US FOR THE CONTINUED COVERAGE.
JOIN JOHN ROBERTS AND ME AS
AMERICA REPORTS AT THE TOM TOP O
THE HOUR.
>> Emily: A HIGH SCHOOLTEACHER
HANDED OUT A WOKE WORK SHEET THE
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
INCLUDING WORDS LIKE
MARGINALIZATION, SOCIAL JUSTICE,
AND WHITE PRE-FITTING MEASURES
LEDGEPRIVILEGE THE TEACHERSAYING
WRITING.
THE PARENTS CALL THE LESSON
DIVISIVE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD IS
INVESTIGATING BECAUSE, MICHELLE,
THE POINT IS ONE FATHER SAID I’M
PAYING TAXES SO MY KIDS CAN
LEARN HOW TO READ, WRITE, AND
COMMUNICATE PROPERLY.
I’M NOT PAYING TAXES FOR THEM TO
LEARN THIS STUFF IN THE
DOCUMENT, ESPECIALLY NOT ON THE
FIRST DAY.
>> AND SLOW CLAP FOR THAT
PARENT.
BECAUSE THAT’S HOW WE ALL FEEL.
WE WANT OUR KIDS LEARNING THE
STUFF THAT’S GOING TO SERVE THEM
IN THE REAL WORLD.
NOW, I CAN HEAR THE BACKLASH
ALREADY, SO YOU’RE SAYING SOCIAL
JUSTICE DIDN’T MATTER?
MARGINALIZATION DOESN’T MATTER?
I’M SAYING ONE OF THE THINGS ON
THE WORK SHEET SAID THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
MARGINALIZED.
HERE ARE THE GROUPS.
WELL, IF YOUMENT TO SEE THEM AS
MARGINALIZED, THAT’S-UP TO YOU.
I HOPE THOSE GROUPS DON’T SEE
THEMSELVES AS MARGINALIZED.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU COULD
HAVE SAID WOMEN IN SPORTS
REPORTING WAS MARGINALIZED
BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO OF US.
I SAID SCREW IT.
I DON’T CARE WHAT SEX OR GENDER
OR I’M SPANISH, I DON’T CARE.
I’LL BE A JOURNALIST.
YOU’RE VICTIMIZING PEOPLE
WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION, AND I
HOPE THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING
TOLD THAT THEY’RE MARGINALIZED
ARE SAYING SCREW YOU.
I AM WHO I AM.
I’M A INDIVIDUAL AND I’LL GO
TAKE THE WORLD BY THE HORNS AND
DO WHAT I WANT TO DO IN THIS
LIFE AND YOU DON’T NEED TO BE
TEACHING YOUR STUDENTS IN HIGH
SCHOOL TO FEEL SORRY FOR ME.
WHY AREN’T WE TEACHING THEM
MATH, SCIENCE, SPELLING, ALL THE
STUFF THAT WE NEED.
WE’RE SO BEHIND IN THE WORLD IN
EDUCATION RIGHT NOW, IT’S SO
DISTRESSING AND THIS IS COMING
FROM THE DAUGHTER OF A PUBLIC
SCHOOLTEACHER.
>> Emily: YES AND THAT’S
EXACTLY WHY.
IN CALIFORNIA THE STRONGEST
LOBBY GROUPS AGAINST THE TIME
THE CRT ROLLOUT PROGRAM WERE THE
MARGINALIZED GROUPS IDENTIFIED
IN THE DOCUMENTS AND IN THE
CURRICULUM BECAUSE THEY SAID
DON’T VICTIMIZE US.
WE DON’T WANT THIS AT ALL.
>> THAT’S THE SUBJECT OF MY
BOOK, "NATION OF VICTIMS".
THE MORE YOU DESCRIBE SOMEONE AS
A VICTIM, THE MORE LIKELY THAT
ARE TO BE A VICTIM.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW,
WE HEAR A LOT OF DISCUSSION
TODAY IN ELIMINATING MATH TESTS
AND EVEN IN COLLEGE ENGINEERING
IN OHIO THIS WEEK, ELIMINATING
THE MATH COMPONENT OF ACT AND
SAT AND ADOPTING DCI INSTEAD.
MATH ISN’T RACIST BUT WHAT MIGHT
BE RACIST -- INEQUITABLE MORE
BROADLY IS OUR FAILURE TO TEACH
KIDS MATH EFFECTIVELY IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EVEN
WHEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE DOING A
BETTER JOB OF TEACHING KIDS HOW
TO DO MATH AND STUDY SCIENCE.
THIS IS WHAT I CALL CLASSICALLY
THE BLOWING WOKE SMOKE.
COVERING UP THE ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR YOUR ACTUAL FAILURES AND THE
MORE YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
IDENTITY POLITICS, THE LESS
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT YOU’VE ACTUALLY FAILED ON.
