Lesson plans of 4th grade teacher released: 'Most of the people in power who make the rules are white men'

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Lesson plans of 4th grade teacher released: ‘Most of the people in power who make the rules are white men’

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BURLINGTON, WI – A fourth grade teacher in Burlington decided to introduce some non-standard curricula into the classroom recently – and said lesson plans just happened to be Black Lives Matter themed.

Breitbart News had also obtained some of these lesson plans and the things that were taught are rather alarming and also not rooted in fact.

According to Breitbart, some of the lessons showcased the following:

“You may have noticed on the news and the internet that there are a lot of people protesting in the streets of America. Protesting means that people are standing up together to try to change something that is not right. The people want to end racism against black and brown people.”

Other sections were said to have taught that George Floyd was killed by police – which still has not been legally tried & proven in court.

From there, the lesson plan attempted to define systemic racism in a manner that is actually incorrect:

“Even before George Floyd, many many innocent black and brown people have been killed or harmed for hundreds of years. When something unfair keeps happening over and over again to a group of people because of their race, religion, or ethnicity, it is called systemic racism.”

Systemic racism, when observing the literal definitions of the words, would imply that there’s specific pieces of a “system” where rules required to participate in said system discriminates against a racial group by the existence of said rules.

Since the word “system” can be broadly used to describe things – the system can be a school, a police department, a mortgage loan process – just about anything that has processes can be called a system.

But in order to locate systemic racism, one has to specify the system first and find the rule/practice that is unequivocally designed to discriminate against a certain race or ethnicity.

Reportedly, these lesson plans about BLM that taught to fourth graders also said that George Zimmerman being found not guilty during the case involving Trayvon Martin was an example of the system being “not fair”.

If that weren’t enough already, these lessons also were teaching children that “white men” make all “the rules” and contribute to “other people” not benefitting from them:

“Since most of the people in power who make the rules are white men, other people don’t get to benefit from these rules sometimes. Most of the bosses in companies are white. So they feel more comfortable hiring people who look, talk, and act like they do. This makes it very difficult for different people to get the same jobs.”

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Not only is that notion reeking of a completely anecdotal perspective, but none of these lessons apparently delivered any proof of specifically any racist laws or rules that make racial discrimination legal or systemically present.

Now, this may come as a shock – but parents were not exactly thrilled about these lesson plans.

During a school board meeting on September 14th, parents and locals voiced their disdain toward this teacher providing these sort of lesson plans.

One woman stated during the meeting:

“Is the teacher pushing her own agenda on the students? The answer is yes.”

Funnily enough, that woman was actually spot-on.

Turns out that this unnamed teacher is reportedly a member of Burlington Coalition for Dismantling Racism. This happens to be the same coalition that protested back in June when a white assistant principal was hired at Burlington High School when word got out that one of the applicants was black.

Keep in mind – a protest was held by a group called “Dismantling Racism” about a white person getting a job. Essentially, protesting a hiring decision because the person hired was a specific race that the group didn’t want hired.

Burlington Area School District Superintendent Steve Plank responded to the BLM lesson plan controversy with a statement that noted the following:

“The use of this resource was an individual decision, not part of the approved curriculum for Cooper Elementary School or the BASD…While we are committed to creating more opportunities for conversation, we seek to do this from a neutral perspective. We have reminded staff to use supplemental resources that are age and developmentally appropriate without religious or political influence.”

Basically, Supt. Plank told the schools in the area to keep the BLM curriculum out of the classroom – which is the smartest move to make considering how controversial these sorts of topics are.

In the meantime, in Huntington, West Virginia, a Marshall University professor was recently placed on administrative leave (although it’s unclear whether it’s paid leave or not) after making some rather disparaging remarks about Trump supporters.

More specifically, this professor said she wished they would all die before the election in November.

Jennifer Mosher is described, according to the MU website, as an assistance professor for the university.

In a video clip that surfaced from one of the virtual classroom sessions held where Mosher was speaking, she stated the following:

“Yesterday he held one inside. Nobody wore a mask. And I’ve become the type of person where I hope they all get it and die.”

The clip where Mosher is speaking, she appears to be making reference to President Trump holding some sort of rally and then making reference to the infamous virus tied to the pandemic. Mosher continued said ranting in the video, reiterating the death wishes:

“You can’t argue with them, you can’t talk sense into them. I said to somebody yesterday, I hope they all die before the election. That’s the only saving hope I have right now. Definitely bootlickers.”

