California University Cuts Off School District For NOT Being Racist

Stephen: This is American Ground Radio. I'm Stephen Parr with Lewis R. Avallone.

Louis: All right. So there's a school district out in California, They passed a resolution. And it says they condemn racism and they,

Stephen: Oh, it's about time.

Louis: Well, exactly, <laugh>. And they went on to say that racism is a prejudged attitude. It is a discriminatory behavior against individuals or groups on the grounds of race. And they will not tolerate racism, racist conduct, bigotry, or anything that constitutes hate crimes.

Stephen: Um, why are they just now passing this? Isn't this something that most of this country decided was true? Uh, I don't know, 40 years ago?

Louis: Well, no. Yes, yes, they did. But do you find anything offensive about that?

Stephen: That they're not gonna, uh, accept hate crimes

Louis: Exactly. Exactly.

Stephen: Well, I mean, there's, there's not like a loving crime. You know, Nobody ever commits crime out of, uh, you know, too much. Um, altruism it all. Pretty much all crimes are hate crimes.

Louis: Okay. This resolution was passed, uh, as part of a ban Yes. On critical race theory. Okay. And in that band, they went on to talk about how the school board Yes. Despite banning critical race theory being taught in their schools, they condemn racism. They will not tolerate racism. Racist conduct, bigotry, or anything that constitutes hate crimes. Now that apparently is not good enough for the liberal elite.

Stephen: What? Wait, they're So, they're not gonna have critical race theory, which is racist. Right? Because you're, you're telling people that Exactly. That you're evil based on the color of your skin. You're just born evil and they're condemning racism. I, What's wrong with that? . But there is, I mean, the, the one line about hate crimes, I think that goes over the top, because again, you're being redundant. But other than that, I have no problem with the statement.

Louis: Fair enough. But a California State University, says they will not be placing any new student teachers in that school district, because they believe the school district cannot best train the education students who are trained in social justice, the tents of c r t critical race theories, gender theories as well.

Stephen: If I'm in that school and there's a college that's trying to teach teachers that, I don't want those teachers in my school anyway, because those teachers are going to bring in a toxic ideology that will destroy the future of the children. We're trying to, to educate.

Louis: But isn't this ridiculous? You've got a school district that says, Look, we don't want you, we don't want our children being taught critical race theory. And yet they, at the same time, they reinforce the idea that just because we are anti C R T that does not make us racist.

Stephen: We don't, uh, approve of racism. You, it's, we have no tolerance for it. And that's why we're banning critical race theory. Cause’ critical race theory is racist.

Louis: And now you have a California university that says, Hey, you know what? We're not gonna send student teachers, which by the way, are a crucial source of educational manpower. They're not gonna send them to the school district because they've banned the indoctrination of critical race theory concepts.

Stephen: But see, again, I don't blame the school system for this, that that university is doing a disservice to the future teachers and thus the future students of the state of California, if they are teaching them critical race theory, we should, we should be boycotting that school, that university system, because they're trying to teach their teachers how to be racist. They're calling it critical race theory. They're calling it anti-racism. It's not, it is racism cuz it's teaching people to judge others on the color of the skin. Oh, you're black. You must be a victim. Oh, you're white. You must be an oppressor. That is the crux of critical race theory. And that all whites must now bow down and apologize for being white.

Louis: That's basically it. And for those of you who may not know what critical race theory is, it basically rejects the principle of equal opportunity. So basically…

Stephen: It rejects the idea that's found in the second sentence of The Declaration of Independence that we were all created equal. It rejects that idea, which means it rejects the very idea of America. It rejects the idea that Martin Luther King Jr. called the American Creed. They are rejecting the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King. That's what critical race theory does.

Louis: Well, and those that support it believe that the only cure for past discrimination is current discrimination. That the only remedy for current discrimination is future discrimination.

Stephen: And that means you never end up in a world where there is no discrimination on purpose.

Louis: Well, it's getting rid of meritocracy in our country all together. Yep. And you know, I mean, wait a minute though. I mean, isn't America, it used to be at least, and I believe it is still today, built around the shared values and the aspirations of the merit system. I mean, don't we recognize people based on their achievements or their abilities or hiring the best person for the job? I mean,

Stephen: We used to. I'm not sure we do that anymore. Look, we didn't select our last Supreme Court justice because of a meritocracy. She was selected because of the color of her skin and her gender. Those were the first two things that Joe Biden looked at. Our vice president was not chosen on a meritocracy. She was chosen because the color of her skin and her gender. That's what Joe Biden said when he made those two decisions. That is not a meritocracy. That is discrimination.

Louis: And, and now you've got student teachers who again, are vital in these school districts. They're, they're not going into these school districts that don't conform, that don't tow the liberal line of critical race theory.

Stephen: Okay. But as a parent, are you upset if it's someone who's been taught critical race theory at the university isn't in charge of your children? No. But me, I'm okay with that.

Louis: No, absolutely. But it's the implication,

Stephen: Right. That the university thinks is the school system that's doing something wrong by saying, We are not going to give in to racism. We are not going to teach our children that they are victims. When the school district says that and the university goes, Oh gosh, you are wrong. There's a problem with the university.

Louis: In other words, will you certify teachers that don't subscribe to critical race theory, that university will not that university. That's what they're saying. We don't have a you don't have a choice. Right. Of where, what school district to go into.

Stephen: And that's the problem is the university is not teaching teachers how to learn and how to think and how to teach. It's teaching the teachers what to think. That's not what a university should be doing. Especially when it comes to you're teaching the people who are supposed to be teaching our children not what to think, but how to think.

Louis: Right. Absolutely. And look, again, they're trying to dismantle meritocracy altogether. And what they failed to understand is the very founding of this country was rooted in upending any system that unfairly privileged the rich. And well-connected. America was founded upon that idea that all men are created equal. We were the first country established, not by ethnicity or conquest, but by a philosophy. And our founding fathers, by the way, they were way ahead of the woke crowd today.

Stephen: Way ahead and Right. We are all created equal. And our pursuits of happiness is up to each one of us because the greatness of America comes from the greatness that's within each of us. And if you believe in critical race theory, you don't believe in those things, which means you don't believe in the idea of America itself.

Louis: No, it's racist. America's racist. Don't you know that?