#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

#NYC kids need real books, not woke BS

“NYC kids need real books, not woke BS” Anastasia Higginbotham, a white Brooklynite children’s book author, knows what New York City kids need to learn. Not math or English or science. Nope: They need lessons on racism. And queerness. And liberation.  All are themes in her “What You Don’t Know” — a book that has…

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#Too many Asian Americans still face violence and hate

#Too many Asian Americans still face violence and hate

“Too many Asian Americans still face violence and hate” The young African-American man opened his apartment door to greet an elderly Asian-American man and his daughter, whose face seemed familiar. It is the same apartment where, once upon a time, my then-young father and mother raised my sisters and me during our early years in…

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#Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia

#Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia

“Princeton joins woke rush to purge dissent from US academia” Eminent linguist Joshua Katz was fired Monday by his longtime employer Princeton University in what seems (despite the university’s denials) to be a straightforward act of political retaliation.  His offense? Questioning woke orthodoxy.  Katz, long a beloved professor, had the temerity to write an article…

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#Michigan school suspends teacher for worksheet comparing Obama to monkeys

#Michigan school suspends teacher for worksheet comparing Obama to monkeys

“Michigan school suspends teacher for worksheet comparing Obama to monkeys” A prestigious Detroit-area school that passed an “anti-racism resolution” in 2021 suspended one of its teachers after she passed out a worksheet to students comparing former President Barack Obama to monkeys. The paperwork, which was reportedly given to approximately 30 students at The Roeper School in Bloomfield…

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#Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe

#Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe

“Princeton president recommends firing professor who was under sexual misconduct probe” An Ivy League professor who was under investigation for sexual misconduct is facing possible termination at Princeton University in what critics call a politically motivated maneuver. The president of the university last week recommended that the board of trustees fire tenured classics professor Dr….

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#University of Illinois Chicago wants to cancel ‘racist’ word ‘obesity’

#University of Illinois Chicago wants to cancel ‘racist’ word ‘obesity’

“University of Illinois Chicago wants to cancel ‘racist’ word ‘obesity’” The woke police are coming for the term “obesity.” The University of Illinois Chicago’s school of public health published an article by a dietitian claiming the medical term is “racist” and should be replaced with the wordy term “people with larger bodies.” Author Amanda Montgomery,…

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