Tag: Wokeism

Truths, Ideals of MLK’s Message Have Been Lost to Wokeism

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We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January. This year, that’s Jan. 17. On Aug. 28, 1963, King delivered one of the great speeches in American history, popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that must be dusted off and studied anew today, because it contains the very message that our nation sorely needs to hear and digest now. It’s a message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. Two things…

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Wokeism Ended His Father’s Teaching Career. Now, This Teacher Has a Warning for Other Educators.

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It was 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night. Albert Paulsson, who teaches high school civics in New Jersey, had finished another long day in class. He sounded tired when he answered my call.  “Is this still a good time to talk?” I asked.  Paulsson assured me it was.  He wanted to share some concerns over what he sees happening in public education–concerns about students being fed one-sided, woke perspectives and narrow definitions of words such as “equity” and “diversity.”  But most of all, Paulsson, 49, wanted to tell me about…

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