California’s plan to teach the worship of bloodthirsty Aztec gods has come to a halt after the state of California reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the teaching of chants to Aztec god as part of their “Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum”. This curriculum wasn’t just some social/historical educational roleplay:
“The religious narrative is even more disturbing. Cuauhtin developed a related ‘mandala’ claiming that white Christians committed ‘theocide’ against indigenous tribes, killing their gods and replacing them with Christianity. White settlers thus established a regime of ‘coloniality, dehumanization, and genocide,’ characterized by the ‘explicit erasure and replacement of holistic Indigeneity and humanity.’ The solution, according to Cuauhtin and the ethnic studies curriculum, is to ‘name, speak to, resist, and transform the hegemonic Eurocentric neocolonial condition’ in a posture of ‘transformational resistance.’ The ultimate goal is to ‘decolonize’ American society and establish a new regime of ‘countergenocide’ and ‘counterhegemony,’ which will displace white Christian culture and lead to the ‘regeneration of indigenous epistemic and cultural futurity.’
“This religious concept is fleshed out in the model curriculum’s official ‘ethnic studies community chant.’ The curriculum recommends that teachers lead their students in a series of indigenous songs, chants, and affirmations, including the ‘In Lak Ech Affirmation,’ which appeals directly to the Aztec gods. Students first clap and chant to the god Tezkatlipoka—whom the Aztecs traditionally worshipped with human sacrifice and cannibalism—asking him for the power to be ‘warriors’ for ‘social justice.’ Next, the students chant to the gods Quetzalcoatl, Huitzilopochtli, and Xipe Totek, seeking ‘healing epistemologies’ and ‘a revolutionary spirit.’ Huitzilopochtli, in particular, is the Aztec deity of war and inspired hundreds of thousands of human sacrifices during Aztec rule. Finally, the chant comes to a climax with a request for ‘liberation, transformation, [and] decolonization,’ after which students shout ‘Panche beh! Panche beh!’ in pursuit of ultimate ‘critical consciousness.’
“The chants have a clear implication: the displacement of the Christian god, which is said to be an extension of white supremacist oppression, and the restoration of the indigenous gods to their rightful place in the social justice cosmology. It is, in a philosophical sense, a revenge of the gods.”
The lawyer for the parents fighting that madness explains further:
BREAKING – we reached a settlement with the State of CA, and they will be PERMANENTLY REMOVING the Aztec chants from the Ethnic Studies Model Cirriculum and paying $100,000 towards our attorneys’ fees. My statement is in the thread below:
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
We filed this lawsuit after we discovered that California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, a resource guide for local school districts, included prayers to Aztec gods – the same deities that were invoked when the Aztecs worshipped with human sacrifices.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
The Aztec prayers at issue – which seek blessings from and the intercession of these demonic forces – were not being taught as poetry or history.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
Rather, the ESMC instructed students to chant the prayers for emotional nourishment after a “lesson that may be emotionally taxing or even when student engagement may appear to be low.” The idea was to use them as prayers.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
In fact, the co-chair of California’s ESMC, Tolteka Cuauhtin, wrote that Christians committed “Theocide” to oppress marginalized groups – and the response should be to “regenerate indigenous spiritual traditions.”
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
The subject Aztec prayers, which invoke these deities by name, appear to be part of Tolteka’s proposed solution.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
Fortunately, the parties were able to work out an informal resolution – and the State Board of Education and California Department of Education voluntarily agreed to remove the prayers from the ESMC. The State agreed to do this while continuing to dispute any and all liability.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
Nonetheless, we’re pleased that the prayers have been officially removed from the ESMC.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
All local school districts in California – especially those still working with Mr. Tolteka Cuauhtin – should follow the lead of the State and are hereby on notice that they should immediately remove these Aztec prayers from their Ethnic Studies curricula.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
Our team of lawyers will aggressively pursue civil litigation against any local school district that violates the Constitution and incorporates these Aztec prayers in class – particularly now that the State has excised them from the ESMC.
— Paul M. Jonna (@PaulJonna) January 15, 2022
Unfortunately, this is only one small part of the indoctrination that is being inflicted on children in California.
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