Indicative of another massive media fail

I'm a professor at an HBCU and I don't teach critical race theory. I have no idea what the heck these right wing parents think is happening at local schools that often barely have enough funding for gym class, let alone complicated sociology. pic.twitter.com/BUm9VMrDrC

— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) October 30, 2021

The Republican Party Is Now a Fascist Cult Just Like Nazi Germany

Peace,

emaycee

 

Some free advice

I have a better plan...

If you have school age children (or grandchildren), now is the time of year when at each and every turn schools are either A) Asking you for money, or B) Having your kids sell something to give them even more of your money.  And each year, with republicans controlling our legislature and public education's purse strings, I'm really tempted to send in a note in lieu of my hard earned cash that says, "Have you tried voting for Democrats instead?  We don't cut taxes for millionaires at the expense of our kids' education."

It probably wouldn't go over very well, but I'd feel a whole lot better.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

Grass roots

In my community, every two years we elect members to our local school board.  While I consider myself to be considerably informed on most of the other contested electoral races, to be honest I never have the slightest idea who to vote for in these elections.  So I usually vote for the women candidates because, well, women are smarter than men, and especially when it comes to kids.

So I was thrilled this past Friday when our son brought home a newsletter from school that highlighted the five candidates who would be running for the three open spots (six year terms) on our school board, and what they stood for.  This year I'd know who to vote for for these three spots.

Until I actually started reading the synopses of the candidates.

Of the five candidates, four of them were members of the Chamber of Commerce.  Anyone out there gullible enough to believe the Chamber of Commerce gives two shits about our kids?

So if you're wondering why our schools are underfunded, why our classrooms are getting larger, why charter schools and for profit schools are getting a larger and larger share of the pie (for failing miserably) that should be going to your kids, you might just take a good look at the folks who are running for your local school boards.

Because they're being put in there by the likes of the Chamber of Commerce who, in a nutshell, is probably only second to the republican party in its disdain for the needs of America's working class.

Peace,
emaycee