{"id":1357997,"date":"2022-03-04T05:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357997"},"modified":"2022-03-04T07:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T12:57:11","slug":"chicago-private-school-injected-race-into-physics-class-then-tracked-whether-the-indoctrination-worked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-private-school-injected-race-into-physics-class-then-tracked-whether-the-indoctrination-worked\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Private School Injected Race Into Physics Class, Then Tracked Whether The Indoctrination Worked"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-private-school-injected-race-into-physics-class-then-tracked-whether-the-indoctrination-worked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1357997&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Although critical race theory has only come to the forefront of American politics in the last year, an email obtained by The Federalist dating back to 2016 proves the divisive ideology has been entrenched in American K-12 schools for much longer, sometimes where some least expect it. <\/p>\n<p>An email from Elizabeth Denevi, who at the time was the <a href=\"https:\/\/catdc.org\/elizabeth-denevi-profile\/\">director<\/a> of studies and professional development at the Latin School of Chicago, shows the private school injected CRT into its ninth-grade physics curriculum and even tracked students\u2019 changing beliefs on race and politics afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Denevi explained that the high school freshmen would be taught a curriculum called \u201cSocial Justice in Physics,\u201d which addressed \u201cpower dynamics, systemic racism, white privilege, and the shortage of people of color and women in the field of science, especially physics.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268298\" width=\"341\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-300x296-1.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The curriculum mentioned was constructed by Moses Rifkin, a science teacher from Seattle. His current bio on the extremist Southern Poverty Learning Center-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningforjustice.org\/author\/moses-rifkin\">Learning for Justice<\/a> website explains that Rifkin \u201ccoaches white affinity groups\u201d and \u201cis particularly interested in helping those with privileged identities \u2026 understand their privilege and the role they can and must play in working for social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268299\" width=\"363\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-2.jpg 398w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-2-233x300-1.jpg 233w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The email also noted that the effectiveness of the CRT teaching was tracked, with students taking identical surveys before and after being taught the curriculum \u201cin order to track any change in beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268300\" width=\"401\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg 512w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/unnamed-3-300x182.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A separate email disclosed by a concerned parent detailed some of the survey questions, which included inquiries into the political and racial attitudes of high school freshmen. Students were asked to disclose whether they agreed with a number of different statements, including \u201cAmerican society fits my definition of racist\u201d and \u201cWhite Americans must recognize that justice for black people cannot be achieved without radical changes in the structure of our society\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-28-at-6.25.20-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268304\" width=\"617\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-28-at-6.25.20-PM.png 956w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-28-at-6.25.20-PM-300x228-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-28-at-6.25.20-PM-768x585-1.png 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Given that answers were recorded and the questions were re-administered after students had undergone the leftwing curriculum, it\u2019s clear that administrators intended to gauge the success of their indoctrination, hence the email outlining an intent to \u201ctrack any change in beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rifkin\u2019s ideologically motivated focus on injecting leftwing racial politics evidently hasn\u2019t changed since he designed this curriculum. In a 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/article\/weaving-social-justice-science-instruction\">article<\/a> published in Edutopia, Rifkin argued \u201cinfusing our instruction with social justice is very much a part of our job\u201d and pulled from the work of Marxist Paulo Freire before advertising his new <a href=\"https:\/\/underrep.com\/\">curriculum<\/a>, The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project, which was funded in part by SPLC\u2019s Teaching Tolerance. The leftwing <a href=\"https:\/\/underrep.com\/lessons\/2-RacPrivAffAction.pdf\">curriculum<\/a> features allegations of white privilege, citing critical race theorists including Robin DiAngelo as authorities.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-latin-school-of-chicago-was-a-launchpad-for-leftwing-extremism-in-education\"><strong>The Latin School Of Chicago Was A Launchpad For Leftwing Extremism In Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt this curriculum was implemented specifically for ideological ends. It appears to have also launched further ideological outreach in other schools.<\/p>\n<p>Just months after the Latin School of Chicago implemented this curricula, Denevi co-founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingwhilewhite.org\/team\">Teaching While White<\/a>, a far-left organization that defends political violence and demonizes white people. The organization\u2019s website explains that it \u201cseeks to move the conversation forward on how to be consciously, intentionally, anti-racist in the classroom.\u201d Teaching While White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingwhilewhite.org\/about\">claims<\/a> on its website that \u201csince racism was created by and for White people, it is our responsibility to dismantle it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization also runs a program called STAR, Students Teaching Anti-Racism. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/star.teachingwhilewhite.org\/faq\">FAQ<\/a>, the organization openly defended political violence and riots, saying \u201cprotesters sometimes feel they need to resort to violence to draw needed attention to their cause.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FAQ also shamed those who object to political correctness, remarking \u201cWhite people who use the term negatively are displaying a defensiveness that is a hallmark reaction of white fragility and privilege fragility.\u201d It also parroted the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/09\/28\/elites-racial-animus-is-resulting-in-targeted-harassment-of-white-people\/\">leftwing lie<\/a> that \u201cwhite people can not experience racism\u201d and said racial bias against white applicants in hiring or admission decisions as a result of affirmative action policies is not an example of discrimination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/star.teachingwhilewhite.org\/about\/core-values\">core beliefs<\/a> included statements such as \u201cself-reflection is critical and a first step; you cannot dismantle anti-racism in society until you see the racism, colorism, privilege, white-dominant culture, and bias within yourself.\u201d Yet another was that \u201cracism and the white-dominant culture are the \u2018norm\u2019 in America,\u201d a fundamental belief of CRT.<\/p>\n<p>Teaching While White\u2019s work is underpinned by extreme influences. Denevi is married to Randolph Carter, whom she <a href=\"https:\/\/readingwhilewhite.blogspot.com\/2017\/04\/rww-interviews-elizabeth-denevi.html\">describes<\/a> as her hero because of his involvement in the Communist and historically violent Black Panthers. Carter is also listed as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachingwhilewhite.org\/team\">senior consultant<\/a> to Teaching While White on the organization\u2019s website. <\/p>\n<p>Denevi\u2019s leftwing extremism was evidently not merely confined to racial topics. A leaked email from her tenure at The Latin School of Chicago reveals that Denevi sent administrators an NPR article titled \u201cFor This Transgender Third-Grader, Life As A Boy Is Liberating.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268303\" width=\"323\" height=\"606\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Given that the implementation of leftwing curriculum dates back to 2016 and Denevi\u2019s promotion of child transgenderism dates back to 2015, we find yet more proof that while CRT and other <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/24\/why-accepting-child-transgenderism-will-pave-the-way-for-accepting-pedophilia\/\">dangerous<\/a> forms of leftism have only recently been exposed, its presence in classrooms across the country is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/07\/22\/my-high-school-taught-me-critical-race-theory-six-years-ago-and-tried-to-reeducate-me-when-i-fought-back\/\">not new<\/a>. This also provides further evidence that leftist extremism seeks to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/04\/woke-yoga-what-we-can-learn-from-a-texas-private-schools-indoctrination-seminar\/\">infiltrate<\/a> every institution and discipline rather than just the social sciences, history, and humanities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Latin School of Chicago did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Spencer Lindquist is an intern at The Federalist and a senior at Pepperdine University where he studies Political Science and Rhetoric and Leadership and serves as Pepperdine\u2019s College Republicans President. You can follow him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst\">@SpencerLndqst<\/a> and reach him at LSpencerLindquist@gmail.com.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although critical race theory has only come to the forefront of American politics in the last year, an email obtained by The Federalist dating back to 2016 proves the divisive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}