{"id":1866330,"date":"2023-03-03T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-law-school-invites-drag-queen-to-read-ibram-x-kendi-out-loud-to-students\/"},"modified":"2023-03-03T12:42:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T17:42:52","slug":"yale-law-school-invites-drag-queen-to-read-ibram-x-kendi-out-loud-to-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yale-law-school-invites-drag-queen-to-read-ibram-x-kendi-out-loud-to-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Yale Law School Invites Drag Queen To Read Ibram X. Kendi Out Loud to Students"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fyale-law-school-invites-drag-queen-to-read-ibram-x-kendi-out-loud-to-students%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=1866330&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-->\n<div>\n<h2>Robin Fierce, a former contestant on RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race, performed a dramatic reading of \u2018Antiracist Baby&#8217; at the law school&#8217;s first ever drag queen story hour.<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> Robin Fierce, Yale Law (Via @TheRobinFierce Tweet)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yale Law School hosted on February 28, a drag queen for an dramatic reading of IbramX. Kendi <em>Yale Daily News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/02\/professor-robin-fierce-rupauls-drag-race-contestant-visits-yale-law-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/02\/professor-robin-fierce-rupauls-drag-race-contestant-visits-yale-law-school\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677945608910000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1pfpa8JqgA0oZ--MYxkRis\">reported<\/a> Thursday was the first drag queen story time at the law school&#8217;s 199-year-old history.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Robin Fierce is a former contestant in the reality TV series <em>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/em>, read three children&#8217;s books out loud to dozens of Yale Law students\u2014including Kendi&#8217;s <em>Antiracist Baby<\/em>?, <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/624774\/antiracist-baby-picture-book-by-ibram-x-kendi-illustrated-by-ashley-lukashevsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/624774\/antiracist-baby-picture-book-by-ibram-x-kendi-illustrated-by-ashley-lukashevsky\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677945608910000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2pdB2jHweUtQuiCt9XWCyv\">bestseller<\/a> That &#8220;empowers parents and children to uproot racism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Babies are taught to be racist or anti racist,&#8221; One passage is read in the book. &#8220;There&#8217;s no neutrality.&#8221; Children are also told by other passages &#8220;confess&#8221; Their racism and &#8220;knock down the stack of cultural blocks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fierce\u2014who also performed a dance routine for attendees\u2014got a considerably warmer welcome than some other guests at the law school. Students protested when Kristen Waggoner (a conservative religious liberty lawyer) visited Yale Law last school year. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/hundreds-of-yale-law-students-disrupt-bipartisan-free-speech-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/hundreds-of-yale-law-students-disrupt-bipartisan-free-speech-event\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677945608910000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3eA8vVdVqxwU9BMWrNwZfl\">caused so much commotion<\/a> The police had to take her out of the building.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Fierce&#8217;s talk featured no fireworks. Organisers framed it as a response. &#8220;problematic&#8221; guests.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Many of the queer students at the law school do not feel safe there or want to spend any extra time in that building,&#8221; A.J. Hudson, a third year law student, hosted the event and told the <em>Yale Daily News<\/em>. &#8220;To pay a drag queen to come speak\u2014a directly system-impacted person whose expertise is just as valuable as a heterosexual cisgender white man, lawyer or judge, it&#8217;s historic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yale Law has never hosted drag queens before, but other schools at the university have. Yale Divinity School will host its LGBT student group in October 2021. &#8220;DivOut,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewtwalk\/status\/1447578981251883009?s=61&#038;t=6Ve-iSSEGZmZ1KVpsighKw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewtwalk\/status\/1447578981251883009?s%3D61%26t%3D6Ve-iSSEGZmZ1KVpsighKw&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677945608910000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0Fqp-qB1tvirdZxRTM3hZW\">sponsored<\/a> A drag show is called &#8220;Divinity of Drag.&#8221; According to The, drag queens have also appeared at the university\u2019s business, drama, and forestry schools. <em>Yale Daily News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u00a0Fierce answered questions about drag politics from the audience after story time was over. One student asked. &#8220;what gives you hope&#8221; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, (R.), has ordered the purging of diversity, equity, inclusion officers at state universities. Fierce replied that &#8220;handing children the power to imagine&#8221; Was the &#8220;light&#8221; This keeps her motivated. <em>Yale Daily News<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Yale Law School is not the only high-profile institution to have a drag queen. President Joe Biden signed December&#8217;s Respect for Marriage Act. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/drag-queen-story-hour-performer-to-attend-white-house-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/drag-queen-story-hour-performer-to-attend-white-house-ceremony\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1677945608910000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0uCl5YF8RDhZgn00CrHfub\">invited<\/a> Marti Cummings, a &#8220;non-binary&#8221; A drag queen who hosts events for toddlers. She is invited to the White House to sign documents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/yale-law-school-invites-drag-queen-to-read-ibram-x-kendi-out-loud-to-students\/\">Yale Law School Invites Drag Queen To Read Ibram X. Kendi Out Loud to Students<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>Conservative News Daily does not endorse or share the views and opinions expressed in this article.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robin Fierce, a former contestant on RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race, performed a dramatic reading of \u2018Antiracist Baby&#8217; at the law school&#8217;s first ever drag queen story hour. Robin Fierce, Yale Law (Via @TheRobinFierce Tweet) Yale Law School hosted on February 28, a drag queen for an dramatic reading of IbramX. 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