After going on said rant, Mosher seemed to have caught herself going a little too deep – but also realized things perhaps a little too late – when she stated:

“Anyhow…okay…I’m going to stop talking about politics. Cause I really should not be talking politics in here.”

It didn’t take long for the university to catch wind of the video in question, and they responded relatively quickly with the following:

“Marshall University this morning announced it is aware of an overtly political statement made by a faculty member in a recent virtual classroom session and widely circulated on social media. The university does not support or condone the use of any of its educational platforms to belittle people or wish harm on those who hold differing political views.”

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From there, the university’s statement noted that Mosher was placed on leave and they were looking into the matter:

“The professor was removed from the classroom yesterday and is on administrative leave, pending an investigation. There will be no further comment on this personnel matter at this time.”

The official Twitter account for MU also shared the statement online as well, which some are responding that the professor needs to be fire over the controversy.

Some are also critical on what this “administrative leave” is that the professor has been placed on. One person commented on the actions taken by the university with the following:

“Translation:  she’ll be allowed to lay low for awhile and will quietly return to the classroom when the public isn’t watching.”

Some also noted that there’s hardly anything “scholarly” in engaging in a diatribe where they simply wish death upon those they perceive as detractors from their ideology:

“LEAVE?????? It wished DEATH upon people it disagrees with! How is that scholarly? It should be fired and never rehired. This is disgusting and revolting!”

There are also those that are questioning  why there needs to be any sort of consideration with Mosher’s employment status at the school:

“She should be terminated, not just put on administrative leave. Why would the university want to employ someone spewing poison into the minds of students?  I wonder how many will reconsider sending their kids there knowing this professor is part of the staff.”

Another user responded to the aforementioned, thinking that, in reality, the university may actually silently approve of what Mosher stated during the video:

“Well I’m sure many that run the school feel the same exact way, that’s why they will quietly reinstate her when they think its blown over.  Our colleges and universities have turned into liberal cesspools.”

Whether this is brushed under the rug or legitimately handled is anyone’s guess at this point.

It’s not the first call for death from a professor in the past couple of weeks:

KINGSTON, RI- Erik Loomis, a history professor at the University of Rhode Island, made crude comments alluding to the fact that Aaron “Jay” Danielson’s killing by Antifa supporter Michael Reinoehl, was justified because Danielson was a Trump supporter.

It was reported that Aaron “Jay” Danielson, a member of a group called “Patriot Prayer” attended a Black Lives Matter rally to counter-protest, when he was “hunted down” and shot by Reinoehl.

After an altercation with U.S. Marshals, who were trying to arrest him for second-degree murder, Reinoehl was killed.

According to The Daily Wire, Portland’s District Attorney released a charging affidavit, which, according to Fox News, noted that Reinoehl:

“appeared to be targeting the victim prior to the shooting,”

It went on to say that he had deliberately armed himself for the protest in case of an interaction that turned violent, and that he:

“allegedly hid in a parking garage, waiting for Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson, 39, and another Patriot Prayer member.”

 Erik Loomis, made these disrespectful and bias comments in his blog post, in which he wrote:

“Michael Reinoehl is the guy who killed the fascist in Portland last week. He admitted it and said he was scared the cops would kill him Well, now the cops have killed him. I am extremely anti-conspiracy theory.

But it’s not a conspiracy theory at this point in time to wonder if the cops simply murdered him. The police is shot through with fascists from stem to stern. They were openly working with the fascists in Portland, as they were in Kenosha which led to dead protestors.”

Loomis then made reference to a tweet by historian Manisha Sinha, whom he described as:

“hardly a conspiracy theorist herself.”

Sinha had tweeted that Reinoehl:

“deserved to be arrested and tried in court, not killed by a motley of federal law enforcement. This seems like a hit job, an extra judicial killing ordered by Trumpsters.”

Loomis took it a step further when responding to a comment left below his blog.

The comment read:

“Erik, he shot and killed a guy.”

Loomis replied:

“Reinoehl killed a fascist. I see nothing wrong with it, at least from a moral perspective.”

Another person commented, asking:

“What’s so great about assassinating a rando fascist? And in the absence of a sound affirmative justification, it should be easy to envision the drawbacks.”

