PDA

View Full Version : NY Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones roasted for making a case for school choice without rea



Gunny
10-08-2021, 06:15 PM
Damn. She gets hammered mercilessly. Sorry, no sympathy from me.


New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikole-hannah-jones-claims-opposition-1619-project-about-accurate-rendering-history) was roasted Thursday for inadvertently making a case for school choice while apparently being ignorant of something called "open enrollment," which is already advocated for and used by families.
"Why do ‘school choice’ advocates never advocate eliminating school district boundaries/funding schools by local property tax and allowing poor, Black students to attend white, wealthy schools in neighboring municipalities? They don’t really want choice, just privatization," Hannah-Jones tweeted.

Hannah-Jones, who won a Pulitzer Prize for commentary last year for the controversial 1619 Project that aimed to "reframe the country's history" by saying the country's legacy of slavery underpins every facet of American life, was mocked for her stance.


"Good grief, you are so ignorant. This is EXACTLY what school choice advocates support," Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen commented (https://twitter.com/marcthiessen/status/1446288795754696705).
"That’s literally the entire point of the school choice movement," Grabien Media founder Tom Elliott wrote (https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1446217431177957378).


"LOL, this is literally, 100% the argument that school choice advocates make. We want all parents and students to be able to move beyond the arbitrary boundaries that leftists set to keep people segregated by economic status," journalist J.D. Rucker responded (https://twitter.com/JDRucker/status/1446314362562506759). "Thank you for supporting school choice."
Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon responded (https://twitter.com/pnjaban/status/1446503714194276357), "This is literally what school choice is about."
cont: https://www.foxnews.com/media/nikole-hannah-jones-school-choice-advocates

revelarts
10-08-2021, 07:24 PM
I think the case was well made 30, 40 years ago, the homeschoolers (and parochial schools ) saw it then, got the Heck out and tried to warn others.

slow burn for many others but the sparks are flyin' now.

Kathianne
10-08-2021, 07:30 PM
I think the case was well made 30, 40 years ago, the homeschoolers (and parochial schools ) saw it then, got the Heck out and tried to warn others.

slow burn for many others but the sparks are flyin' now.

This is but one of the "good things" that came from lockdowns. Some parents actually heard and read some of the propaganda being aimed at their kids. The true believers weren't aware that they might be off the reservation as far as most parents were concerned. I know, I worked with the true believers for 20+ years. In their hearts they KNOW they are working for the good of the kids and saving the planet.