A “White-presenting” student, and not even a student who unequivocally White, was humiliated and denigrated for his “Whiteness” amongst a Nevada class of otherwise non-White students, including requirements that he admit his “privilege” and how he, and he alone in the class, benefits from oppression. Thankfully, good people are standing up against this, and have filed a lawsuit, with a request for an emergency motion for preliminary injunction.
The school authorities, and those behind this, gave a rather pathetic response. The lawyers for the victim of the schools racial animus “destroyed”, as the kids now-a-days say, the school’s arguments in a reply.
1/ 🚨 ALERT: Plaintiffs Gabriella & William Clark reply to Democracy Prep Public School (DPAC) on abusive Critical Race Theory program.
"A school cannot, under the guise of 'curriculum,' invade its students’ consciences and require them to affirm beliefs they find repugnant." pic.twitter.com/qvhbu2JyaM
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
2/ DPAC denies that W. Clark was compelled to say anything or profess any particular belief.
Plaintiffs reply that the required, graded assignments were a form of compelled speech.
"Speech is compelled if a speaker will 'suffer a penalty' for declining to speak." pic.twitter.com/HiKxyNiMYv
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
3/ DPAC insisted speech was not compelled because W. Clark was not required to "publicly" affirm his identities.
Plaintiffs: Not true, because W. Clark was required to enter the statements on Google documents accessible by his teacher, principal, and other employees. pic.twitter.com/WlQS4B9qzR
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
4/ DPAC: "at worst [W. Clark] suffered mere 'minimal discouragement.'"
Plaintiffs: "…it is extraordinary that a school would describe poor grades that might preclude a student from attending a preferred college or even graduating… as a 'discouragement,' not a penalty." pic.twitter.com/vB4VrbQici
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
It beatdown just gets worse from here.
Much worse.
5/ "Compelled speech does not become permissible because the person doing the compelling unilaterally decides it is only applying a little compulsion. William has been penalized for not speaking. This is compelled speech."
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
6/ Plaintiffs claim that DPAC compelled W. Clark to "'unlearn' his beliefs and affirm his belief in highly contested propositions."
Some of these propositions:
–Attaching privileged/oppressed labels to identities
–Affirming that people of color cannot be racist pic.twitter.com/0p4nWoSaX8— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
7/ "These assertions were not presented to students as a description of a theory with which students could disagree. Instead, they were presented as facts that the student—in graded, required written exercises—had to affirm as true." pic.twitter.com/00k6aeRJcF
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
8/ Students were told to “[u]ndo and unlearn” their “beliefs, attitudes, + behaviors that stem from oppression.” They were then interrogated and told to reflect on whether they were surprised “with the amount of privilege or oppression that you have attached to your identities.” pic.twitter.com/f6l89LEotY
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
9/ "[SCOTUS] held that it was impermissible for a school to 'require affirmation of a belief and an attitude of mind.' DPAC’s focus on 'unlearning' pre-existing beliefs and affirming highly contested assertions… is a requirement that its students accept an 'attitude of mind.”" pic.twitter.com/NCGLUI1mYV
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
10/ DPAC claims W. Clark simply "disliked" his lessons, but that they were not a "hostile environment." pic.twitter.com/KSYc7UYofb
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
11/ "It is sadly ironic that a school that claims to prepare students for “active citizenship” threatens to fail one for refusing to affirm ideas he doesn’t believe. Fortunately for William Clark, the Constitution gives Defendants no such power. The motion should be granted." pic.twitter.com/G9UcjYtjMc
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
12/ These documents were presented in court this week.
If you would like to help fund this lawsuit and others like it, consider donating to @burns_law. https://t.co/9UackBEg38
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) February 26, 2021
A preliminary court order hase been released in the victims favor.
🚨A summary and release of the U.S. District Court's order now on record regarding our First Amendment claims. More to follow. Prior filings, relevant literature and ways to help out: https://t.co/YUUkd9enYF pic.twitter.com/0ovgTao4a0
— SchoolHouseRights (@burns_law) March 2, 2021
Pictured: A Nevada Schoolroom.
However, this is not victory, just the beginning of the fight for real racial equality.
The full documents can be found here or read below.
Schoolhouserights Org Nevad… by ThePoliticalHat
Schoolhouserights Org Emerg… by ThePoliticalHat
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