The Los Angeles Teachers Union issued a research paper arguing schools in the district can\u2019t reopen without certain policy provisions in place ranging from mandatory face masks [to help contain the spread of the COVID virus] to a \u201cmoratorium\u201d on charter schools and the defunding of police….<\/p>\n
\u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic in the United States underscores the deep equity and justice challenges arising from our profoundly racist, intensely unequal society,\u201d the paper read. \u201cUnlike other countries that recognize protecting lives is the key to protecting livelihoods, the United States has chosen to prioritize profits over people. The Trump administration\u2019s attempt to force people to return to work on a large scale depends on restarting physical schools so parents have childcare. In Los Angeles, this means increasing risk especially in Black and Brown working communities, where people are more likely to have ‘essential’ jobs, insufficient health care, higher levels of preexisting health conditions, and to live in crowded housing.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMeanwhile,\u201d it continued, \u201cthe rewards of economic recovery accrue largely to white and well-off communities that have largely been shielded from the worst of the pandemic\u2019s effects.\u201d<\/p>\n
The union also made several political demands that are aligned with calls being made by Democrats across the country, including defunding the police and charter schools.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice violence is a leading cause of death and trauma for Black people, and is a serious public health and moral issue,\u201d the union said. “We must shift the astronomical amount of money devoted to policing, to education and other essential needs such as housing and public health.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If our children are exposed to unadulterated leftist tripe like this, posing as “education,” the surprise is not that we have a “school-to-prison pipeline,” but that it isn’t bigger.<\/p>\n
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