More "than ironic that a school that costs more than $40,000 a year—a school with Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right hand, & Sarah Murdoch, wife of Lachlan & Rupert’s daughter-in-law, on its board—is teaching students that capitalism is evil."
"For most parents, the demonization of capitalism is the least of it."
Whoa, Bari. Careful with the oversized brushes and dripping primary colours.
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Whoa, Bari. Careful with the oversized brushes and dripping primary colours.
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"doesn’t have a problem with the school making greater efforts to redress past wrongs, incl by bringing more minority voices into the curriculum. ... has a problem with a movement that tells his children that America is a bad country and that they bear collective racial guilt."
"'They are making my son feel like a racist because of the pigmentation of his skin,' one mother says."
As a reporter, I would have a few questions about the details of what happened.
Bari, unfortunately, does not have many questions.
As a reporter, I would have a few questions about the details of what happened.
Bari, unfortunately, does not have many questions.
"'The school can ask you to leave for any reason,' said one mother at Brentwood, another Los Angeles prep school. 'Then you’ll be blacklisted from all the private schools and you’ll be known as a racist, which is worse than being called a murderer.'”
Any questions, Bari? No. OK.
Any questions, Bari? No. OK.
"One private school parent, born in a Communist nation, tells me: 'I came to this country escaping the very same fear of retaliation that now my own child feels.'"
Yes, these parents sure have a lot of feelings about what they perceive is happening at the school.
Yes, these parents sure have a lot of feelings about what they perceive is happening at the school.
What about reporting on what is actually happening at the school? Have a look at the curriculum, maybe? School communication to parents? No? Not going there? All right, Bari.
"Another joked: 'We need to feed our families. Oh, and pay $50,000 a year to have our children get indoctrinated.' A teacher in New York City put it most concisely: 'To speak against this is to put all of your moral capital at risk.'”
Very juicy with the feelings.
Very juicy with the feelings.
What exactly is happening at the school that evoked these feelings? Ask the parents about it. They're sitting in the backyard with you. Still no interest, huh?
“'My son knew I was talking to you and he begged me not to,' another Harvard-Westlake mother told me. 'He wants to go to a great university, and he told me that one bad statement from me will ruin us. This is the USA. Are you freaking kidding me?'”
Uh-huh. Yes. Yes. Keep going.
Uh-huh. Yes. Yes. Keep going.
"These are America’s elites—the families who can afford to pay some $50,000/year for their children to be groomed for the eating clubs of Princeton and the secret societies of Yale, the glide path to becoming masters—sorry, masterx—of the universe . . ."
". . . The ideas and values instilled in them influence the rest of us."
Where, oh where, could this line of reasoning possibly be going?
Where, oh where, could this line of reasoning possibly be going?
Here we go: To maintain their elevated status, the people must support these highly costly private schools and private colleges in their production of the select but meritorious, colourblind elite.
Oh, man. The reasoning here: 😂.
Oh, man. The reasoning here: 😂.
Hamlet and the Absence of Decisive Merit: On the Path to Critical Race Theory?
While Bari does not investigate what the school teaches, she has an idea for how the students can take over the school!
"Their children are taught radical-chic politics, which, of course, do not involve anything actually substantively radical, like redistributing the endowment."
"Their children are taught radical-chic politics, which, of course, do not involve anything actually substantively radical, like redistributing the endowment."
Too bad she just characterized the same students as being very afraid to say what they think. This isn't how the endowment is going to get redistributed, is it?
"Power in America now comes from speaking woke, a highly complex and ever-evolving language."
Sorry, Bari, were you not, just previously, trying to say that it's the structure of capital accumulation that asserts power? This is all a little confused.
Sorry, Bari, were you not, just previously, trying to say that it's the structure of capital accumulation that asserts power? This is all a little confused.
As if the goal is not investigation or analysis, but the support of an "anti-woke," or "anti-anti-racist," perspective by all arguments possible.
Aaaah, following this very long beginning, Weiss gets into actual school material. Finally. Setting up the reader's preferred feelings and reactions before showing them any evidence took a very long time.
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