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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

I am a High School teacher near Los Angeles 38 years. I have been watching our new teachers come in and display a very low tolerance for discussion and difference of opinion. They are very liberal, give all students passing grades, and have very little regard for teaching the subject matter assigned. They display a very strong need to be liked by their students. Unfortunately, because all their students receive passing grades, students, parents and administration are all happy. These teachers are then put into positions of power.

The cycle of programming liberal thought and poor teaching then continues to grow and other thoughts are met with one of the three types of violence: Physical. Occupational. Social

Our mandatory DEI training is just racism towards Asians and Whites. Presenters do not field questions with respect. Many times they just wave off a question with "we will get to that later".

My Principal even sent out an email to entire staff stating January 6 was an example of systemic racism and had the insurrectionist been brown they would have been met with firepower.

Meanwhile, under his leadership we had two gang rapes on campus in one semester. There may be more, these were just the ones I knew of because those students were on my roster.

Well, thanks for all you do.

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Hi, Chris. Thanks for all you do... I just finished Lindsay's "The Marxification of Education" - as usual with such things, left with frustration and irritation at the asymmetric battle ahead of us. How do we rational types who ascribe to "facts don't care about your feelings" battle those who are indoctrinated with an "our feelings don't care about your facts" mindset? Their narrative trumps reality. We can ban materials and programs in schools all we want, but at the end of the day, "educators" (facilitators, groomers) can apply Marxist/Freierian tactics to ANY material - the grooming is in the discussion. Short of cameras, how do you weed out "facilitators" and ensure our classrooms are led by genuine educators...?

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

This is not a question about your activism, per se, but I was wondering how openly conservative activists like you survive socially in your neighborhoods. church, etc. How do you avoid local social "cancel culture"?

And thanks for all you do!

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Jun 2, 2023·edited Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

I just watched a lecture by Heather MacDonald on what is going on in medical schools. You may have seen it at https://www.c-span.org/video/?528068-1/heather-mac-donald-speaks-republican-national-lawyers-association-policy-conference&fbclid=IwAR1Dr56lIusEEARdELF2AKFgD7zTz3lEyGXcTyGfJDZytivwCnD7xWV0Lbo . It's unbelieveable. It's as if the world is going mad. I attended Penn and I, and Penn medical staff, and medical students had to attend online diversity seminars. The Dean of Penn's Medical School wrote a message to us that said: "I write to share with you that the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will no longer contribute data to U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) for its medical school rankings.... The Perelman School of Medicine aims to serve the needs of a changing world, including diverse communities". In otherwords we are going to allow in unqualified black applicants and that will lower our admission scores and make us look bad so we are going to hide them from U.S. News and World Report. https://www.med.upenn.edu/evpdeancommunications/2023-01-24-314.html Dean Jameson has also removed the MCAT requirement for black students only (see https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2022/may/perelman-school-of-medicine-partners-with-hbcus-to-increase-student-diversity-in-medicine) That is illegal discrimination. I don't understand how out institutions have become so crazy. Why is it that the left was able to take over?

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Why has Texas fallen to DIE? What is really happening with Ken Paxton and would his potential removal change things?

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Why is the mainstream GOP afraid to address election integrity, and how do we change that?

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In the eyes of the DEI-driven Left, is Catholicism viewed as the new racism? Is anti-Catholicism considered the moral equivalent of anti-racism? These questions are inspired by the Dodgers' decision to honor and host the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

A medical clinic in MN is sending letters to all parents and guardians saying that medical appointments for kids 11 years old and up will include time where the parents are instructed to leave the room. The provider may talk then about how school is going, plans for the future, drugs use, romantic relationships, mental health, sex and IDENTITY. It specifically says that the information will only be shared with parents if the child asks them. Obviously, this is identical to schools and infers a right to privacy for minor children.

What are parents rights to refuse to leave the exam room?

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

Dear Mr. Rufo,

Thank you for all you and The Manhatten Institute are doing. The recent report on the impact of DEI in schools was excellent, but sobering. Perhaps you saw the radical report that EducateUS came out with just a few days later against, "White Christian Nationalists" and the "regressive minority?" Never would I have imagined such divisiveness in our Nation.

Right now in Washington state we are kicking off the referendum on SB 5599 tonite. We will be speaking live in Puyallup and it will also be broadcast to many venues across the state. I'm sure you must be aware of that effort and law?

This is the most egregious attack on our children and parental rights I've ever seen here. We need to collect 200,000 signatures for the referendum by July 20th to put this measure, R-101, on the November 2023 ballot so that we can try and REJECT this law as it was passed.

Simultaneously, we have a parents rights initiative to the legislature for which we must collect 400,000 signatures by mid December. If our legislature does nothing with the initiative, it would go on the November 2024 ballot. If they pass it, the Governor may not veto it. This is the power of the Initiative and the Referendum process when you have an otherwise rogue Government in power.

Any help you might be able to give us here on the front lines of the fight for parental rights in Washington state to elevate this information to the public would be helpful, indeed. We are working hard and taking the local hits for your children and ours here at home. Will you help us?

Thank you,

Sarah Garriott

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

I’m wondering about the timing of Ken Paxton’s impeachment and your story about Texas childrens hospital. They are deeply into the political left and virtue signaling (while mutilating children). So it’s very suspect that he was impeached a week or so after starting an investigation into Tch.

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

We are conservative Christians who are considering sending our son to New College this Fall. Is there any plan to promote and protect conservative Freshmen on campus? Will the curriculum be restored to classical western values or remain "woke"?

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

How does one follow/reveal the money that makes all of the protesting by the DEI/woke/phobia-labelling crowd possible? These people have to eat, have a place to sleep, sh*t, shower, and shave.

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Jun 2, 2023Liked by Christopher F. Rufo

Why is there need for DIE when median inheritances among groups are nearly identical (~$90k)?

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You will not be shocked to learn that even the Rotary Club has adopted DEI policies-with their new president- since 2019 !And they are supposed to be NONE political.what is the most efficient way to denounce them publicly?Thank you for all you do to save our civilization.

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I'm convinced university bureaucracies will "game" any prohibitions/restrictions on DEI, affirmative action, etc. How do we address this? Legal actions?? Thanks

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Personnel is policy: What happens when the Woke administration and staff of Texas universities pledge to covertly continue DEI by other means, in defiance of the letter of the law?

Compare California universities, which clearly practice race-based preferences in defiance of the will of the people.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/elites-to-anti-affirmative-action-voters-drop-dead

Woke UT officials are already pledging to continue their diversity efforts in any way possible.

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