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Apr 18 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
The @GreenfieldRIV school district fired teacher Kim Morrison - after parents who DIDN'T have students in her class - Complained that she was teaching #CriticalRaceTheory with a worksheet for the YA novel "Dear Martin" by @getnicced
@GreenfieldRIV is one of the whitest school districts in Missouri w/ 7% minority enrollment compared to the state average of 29%. It's also one of the poorest PERFORMING school districts with below Missouri average math/reading and graduation rates. But #CRT is the problem?🤔
Morrison actually taught the award winning book #DearMartin for years and it was never a problem. But thanks to racist fervor over the hoax of #CRT in the classroom the school board did not renew her contract. salon.com/2022/04/13/fir…
Beyond the blatant racism of the anti-CRT movement, which seeks to root out something that nobody is teaching in any high-school anyway, it's also ah attempt to erase the actual history of Dade County Missouri itself.
If teaching a fictional book like #DearMartin can get you fired by @GreenfieldRIV what about teaching ACTUAL narratives from formerly enslaved people in that district? Or is it simply open season on anyone teaching truths about American history and its present?
See the full interview with former @GreenfieldRIV teacher Kim Morrison and professor @ProfessorCrunk here. Want to support real teachers ? There's an open seat in MO 4th district in 22'. Support a pro education candidate !

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SCOTUS makes history w/ #KetanjiBrownJackson ascending to the bench. However I maintain that the system of nominating & confirming judges to SCOTUS is broken and her exceptional qualifications don't cover up the corruption & malfeasance that placed her recent predecessors there
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South Africa doesn't just have a better constitution than the United States (as @ElieNYC recently said on my podcast) but the way they've handled the corruption of Jacob Zuma, the former president, should be the template for the US and Trump
aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/1/…
Zuma's history of corruption and sexual assault has always drawn comparisons to Trump - @Trevornoah has been pointing this out for years - Here's a segment from 2016. But unlike the US the South African government has actually held Zuma accountable
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The entire #KetanjiBrownJacksonHearing has been performance art at a time when #SCOTUS public approval ratings are at an all time low. (SCOTUS public approval is lower than after Bush v Gore 😬). It's bread an circuses to give the court a patina of legitimacy.
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I had a lot of thoughts about #TheBatman - I wanted to love it, but this movie fell far short of what it could be
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You think #DefundthePolice is a bad message ? (Btw almost no credible Dems run on that slogan) take a look at how #FundthePolice plays w/ young black voters who are crucial in the midterms but are already skeptical of this administration #SOTU22
Biden's approval rating is under 40%. His approval w/ Black voters, the CORE Democratic constituency is in the 60's/70's. What part of that #SOTU was targeted to appeal to black voters? What black voter was moved from apathy to activism?
Today @RichelleCarey did an extensive thread on how for the first time in 18 years of voting in TX suddenly her registration was canceled. What part of the #SOTU gives hope to voters facing that issue around the country ?
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