{"id":570871,"date":"2021-06-22T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=570871"},"modified":"2021-06-22T16:36:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T20:36:58","slug":"tony-chicago-school-promotes-teacher-with-history-of-slanderous-comments-to-lead-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tony-chicago-school-promotes-teacher-with-history-of-slanderous-comments-to-lead-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Chicago School Promotes Teacher With History Of Slanderous Comments To Lead Diversity And Inclusion Efforts"},"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\">32<\/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%2Ftony-chicago-school-promotes-teacher-with-history-of-slanderous-comments-to-lead-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts%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=570871&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><span>An independent Jewish day school on the North Side of Chicago elevated a teacher with a history of slanderous comments to head the school\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) division.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day school recently promoted sixth-grade history teacher Johanna Thompson to head its DEI division. According to an article from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagocontrarian.com\/blog\/even-loving-chicago-private-schools-tolerate-intolerance-by-woke-faculty\"><span>Chicago Contrarian<\/span><\/a><span>, Thompson has a history of intolerance against Republicans, white people, and males.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to her school profile, Thompson is a \u201cnationally trained\u201d SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) facilitator and \u201cleads year-long professional development for faculty\/staff cohorts to broaden understanding of how inclusion could look at Bernard Zell.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a Facebook post, Thompson wrote, \u201cDear white men, please get your white man.\u201d She also denounced white people for voting for former President Donald Trump. The teacher reposted a tweet that claimed Americans placed \u201cWhiteness over democracy. Whiteness over safety. Whiteness over justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_238153\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238153\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-238153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1-212x300.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1-406x576.png 406w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1.png 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-238153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Chicago Contrarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_238154\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238154\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-238154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt5-199x300.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt5-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt5-383x576.png 383w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt5-768x1155.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt5.png 888w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-238154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Chicago Contrarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>She also referred to parents in a New York City school system as \u201cbig-mad white people.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_238152\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238152\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-238152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt7-227x300.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt7-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt7-435x576.png 435w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt7-768x1016.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt7.png 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-238152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Chicago Contrarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>On Twitter, Thompson said that white people \u2014 such as herself \u2014 cannot talk about equity unless they are willing to make concessions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhite people, we can\u2019t talk about equity unless we are willing to give something up. If we aren\u2019t able to see that our \u2018spot\u2019 exists actually at the expense of someone\/some neighborhood\/some entire group of people else, and that it has for centuries and that for a just society to be a reality, we might have to have less of something \u2014 and be okay with that \u2014 then our equity talk is bullshit,\u201d Thompson wrote.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_238151\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238151\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-238151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt6-300x148.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt6-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt6-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt6.png 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-238151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Chicago Contrarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In a 2018 Facebook post, Thompson said that Donald Trump \u201cliterally IS white supremacy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_238150\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238150\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-238150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt3-260x300.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt3-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt3-499x576.png 499w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt3-768x886.png 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt3.png 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-238150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Chicago Contrarian<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Chicago Contrarian reported that a former Bernard Zell student claimed that Thompson asked boys to do extra cleanup work to make amends for past discrimination against women.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Thompson did not respond to The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bernard Zell\u2019s Head of School Gary Weisserman dodged questions about whether Thompson\u2019s social media posts were appropriate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe responsibility to educate our students is one we take seriously,\u201d Weisserman told The Daily Wire. \u201cEach day we set out to engage students in a program of rigorous studies through a variety of classroom and real world opportunities, while acting in our students\u2019 best interests and holding ourselves to the highest standards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Bernard Zell\u2019s DEI\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernardzell.org\/about-us\/dei\"><span>page<\/span><\/a><span>, the school has joined a growing list of elite schools pushing \u201cwoke\u201d propaganda on children. Under the school\u2019s DEI curriculum goals, it claims that the curriculum will be reviewed to \u201cimprove, enhance, and expand its teaching of diversity, anti-racism, anti-semitism, and justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The school also promised to \u201cdevelop and enhance community partnerships that give students and families the opportunity to actively engage in the promotion of social justice and anti-racism.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Related: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/parents-outraged-after-elite-nyc-school-shows-video-to-eighth-graders-of-white-women-being-ridiculed-for-being-white\"><b>Parents Outraged After Elite NYC School Shows Video To Eighth-Graders Of White Women Being Ridiculed For Being White\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/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>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An independent Jewish day school on the North Side of Chicago elevated a teacher with a history of slanderous comments to head the school\u2019s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) division.\u00a0Bernard &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281019,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1-212x300.png","fifu_image_alt":"Tony Chicago School Promotes Teacher With History Of Slanderous Comments To Lead Diversity And Inclusion Efforts","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BZ-Pt1-212x300.png","fifu_image_alt":"Tony Chicago School Promotes Teacher With History Of Slanderous Comments To Lead Diversity And Inclusion Efforts","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570871","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=570871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}