Most people who read this post will conclude my analysis is overblown. To understand what is happening requires deep study of the Left, their goals, and their strategy.
Bill is 5 years old and generally happy with kindergarten but the Covid lockdowns have taken a toll on Bill’s academic progress casting a shadow on his readiness for 1st grade. These days, to start 1st grade 5 year olds are expected to read and write the alphabet both upper and lower case, count to 20 (read and write), write their name, and know 100 “sight words” (these are words they understand on sight regardless of understanding, context, or phonics). Kindergarten via Zoom classroom has been an absolute shit show for Bill; deeply frustrating and a complete waste of time. Zero learning was accomplished.
For now, Bill is back in the classroom and presumably being readied for 1st grade but last Friday Bill came home all excited about “Martin Luther the King” instead of his ABC’s. He gleefully detailed how black and white people used to go to different schools until Martin Luther the King and now all kids get to go to the same school. Bill continued with several more details about MLK including that he is the reason there was no school on Monday. It is worth noting Bill was a clearly surprised there was time when black people and white people went to different schools and he did not understand why. Harmless, right? Historically fair, right? Maybe; maybe not.
This is how the Left operates. Take malleable young minds and imprint them with the notion that great wrongs have been done to black people; laying the foundation for future acceptance of accommodations for minorities. Keep in mind, this is the ONLY social studies lesson Bill has received in kindergarten, its not like he goes to some school celebrated for its commitment to a well rounded education. Where are the lessons about the greatness of America? About the courage of the founding fathers faced with certain death? About American leadership in fighting slavery and bigotry; at a time when it was common world wide? There is no balance, and remember these are 5 year old kids!
Before this “lesson” Bill knew nothing about racism; he assumed people are the same, duh! By today’s standards for theLeft, being color blind IS PROOF of being a bigot….. really!
After writing this post, I stumbled upon this from Prager University; I guess I am not alone.
By the way, Bill is an alias for my own grandchild and this is a first hand account.