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29 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
It is certainly possible that, somewhere, a teacher told a 6-year old she is evil because she white. A more common problem, I'll wager, is that teachers are being told they are a racist, evil mafia. 1/
Also: parents like this have probably gotten worked up to the point of teaching their own kids their teachers are teaching them they are evil because they are white. If a kid lhears 'racism' in school, they go home and mom tells them teacher taught them they are born evil. 2/
Because Tucker teaches mom to think this must be what teacher is teaching her tot, basically. 3/
Shouldn't this be obvious? If it's possible there is a racist, evil mafia of teachers, isn't it also possible there is such a thing as systemic racism?

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