Woke teachers want Shakespeare cut from curriculum: 'This is about White supremacy'

Washington Timed ^ | February 15. 2021 | Jane's Varney

[C19fan]

The crown teachers once put on Shakespeare now lies uneasy upon his head as the English playwright comes under assault from teachers who fault his un-woke attitudes regarding race, sexuality, gender and class.

For the new breed of teachers, William Shakespeare is seen less as an icon of literature and more as a tool of imperial oppression, an author who should be dissected in class or banished from the curriculum entirely.

[Rurudyne]

If Shakespeare is white supremacy then let us have MORE a white supremacy!

[EEGator]

I passed one in Valley Forge today.

[sauropod]

Betty Freidan
Bella Abzug
Barbra Streisand
Rosie O’Donut
Bette Midler

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[Orosius]

These so-called “teachers” are themselves too stupid and miseducated to even understand Shakespeare, let alone convey his art to their students, so they substitute inferior politically warped rubbish for Hamlet and Macbeth.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Othello the Moor was a good guy.

[PCPOET7]

Shakespeare is dangerous for the revolutionary left. Plays like king richard the third and hebry the second can wake up a lefty so they can take a red pill. the plays speak a lot about how leadership or nobility looks at those they feel to be the superiors of and shows the dangers of leadership that uses all methods to gain power including the abuse of that power.

[PCPOET7]

Shakespeare is dangerous for the revolutionary left. Plays like king Richard the third and Henry the second can wake up a lefty so they can take a red pill. the plays speak a lot about how leadership or nobility looks at those they feel to be the superiors of and shows the dangers of leadership that uses all methods to gain power including the abuse of that power.

[OldGoatCPO]

We are starting to see push back against wokeness in Europe. They see it as American cultural rot, not progressive thought. You will not find this in Asia either. This is an American thing. If it continues consider sending your kid overseas to school.

[DannyTN]

I think the language is a little outdated. And I'm not sure why we would continue to teach Shakespeare, except that there are a lot of cultural references. I don't know what Shakespeare has to do with white supremacy other than he was English.

So I googled and found this:
5 reasons to teach Shakespeare

#5 Brain work. If students can successfully read and understand Shakespeare, they can handle almost anything else. Why should we dumb down our high school students with children’s literature—no matter how well written? Let’s sharpen their brains with literature that will challenge them.

#4 Word, words, words. Scholars estimate that Shakespeare invented 1700 of our common words. He changed nouns into verbs, changed verbs into adjectives, connected words never before used together, added prefixes and suffixes, and devised completely new words. He also coined expressions that have been used so much they are now considered clichés.

#3 Complex characters. Shakespeare showed a thorough understanding of human nature with the characters he created. His heroes express the fears and desires of every thoughtful man. His bold heroines give the likes of Katniss Everdeen a run for her money. We learn more about ourselves from the personalities that people his plays.

#2 Rich dense language. Few other writers match the beauty of Shakespeare’s language or the depth of the truths he expressed. His soliloquies and monologues, even the speeches crafted for comic relief, are some of the most eloquent every written. His command of language provokes our imaginations and inspires our own written expressions.

#1 Universal appeal. Shakespeare’s themes still resonate today. His plays delve into the issues of love, loss, treachery, honor, tenderness, anger, despair, jealousy, contempt, fear, courage, and wonder. They raise questions of morality, politics, war, wealth, and death. By exploring what’s dearest to our hearts and most important to our souls, Shakespeare helps us better appreciate life.

[SuperLuminal]

The Communist Purge Is Growing Exponentially & Nothing Is Being Done About It!

[SteelPSUGOP]

Typical. These assturds don’t believe in timeless thinking and so they rebel against it. Founding Fathers, Shakespere, The Bible. These couldn’t possibly be right because they are not contemporary.

These folks are nothing but racists and bigots. You know, “I’m right and you are wrong, because I said so”.

[max americana]

I took 3 credits at Stanford freshman class for Classical Shakespeare because you need at least 15 credits of liberal crap, I mean arts your freshman year. Plus, I heard from my upperclassmen frat mates there were a lot of hot babes in the class so why not? A lot of my classmates were Asians, and they were fans of WS. So explain to me how it’s white supremacy?

[PIF]

Woke teachers are using “Idiocracy” as the model of good governance for their social studies classes ...

[PROCON]

“This is about white supremacy and colonization,” declared the teachers who founded #DisruptTexts, a group that wants staples of Western literature removed or subjected to withering criticism.

But preferably burned in the public square.

[rollo tomasi]

White Christian masculine males for the most part.

Anything that condemns them regardless if they have caucasian qualities will pass. Sontag would say she is Jewish not white. So Marx, Engels, Gramsci, the chicks you mentioned, Freud, Donahue, Colbert, etc... will be welcomed in the Woke culture.

[Fightin Whitey]

This is about black teachers and students who are too stupid to grasp the meaning of the words and the plays.

Ignore them when possible, overcome them when necessary with the plays, the families, the students, and fire the dimwitted teachers.

[dainbramaged]

We wuz kangz!
African equivalent to the Bard: ooga booga, ooga booga!

[Lurkinanloomin]

This is about destroying western civilization.

[butlerweave]

To be, or not to be an Idiot

[Noumenon]

Three cheers for white supremacy. It made Western civilization.