{"id":360119,"date":"2021-03-31T14:31:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360119"},"modified":"2021-03-31T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T18:31:14","slug":"watch-parents-slam-arizona-school-board-for-proposing-woke-equity-guide-to-elementary-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-parents-slam-arizona-school-board-for-proposing-woke-equity-guide-to-elementary-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Parents Slam Arizona School Board For Proposing Woke Equity Guide To Elementary Schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fwatch-parents-slam-arizona-school-board-for-proposing-woke-equity-guide-to-elementary-schoolers%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=360119&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4833.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Parents at Litchfield Elementary School District in Arizona are infuriated over the district\u2019s proposed \u201cequity plan\u201d that is infused with elements of critical race theory, the idea that America is rooted in racism.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The district\u2019s \u201cTransformation Equity Work\u201d plan centers around the definition of \u201canti-racism,\u201d which claims that being not racist is insufficient. The definition suggests that parents and educators must be actively fighting against \u201cracism\u201d in all of its forms, though what is considered racist is often subjective. This ideology was crafted by Boston University professor and author Ibram X. Kendi.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the equity plan obtained by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaf.org\/news\/video-az-elementary-school-proposes-race-based-hiring-quotas-parents-and-one-board-member-fight-back-in-fiery-meeting\/\"><span>Young America\u2019s Foundation<\/span><\/a><span>, the district aims to host yearly mandatory equity training for teachers, review and audit the curriculum to become sufficiently \u201canti-racist,\u201d reduce discipline based on race, and hire staff based on race.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During a school board meeting, parents slammed the board members who crafted and supported the equity plan. One parent threatened to hold a recall campaign against board members.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve done a lot of research into this transformational equity work document as well as [Ibram X. Kendi\u2019s] theory \u2014 radical theory \u2014 proven without a lot of supporting evidence,\u201d one parent said. \u201cI\u2019m deeply concerned for my kids who are in this district.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WOW: Elementary School Parents Stand Up To &#039;Anti-Racism&#039; Initiatives At School Board Meeting\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8u9klwBKlss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>A Hispanic parent assailed the school board for attempting to racialize her minority children. She said the equity plan was filled with \u201cleftist rhetoric\u201d and claims the plan is a political stunt.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cMy kids are a minority group, I am Hispanic, never once have they come home and said they felt victimized or discriminated against because of their race or ethnicity. Do you wanna know why? Because my children are taught at home the value of people, that you treat people the way that their character and integrity defines them in your view,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat is not a place for the district or the board to impose a leftist \u2014 and yes I\u2019m going to make it political because that\u2019s exactly what this document is \u2014 leftist rhetoric that has no place in our schools,\u201d the parent said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another parent said the document was the antithesis of what Americans fought for during the battle for equal rights.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe document references reducing disciplinary action by race, reviewing library books, and hiring based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, faith, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, and age,\u201d she said. \u201cWe fought a battle for equal rights in this country. This doesn\u2019t sound like equal rights.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>One parent spoke on behalf of over a dozen teachers who are allegedly upset over the transformational equity proposal. The parent said that teachers feel they cannot speak up for fear of \u201cretaliation and possible discrimination.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school board\u2019s sole opponent to the equity plan, Jeremey Hoenack, lamented his colleagues for picking staff based on race instead of merit.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school district comprises 10 elementary schools and five middle schools. It has a 57 percent proficiency rate in math and a 56 percent proficiency rate in reading.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re not going to tell me that your efforts are better focused on something like Kendi\u2019s theory than on my child\u2019s academic success. That is not what you\u2019re here for, that\u2019s not what the educators are here for,\u201d one parent concluded.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents at Litchfield Elementary School District in Arizona are infuriated over the district\u2019s proposed \u201cequity plan\u201d that is infused with elements of critical race theory, the idea that America is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311461,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4833.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Watch: Parents Slam Arizona School Board For Proposing Woke Equity Guide To Elementary Schoolers","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4833.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Watch: Parents Slam Arizona School Board For Proposing Woke Equity Guide To Elementary Schoolers","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360119","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=360119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}