The San Diego Unified School District pushed training that told white teachers they were guilty of “spirit murdering” black children and abolished due dates for homework in an attempt to become “an anti-racist school district.”
“SCOOP: San Diego Unified School District tells white teachers they are guilty of ‘spirit murdering’ black children and should undergo ‘antiracist therapy for White educators,” said City Journal reporter Christopher F. Rufo on Twitter.
According to the whistleblower notes, Love began by saying that “racism runs deep” in America and that blacks alone “know who America really is.” Love claimed that public schools “don’t see [blacks] as human,” perpetuate “anti-Blackness,” and “spirit murder babies.” pic.twitter.com/jumMapxZ79
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) January 6, 2021
Rufo reported that the district hired critical race theory advocate Bettina Love to train teachers on challenging “the oppressive practices that live within … school organizations.” While recording the training was prohibited, a whistleblower reportedly supplied Rufo with screen shots and notes from the event.
Love begins the training by saying, “racism runs deep” in America and that only black people “know who America really is,” the whistleblower told Rufo.
“Love claimed that public schools ‘don’t see [blacks] as human,’ perpetuate ‘anti-Blackness,’ and ‘spirit murder babies,’” Rufo said.
Rufo reports that the “concept of ‘spirit murder’ is at the heart of Love’s teachings,” which Love defines as “a death that is built on racism and intended to reduce, humiliate, and destroy people of color.”
Slides of Love’s training provided to Rufo show Love arguing that “whiteness reproduces poverty, failing schools, high unemployment, school closings, and trauma for people of color.” Love goes on to say that “white educators must take responsibility” because they have benefited from “white supremacy culture.”
Love closes by declaring “reform will not work” and that schools need “abolitionist teaching” that would “remove oppression from its roots.” Love reportedly told the white teachers in attendance that they would have to undergo “anti-racist therapy for White educators,” which would help them overcome their inherent white supremacy.
“San Diego Unified has been radicalized,” Rufo said. “In recent months, the district announced mandatory diversity training, added a new racial grievance curriculum, and abolished the requirement to turn in homework on time — all in the name of becoming ‘an anti-racist school district.’”
But Rufo pointed out that according to standardized test scores, only 37% of the district’s students are proficient in reading and 42% in math, while black and Latino students perform even worse.
“The language of ‘spirit murder’ and ‘abolition’ might make for an emotionally charged Zoom presentation, but it won’t do anything to help struggling students,” Rufo argued. “In fact, as charter school operator Ian Rowe argues, San Diego’s policies are a ‘modern day version of the soft bigotry of low expectations’ that will ‘dumb down the grading system for all.’”
Rufo reported that the new agenda and training has alienated many of the district’s teachers, with the whistleblower describing the training as “insidious.” Nevertheless, the whistleblower told Rufo many teachers are scared to speak out for fear of being accused of racism themselves.
“Some evidence also suggests that parents are beginning to mobilize, but they will meet stiff resistance from the radicals at the helm of many school districts,” Rufo said. “For now, we should expect these ideological campaigns to intensify.”
The San Diego Unified School District did not immediately respond to a Washington Examiner request for comment.
