Thread by @WithinGoodNEvil

🧵Thread: The New Yorker publishes the wild tale of how an affluent liberal town’s school district imploded after numerous intersectional pile-ups over race and gender identity.

Details below. 1/

Amherst is a very liberal town, with the stereotypical In This House… signs everywhere. The local high school newspaper published an article about the “life or death” nature of “the failure to protect trans kids.” 2/

White liberal parents accuse Christian black and Latino counselors of being homophobic and transphobic. Chaos ensures. 3/

This kind of pile-up is happening all over America. Left-wing communities constantly break down into infighting. 4/

The black and Latino counselors stuck to their Christian beliefs on gender and sexuality, which proved very distressing for the white liberal parents. 5/

Two kids that identified as trans, Jo and Casey, often had to leave classes due to not being able to handle teachers not using the pronouns they chose. 6/

Trans-identifying kids reported being bullied for their identity to staffers… but the bullies often didn’t receive punishment because they were usually black or Latino. 7/

There were even accusations of witchcraft being thrown. The school district is near where the Salem Witch Trials took place, so perhaps it’s fitting. 8/

Black staff members who received complaints often accused others of racism, which is worst thing someone can be accused of in this town. 9/

The article ends by noting that there is still much infighting between issues of race versus gender identity. One wonders which side will prevail. /End

Article with more details: newyorker.com/news/annals-of…