Posted on 12/18/2022 8:25:33 AM PST by ransomnote
(The Center Square) – During Washington’s “2022 Governor’s Equity Summit,” the action director of the state’s Professional Educator Standards Board gave the controversial PowerPoint presentation, "Internal Transformation: How an Education Agency is Transforming Itself in the Name of Justice."
The presentation began with a “land acknowledgement,” stating “we are on the traditional homelands of the Puyallup Tribe.”
The acknowledgement then acknowledged that this admission is but “one small step toward true allyship” and that “we,” the allies, “commit to uplifting the voices, experiences, and histories of the Indigenous people of this land and beyond.”
The presentation at the late November conference continued on to the next slide stating, “We aim to disrupt the legacy of systemic racism by centering racial equity and justice in our work.”
It asked attendees, both in person and virtual, to "please take a few seconds [of silence] to acknowledge the land that you are on as the traditional homeland of the Indigenous Peoples."
The presentation further asked, “What does it look like when we move away from white supremacy culture towards indigenous relational pedagogy? What can you do tomorrow?”
This was followed by a slide that listed values aligned with “white supremacy culture”, drawn from Dr. Tema Okun’s Harvard study “The Culture of White Supremacy in Organizations.”
It listed such values as “Objectivity”; “Individualism”; “Perfectionism”; “Worship of the written word”; and a “Sense of urgency.” The presentation advocated that these values be replaced by “indigenous relational pedagogy.
Replacement values included “Honor, integrity, & honesty”; “Perception”; “Ethical usefulness”; and “Generosity” among others. These were attributed to indigenous cultures, and pulled from publications with titles such as “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World.”
Some additional presentation materials attacking objectivity said that conferees need to "Recognize that we can know things emotionally and intuitively in ways that we may not be able to explain ‘rationally,’" and that they should "Understand that often ‘rational’ thinking is actually an emotional response couched in logic."
In his speech to open the summit, Gov. Jay Inslee warned, "We don’t break centuries of habit and thinking, unless we decide to break the chains of that history. And so that is why we’re here today, to really consciously, intentionally, bring equity and justice toward the way we do business."
The reactions on social media have been mostly negative.
Pittsburgh radio host John Steigerwald said the presentation at the governor's conference “Might be the best advertisement ever for school choice.”
Washington state resident Seth Smith asserted, “Individualism helped build the greatest force for freedom, democracy, and prosperity the world has ever seen.”
He advised Inslee, “Perhaps it would be better focusing your energy cleaning up our state’s beautiful cities or auditing your state agencies.”
We need to deport Inslee back to China.
These people are insane. And they hold positions of power.
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“racial equity” = giving free stuff to people who have done nothing to deserve it except to be non-white.
‘Special’ treatment is NOT equal treatment under, over, sidways down or around the law. 🐂💩
It listed such values as “Objectivity”; “Individualism”; “Perfectionism”; “Worship of the written word”; and a “Sense of urgency.”
— The lights to go on when they flip a lightswitch
— Their new $1000 smartphone to work as expected
— Their commercial airplane not to crash
— A plumber to show up promptly when they have a water leak
If any of the above does not happen, they will be outraged and probably threaten to sue. I’d luv to see what their reaction would be if you lectured them about how they should not expect any of the things they preach against in the name of [supposed] White Supremacy.
Notice the presentation has zero to do with education.
Tribes will always crush the lone individual. So if you live in a tribal society, your survival depends on giving up Individualist philosophy and joining a tribe.
I was a "radical individualist" in my libertarian youth. But I've become increasingly tribal in my thinking over the past decade. Not by choice, but by circumstance; by seeing my fellow white Christians increasingly persecuted for being white Christians.
individuality = competition.
individuality = personal pride, no matter ethnicity.
individuality extinguished, no freedom.
So they’re admitting blacks are inferior and can’t compete with whites.
Like most liberals, Inslee hates America, white males, Christians, the middle class and freedom.
I almost feel sorry for my grandchildren until I see how much they can do and are achieving with this so-called White Supremacy from their Chinese momma.
In fact, quite a few Indians I know have the same disease. Why do you think so many are entrepreneurs, doctors, etcetera.
“indiginous land acknowledgement” is a small step from I’m taking my f-ing land back whitey.
Jay Inslee’s state of Washington is having a problem with educating students. More leftist claptrap will surely make the problem worse.
” A review of the index shows:
Nearly half of Washington public schools, 916 schools (45%) received a D ranking or lower
827 schools, (41%) received a B or C ranking
Only 91 schools (4.5%) received an A ranking
192 schools (9%) were not rated
Latest State Achievement Index shows 365 schools are failing Washington ...
www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/latest-state-achievement-index-shows-365-schools-are-failing-washington-children
www.washingtonpolicy.org/publications/detail/latest-state-achievement-index-shows-365-s”
I loathe buzzwords like “allyship” and the black hole of academe that vomits them out.
Anyone who does that should be flogged, pilloried, tarred and feathered, and ridden out of town on a rail. Immediately, before delivering any of the rest of its presentation.
In other words a society ruled by unelected priest-kings who operate on personal whim.
What is right is now wrong, and what is wrong is now right. Words of Jesus. They have come true. We are truly in the Last Days
That is the inescapable conclusion of their blather and drivel.
I also notice that they rant against "White Supremacy" not "White Supremacism". They again acknowledge that blacks are inferior, probably without realizing it.
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