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The Drag Queens Reading to Kids in Libraries
March 16, 2023 at 2:19 pmshooblieCurious for your thoughts on this. Short well-made video.View Topic
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The RAP Study from The Anger Gap (2020) by Davin Phoenix
March 14, 2023 at 4:56 pmshooblieI mentioned a book during our coffee chat called The Anger Gap. You may remember me citing a survey result of the African American community that I found horrifying: that 81% of African Americans believe they will experience racial discrimination during the rest of their lives. You expressed skepticism, wanting…View…
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About Those Classroom Litterboxes…
March 13, 2023 at 10:01 pmshooblieThis anecdote seems to have sprung from satire that was believed to be real. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litter_boxes_in_schools_hoaxView Topic
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HB1775 Question
March 13, 2023 at 9:31 pmshooblieB1A: No teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district, charter school or virtual charter school shall require or make part of a course the following concepts: one race or sex is inherently superior to another race… But this belief existed and still exists. It’s a big part of…View…
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Follow Up to Yeonmi Park’s Story: An Explanation for Her Treatment at Columbia, and an Alternative Immigrant’s Tale
March 13, 2023 at 9:12 pmshooblieIn the Megyn Kelly podcast shared by Suzanne, Yeonmi Park talks about the shocking blowback she received at Columbia for not using “proper” pronouns. I mentioned that this jarred with the experiences I’ve heard about from my best friend, who also attended law school there. She felt like it was…View…
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“Forget the Alamo” Synthesizes Revisionist Scholarship for Today’s History Wars
March 13, 2023 at 8:56 pmshooblieThis is an article from a few years back about a book clarifying the causes and outcomes of the Battle of the Alamo: https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180819 To me it’s a good example of how conservatives are just as likely to suppress/alter information they don’t like as the liberals who are allegedly responsible…View…