for setting grades. But behaving in an appropriate manner, meeting deadlines and completing work are real-world skills. By focusing on the coursework alone and not the social behavior aspects of success in education we are condemning these students to failure as adults. And, once again, it will disproportionally impact those whom the policy is meant to help – Black, Latino and low-income students.

I understand the concern – more students than ever are earning failing grades. But lowering the bar – particularly when it impacts primarily Black and Latino students – will have a long-term negative impact on both the students and racial equality. The solution must be instead to do whatever is necessary to bring all students up to the same bar.  And it should not matter why a student needs help; it should be provided based on need and not race or income level. Only then will true equality be attained.

School Board’s Gone Wild, episode #2341:

Texas school board tries censuring conservative members: ‘Naked political hit job’

Take  a look at the second picture in the article, showing the reduction in seating for the board meetings. The school board has reduced public seating (and thus the number who can attend, effectively shutting out public attendance) from >100 seats for earlier meetings to only 18 for the meeting in question. If a board member wants to question this decision, so be it. It’s not an insurrection; so why the harsh response? Maybe the board president doesn’t want others to see the man (or, in this case, woman) behind the curtain (The teacher’s union, maybe? CRT advocates? COVID as a crisis to be leveraged? Who knows…).

Also, while the two conservative board members are using their own funds in their legal battle, the liberal board members are using public money. In other words, no matter how wrong they might be, the liberal board members have nothing to lose in raising a legal fight they can’t win. After all, it’s not their money; it’s yours!

I’m tired of politicians (yes, even school board members) forgetting that government in a free society exists by the consent of the governed.

Get a clue, Joy:

‘The View’ co-host Joy Behar: States could segregate schools again if Supreme Court doesn’t change

This disconnected member of the “too woke to think” class doesn’t seem to know that it’s already happening, driven by liberal educators and their disciples no less:

Calif. university latest to establish black-priority housing

University living space gives priority to black male students, sparking controversy

Washington university creates segregated housing specifically for Black students

Racial Segregation On American Campuses: A Widespread Phenomenon

Try reading something other than your Facebook feed, Joy. You might actually learn something (but maybe not…).