For over a century, the Left has sought to control education so as to stamp out the traditional American beliefs in liberty and individualism in favor of a collectivist mindset in which people look to government to give them what they want and solve their problems. That crusade has intensified in recent years with the mania over “diversity.”
In today’s Martin Center article, David Richardson and Ray Sanchez discuss how far along the “diversity” project is, and the answer is troubling. They write, “The educational bureaucracies from the state level down to local school boards, including community college boards of trustees, are rushing to implement administrative regulations and board policies, as well as approve curricular changes, that will normalize antiracist and gender identity politics in our education systems for years and perhaps generations to come.”
The educrats who run things are imbued with the fervor of true believers; they’re determined to make the faculty as “pure” as they possibly can. Unbelievers must be kept out.
The authors explain, “School mission and vision statements no longer emphasize education as the primary goal. Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DIE) have replaced education or student learning as the greatest possible good. Creating students that are antiracist activists is more important than teaching students how to think critically and form their own opinions about the world. Grading equitably is more important than helping students master subject matter. Offices and vice presidents of DIE rank ahead and get more funding than offices of instruction or student services. Every dollar allocated, every decision made, and every grade given is viewed through a lens of how it best serves the activist agenda.”
So correct. Teaching bodies of useful knowledge now much less important that inculcating grievances that will serve the interests of the Left in securing control.
Richardson and Sanchez conclude with the hope that a parallel educational system that isn’t infected with the “diversity” virus can be established.