Loomis answered:

“What’s so great about assassinating random slaveholders, said liberals to John Brown.”

According to The Daily Mail, Loomis had made prior comments indicating his hostility to Republicans, including:

“Once Republicans figured out COVID was going to affect people of color and the poor disproportionately, they stopped caring about doing anything about it.”

In May 2018, he titled a blog post:

“Republicans: The party of ethnic cleansing in multiple nations,

“Republicans aren’t just happy with ethnic cleansing in the United States. The Israeli apartheid state is right up their alley too.”

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Here is the original story of Danielson’s murder that Law Enforcement Today brought you. 

PORTLAND, OR –On August 29th, Law Enforcement Today reported about the fatal shooting death of Aaron “Jay” Danielson in Portland, Oregon.  Now, his friend and witness to the shooting, alleges whoever fired the shot did so after he hunt them down like an animal.

 

Chandler Pappas, a friend of Danielson sat in front of a thin blue line flag as he gave his account as to what happened on that fateful night. 

He started by saying that a lot of people had gone out into Portland to express their beliefs, as supported by the First Amendment.  That is when Gibson said:

“Last night it escalated to the point that they executed my partner.  They [Antifa] hunted him down.  They hunted us down.  They recognized our Patriot Prayer Hats.”

Pappas then recounted that tragic moment when he heard:

“We’ve got a couple of them right here.  We’ve got a couple of them right here.  Pull it out.  Pull it out.” 

Pappas then said:

“We turned around – I didn’t even, it didn’t even register that somebody was pointed a gun at us until the shots went off and [the shooter] took off running.” 

Pappas said it took a moment to digest what had just happened.  He said:

“Did he just shoot at me?  Ok.  I’m ok.  Turn over and Jay’s ‘dead because he believes something different than them.  Jay’s not a racist.  He’s not a xenophobe or whatever label.  He’s not an ist or an ism…He didn’t do anything to deserve a bullet in the chest.”

The person who was interviewing Pappas asked him what he would want President Donald Trump to do.  Pappas thought for a moment and said, “send troops.”

Pappas went on to say:

“Send troops.  Arrest these – Portland is as corrupt as any place you’ve ever seen, any place you’ve ever heard about in the movies…more people are going to die [if] we don’t get a handle on this.” 

Pappas believes that “these Ted Wheeler’s and these Kate Brown’s and these City Councilwoman Jo Ann Hardesty, who antagonize these people and underhandedly provoke violence on social media.” 

Democratic Oregon Governor Kate Brown had a totally different idea on how to handle the situation, and who was to blame for the murder.  In a statement that Brown released regarding her plan on bringing an end to the violence in Portland, she said:

“We all must come together – elected officials, community leaders, all of us – to stop the cycle of violence.

“The right-wing group Patriot Prayer and self-proclaimed militia members drove into downtown Portland last night, armed and looking for a fight. Every Oregonian has the right to freely express their views without fear of deadly violence. I will not allow Patriot Prayer and armed white supremacists to bring more bloodshed to our streets.

“Time and again, from Charlottesville to Kenosha to Portland, we have seen the tragic outcome when armed right-wing vigilantes take matters into their own hands. Gun violence is never, ever the answer.

“Change will not come overnight, and, as we have seen in these last months, it does not come easily either. But we are building a more just future.

I will continue to work with local leaders, law enforcement, and community leaders to bring all voices to the table to help end the nightly confrontations—but that will only come if we commit ourselves to do the hard work to bring about real change and racial justice.”

So, to be clear, the only people who are responsible for Danielson’s death if himself, Patriot Prayer, and Pappas, at least that is certainly who Brown seems to blaming. 

There is no mention of the consecutive nights of riots, arson, and injured officers at the hands of Antifa or Black Lives Matter mentioned.

And then, as if we needed confirmation, instead of condemning the hate group that caused Danielson’s death, Antifa, Brown vows that “Patriot Prayer and armed white supremacists to bring more bloodshed to our streets.” 

Now, perhaps there was a news story that was missed while researching this article and the other numerous ones that have been written on the riots in Portland, but, not sure how it was missed about how “armed white supremacists” brought bloodshed onto the streets of Portland. 

As a matter of fact, the only people reported on that have been seriously hurt in these nights of riots have been police officers, a man driving his truck through a crowd, and now Danielson.

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