Posted on 01/16/2020 1:09:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
During a ceremony honoring the 2019 "Teachers of the Year," one in particular stood out.
The honoree from Minnesota, Kelly Holstine, chose to kneel during the national anthem at the NCAA football championship game on Monday, where the ceremony took place, "to stand up for marginalized and oppressed people," according to a tweet she wrote, which included a photograph of her kneeling.
"Like many before, I respectfully kneeled during Nat’l Anthem because, 'No one is free until we are all free,'" she wrote, referencing former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and citing a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Holstine, an English and language arts teacher at Tokata Learning Center in Shakopee, has been outspoken about her activism before.
She lead a TED Talk in October 2019 titled "Educators must be more than allies."
In her speech, she advocated for teachers to be willing to leave their comfort zones and "stand up for all of the human beings who are being marginalized or oppressed."
"Allies are wonderful and we need them, but it is not enough for educators to just be allies," she said. "We need them to be advocates too."
In April 2019, she was also one of two "Teachers of the Year" who skipped the White House ceremony, according to The Hill.
"The words and practices and policies of this administration have been filled with a lot of hate toward the LGBTQ community, so I didn't feel comfortable in that environment," Holstine told The Hill.
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She hates it here so get her the hell out.
Bet she pissed her pants during the 4 more years chant.
I think you typed the “b” on accident. The “c” is to the left of the “v.”
My son’s high school is full of these left wing a-holes teachers. He loves wearing his ‘Trump 2020 Make Liberals Cry Again’ hat to school to pi$$ them off!
I am curious as to what the criteria are for winning “Teacher of the Year...”
Born in ‘73 dumbass.
I’ll bet your really good at the history of identity politics as well.
I am sorry, but was my post directed to you? No it wasn’t. And my statement is backed up by historical data. As for identity politics the only identity I give a crap about is AMERICAN. Have a nice day!
Why should teachers be “advocates?”
How about sticking to teaching facts?
Just like my issue with the media...how about sticking to reporting facts!
That’s a maaan, baby!!!!
She looks like a Holstein
I pegged that alphabet thing as a female, making it a dike as opposed to a butt-dart player. I could be wrong
Yes it was directed to me.
Regardless of what she’s protesting about.....she’s a never Trumper, pro teacher union, pro climate whatever, anti 2nd amendment, pro-abort,.....
nuff said.
“had no children”
Umm, yes, he did.
Let us agree to disagree
She boycotted the White House last year and now she is trying to be relevant by being gay and stupid.
His first book was published in 1946 when Benj. Spock was 24 years old and was single. In 1963, married with a 17 year old daughter he wrote a second book in which he refuted every tenet of his first book.
OK.
I am a boomer and quite conservative.
The Ted Kennedy era is my problem.
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