Posted on 06/19/2013 9:11:25 AM PDT by Zakeet
Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis is full of excuses for why the city’s schools are hemorrhaging money, failing to educate students, and laying off teachers by the hundreds.
During her tenure as union head, Lewis has blamed Chicago Public Schools’ problems on Mayor Rahm Emanuel, charter schools, standardized tests, bankers, venture capitalists, a lack of funding and “a culture of fear.”
During a recent speech to the City Club of Chicago, Lewis focused on her two most inflammatory excuses for CPS’ failures: “racism” and “rich white people.”
“When are we going to address the elephant in the room? When will there be an honest conversation about the poverty, racism and inequality that hinders the delivery of a quality education product in our school system?” Lewis asked the decidedly upscale audience.
“When will we address the fact that rich, white people, think they know what’s in the best interest of children of African Americans and Latinos—no matter what the parent’s income or education level,” she said, according to SubstanceNews.net.
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After blaming the district’s problems on white people and literally calling for billions in new taxes, Lewis pushed back against perceptions she’s a far-left extremist.
“There is nothing radical about me other than I want each and every student in Chicago to get the best education we have to offer–an equal education,” Lewis declared.
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There are benefits of citizenship but there are also responsibilities. There are two parties in the Social Contract - the individual and society. If the individual can not or will not live up to their end of the bargain than the rest of society doesn't have to fulfill theirs.
This is Natural Law and it is only a despotic tyranny that forces the opposite to happen.
Do you realize how much force is necessary to keep this unnatural situation together. Its the equivalent to making the Amazon flow upstream.
Billions are spent on 24/7 Corporate Media propaganda. Billions are spent on kindergarten to university brainwashing. Prosecutors and Judges in every Court in the land on a constant look out for Hate (Thought) Crime and the Great White Defendant. An entire billion dollar cottage industry sponsored by Foundations, Corporations, and Government to agitate for "civil rights". And then vast legions of armed State and Federal agents, not to mention the Federal Standing Armies, to squash the slightest open resistance.
If Diversity was so great and wonderful it would happen all on its own and wouldn't need to be jammed down our throats.
He’s a democrat; sane people are pretty scares in his circles
The people to blame is a rich fat Teacher’s Union—they care more about the cash and less about teaching-—Think different? Look at the Catholic Schools—they pay their Teachers peanuts but have well educated students. There teachers are there to teach—not get fat and a free lunch. My solution—Breat the Teacher’s Union—Cut teacher’s pentions and tenure!
Good one! That she does!
So what are they doing with all those rich white people’s tax money?
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