Jargon, Theory, And Made-Up Words In Place Of Reality

Instead of looking at reality, reality must be denied in place of critical race theory.

The Detroit Free Press: Why school isn't a safe place for every child

The op-ed is quite a bit of leftist cant and when they mean safe place its not what you would normally consider to be a safety concern.  Of course, it claims Blacks are discriminated against by being punished in higher numbers that their exact proportion of the school population, which of course doesn't take reality into account.  It then goes down the leftist rabbit hole from there.

According to the op-ed, due to the very curriculum itself, Michigan schools aren't safe for minorities,  LGBTQEIEIO and to discrimination against "multi-lingual students".  

The curriculum has also been unsafe. It has detached students of color, LGBTQIA+ students and multilingual children as they learn that they are not “normal.”  The images, knowledge, people and values that permeate history, science and art, as well as mathematics, language and text are harmful. They distort the experiences of Indigenous people, of Black communities and of immigrant groups. They re-inscribe whiteness, heteronormativity and English as normal and desirable.

I find the multilingual children bit particularly hilarious. I've known a number of multi-lingual students and it's not like they're discriminated against and instead they tend to be rather brighter than most as they can speak multiple languages which tends to imply some good brain power. Do provide evidence for such an outlandish claim of discrimination, wouldja?

Instead, it's likely they mean when they say "multilingual students" they actually mean students that don't speak English and odds-on they likely are figuring out a cute new way to relabel illegal immigrants.

Speaking of English, let's look at a newly made up word in the op-ed that is simply more than very clunky:

"These patterns of unsafety in schools are harmful for everyone."

Seriously we're using "unsafety" as a word now?    No wonder they do not consider proficiency in English to be normal and desirable.

Of course, these white leftists and educational theorists - rather than actual teachers - then go on decry a curriculum including

The images, knowledge, people and values that permeate history, science and art, as well as mathematics, language and text are harmful. They distort the experiences of Indigenous people, of Black communities and of immigrant groups. They re-inscribe whiteness, heteronormativity and English as normal and desirable.

Yep, the California craziness of whiteness and math as racist has drifted eastward to Michigan's universities and is being pushed towards out schools. It's an interesting op-ed to read to see where the leftists want to push next.