Episode #3---DEI in K-12 Education

In this episode Tim interviews Tom on the origins and impact of DEI in the K-12 setting. Although Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has a virtuous exterior, the ideologies it promotes are oppressive and divisive. Tom will provide an overview and will call parents to action to educate themselves and push back.

We encourage diversity and believe all students should have equal opportunity. In addition, we believe in an educational environment that is inclusive of a multitude of viewpoints. However, DEI promotes a singular ideology based on ideas such as white supremacy culture, implicit bias, systemic racism, and other related concepts that place all challenges in academia on the premise that schools are racist and oppressive. According to DEI followers, transformative change can only come about by compelling conformity to its tenets---a clear violation to individual autonomy and our First Amendment Freedoms.

Helpful Links:

NEA Social Justice on the Web

NEA-Racial Justice Key Terms

Claudine Gay’s DEI Empire

AASA-Racial Equity

“DEI Is Everywhere in our Schools and it is Hurting Kids”, Newsweek, May 3, 2023

Ibram X. Kendi and the problem with public intellectuals today | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter

Withdraw the Obama Administration's Dear Colleague Letter on School Discipline

PBIS---A Commitment to equity https://www.pbis.org/announcements/resources-for-using-pbis-to-increase-racial-equity SEL Promoting Equity