IT’S LIKE THE MODERN EQUIVALENT
OF BREAD AND CIRCUSES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BREAD
IS THE GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS AND
CIRCUS IS THE MODERN CIRCUS OF
308 TICKS AND WE SHOULD TALK
ABOUT THE FIGURE OF THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS TO TEACH KIDS TO BE
COMPETENT IN MATH AND SCIENCE
AND READING AND THE FAILURES
COVERED UP BY THE VICTIMHOOD.
>> Kayleigh: WE TALK ABOUT THE
SEATS AT THE TABLE FOR EVERYONE
AND ONE OF THE MOMS SAID I’M NOT
ANGRY, BUT THIS IS JUST
DIVISIVE.
THAT’S WHAT IT IS AND TAKES AWAY
THE SEATS.
>> Harris: MY PARENTS TAUGHT
ME TO BRING MY OWN CHAIR TO THE
TABLE AND THEN I DON’T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT WHETHER SOMEBODY
SAVED ME A SEAT.
LIKE YOU, MICHELLE, I’M OF A
GENERATION THAT BELIEVES IT DONE
A LOT MATTER WHAT YOU CALL ME OR
HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME, IT ONLY
MATTERS WHAT I DO.
YOU MENTIONED THOUGH
MARGINALIZATION OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND RACISM AS PART OF ALL OF
THAT CONVERSATION YOU JUST HAD.
I THINK IT’S INHERENTLY RACIST
TO PROVE THE POINT OF EDUCATING
PEOPLE TO A LOWER DEGREE SO THAT
THEY DO FAIL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Harris: THEN YOU CAN CALL
THEM VICTIMS.
YOU’RE SETTING UP LOW P.M.
EXPECTATIONS SO YOU CAN TELL
EVERYBODY THEY HAVE LOW
EXPECTATIONS.
>> THAT IS WHAT I CALL THE
ACTUAL SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT
WE’RE WEAVING INTO EVERY
INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM.
GEORGE BUSH CALL THAT HAD THE
SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS
ASSUMING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SCHOOL DID
SOMETHING INTERESTING RECENTLY
AND SAID FOR CERTAIN RACES ONLY,
THEY WOULD ACTUALLY EXCEPT
PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO SUBMIT AN
MCAT SCORE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES
THAT TELL PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS
OF THAT RACE?
I CAN THINK OF NOTHING MORE
RACIST THAN THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE
OF CERTAIN RACES ARE ILL
EQUIPPED TO PERFORM WELL ON
TESTS OF APTITUDE AND CREATING
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE NAME OF
FIGHTING SYSTEMIC RACISM.
IT’S A CULTURE OF VICTIMHOOD.
>> Harris: THEN THEY GET ON
THE JOB AND CAN’T QUITE COMPETE
BECAUSE THINGS WERE ON THE LEVEL
THEY COULD COMPETE AND GIVING
THEM MORE TO REACH HIGHER AND
THEN WHAT DO YOU SAY?
GROWNUPS COMPETING IN A WORK
FORCE THAT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON’T
WANT THEM.
>> ROLL THAT SAME STORY FORWARD
AND RESIDENTS DROPS FROM
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS AND THEY’RE
CALLING RACISM AND WHEN THIS
FACT THEY DIDN’T GET THE RIGHT
TRAINING BECAUSE OF SYSTEMIC
RACISM.
>> Emily: FOURTH GRADE TEACHER
SHE PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHE
CREATED A NONWHITE CLASSROOM FOR
A MAJORITY WHITE GROUP OF
CHILDREN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, SHE
WELCOMED WHAT SHE PERCEIVED AS
THE PARENT’S BACKLASH.
SHE THEN APOLOGIZED AND IS BEING
INVESTIGATED.
IS IT A LARGER TREND AND
PERFORMATIVE ACTIVISM WITH A
IMMEDIATE RETRACTION, APOLOGY,
AND INVESTIGATION BECAUSE THE
PARENTS SAY WE DIDN’T SIGN UP
FOR THIS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD
SAYS, YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
WE ARE SORRY.
WE ARE REMOVING THIS.
>> Kayleigh: YOU TOOK THE
WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH AND
REMEMBERED THAT STORY AND
THOUGHT OF THAT WHEN THE TEACHER
DECORATED HER CLASSROOM AND
RELISHING IN THE MOMENT WHERE
PARENTS WOULD OBJECT AND THIS
TEACHER GIVES OUT A WORK SHEET
ON DAY ONE AS IF THEY’RE ALMOST
WANTING TO ENRAGE PANS.
THE FIRST LADY DID AN INTERVIEW
AND PARTS OF IT BROKE BEFORE WE
CAME TO AIR.
SHE SEEMED TO SUGGEST THAT
PARENT HAVES A ROLE IN THE
CURRICULUM AND WORKING WITH
TEACHERS.
REALLY INTERESTING AND YOU HAD
IT ON YOUR SHOW 56 56 DAYS FROM
MIDTERM AND THE RHETORIC SEEMS
TO CHANGE BECAUSE PARENTS WANT A
ROLE AND A VOICE.
>> Emily: THAT’S RIGHT AND IN
CERTAIN PLACES LIKE VIRGINIA,