SCOOP: Santa Clara County Office of Education denounces the United States as a "parasitic system" based on the "invasion" of "white male settlers" and encourages teachers to "cash in on kids' inherent empathy" in order to recruit them into political activism.
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The language in the presentation is pure Marxist conflict theory—oppressor-oppressed, praxis, synthesis. Pacheco acknowledged that the Marxist underpinnings "scare people away," but insisted that teachers must be "grounded in the correct politics to educate students."pic.twitter.com/2gUUruIIaM
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The panelists advised local teachers to hide this political program from administrators and parents. "District guidelines and expectations are barriers," said one panelist. "[We] have to be extra careful ... now that we're in people's homes [because of remote learning]."pic.twitter.com/jgq8A7RGL6
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This curriculum will soon become commonplace for millions of California schoolchildren. Earlier this year, the state Department of Education approved a "model ethnic studies curriculum," championed by Pacheco and colleagues, who encourage recruiting kids beginning in first grade.pic.twitter.com/KPqUpDGdnx
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Though they are coy about their ultimate intention, the ethnic studies activists seek, at a minimum, a moral revolution—and, out of such tumults, political revolutions often follow. Read my full coverage in City Journal:https://www.city-journal.org/california-ethnic-studies-programs-merchants-of-revolution …
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P.S. I'm finishing up my 10-part series on "woke education." If you would like to support future reporting, please consider making a small monthly contribution here.https://christopherrufo.com/support
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Since when was a 7th/8th Grade Ethnic Studies & Spanish Language Arts teacher given the power to reshape the cultural and political ethos of state education? Particularly one who was accused of bribing an official into supporting an anti-Israel boycott?https://canarymission.org/individual/Jorge_Pacheco …
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I'm sure Pacheco isn't related to any European "settlers".
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