90 Miles From Tyranny

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #2188

You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?

It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,

from the beautiful to the repugnant,

from the mysterious to the familiar.

If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,

you could be inspired, you could be appalled.

This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.

You have been warned.

Visage à trois #1652

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Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #1302

Visage à trois #1651

Three Videos For Your Viewing Pleasure:

Three Additional Bonus Videos:

Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #1302

Diversity teacher writes about wanting to 'burn things down' that aren't equitable

If you're not sure whether to vote for Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis, President Trump made an effort at the end of his presidency to defund all of those "Healing Your Inner Whiteness" courses at government agencies, but it was too late for him to really make an impact. DeSantis has defunded DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) departments in state schools, so he's making good progress. DEI is poison and it needs to be rooted out.

First of all, what's a diversity teacher? Fox News reports:
Casey Menninger is a diversity teacher in Jefferson County Public School District's Foster K-8 school. Menninger was involved in crafting the curriculum for other teachers to present to their classes.
Menninger wanted classes to be focused on bad things done by White people.

"I will have a quick presentation for 8th grade in the next couple weeks… I just want them to work on some of the communication skills and understand some terrible things White people did," he said in an email dated January 2022.

His emails, obtained by a public record request, showed that staff were not completely on board with his equity class, and they were "talking trash" about him.

"The meetings are very difficult," he said in an email to dated August 2021. I am trying to impact change in a positive way, but it is very hard to not want to burn things down that I don't find equitable."

He then blasted staff for not having an "equity lens."

"I am learning a lot of restraint. I don't think anyone else on the team has that equity lens, so it is challenging to impact change where they don't see a need. I am also trying to learn how to respond to emotional outbursts from adults. It is difficult. I don't like it."

No word yet from either the school or the teacher, so we assume he's still struggling under his equity lens.

"But critical race theory is only taught in law school," they've assured us. And this clown was preparing a curriculum for...