Thread by @bakerleft

I have consumed a lot of Ryan Walters media in the last 2.5 years. Here is one thing I have learned: Ryan Walters does not talk about Black people and does not acknowledge African American existence. This is alarming, and I would very much like to be proven wrong. #oklaed 🧵

Here is what you can find rather quickly. A video surfaced in 2022 of Ryan Walters teaching a virtual lesson where he referenced internalized racism as part of a lesson on Brown v. Board. The video is from 2020. kfor.com/news/local/okl…

Ryan Walters certainly talked about Black people when he taught history, but in the interview defending his lesson, he does not. I believe this is calculated. I believe this omission is designed to erase the Black Oklahoman experience from the narrative.

Also is 2022, Ryan Walters tweeted that teachers’ unions were engaged in “mandatory enslavement.” This was stated with no reference to the institution of American slavery. This is also a technique or erasure. #oklaed theblackwallsttimes.com/2022/08/21/rya…

This is beyond alarming! Ryan Walters’ campaign of Black erasure is even more sinister than the race baiting of the rest of the school choice movement. #oklaed