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Woke warriors on San Fran school board deny gay white dad with bi-racial daughter place on volunteer parent committee because he s not diverse ENOUGH
Seth Brenzel, a gay white father of a bi-racial child, was denied a spot on the San Francisco Board of Education s volunteer parent committee
The issue of whether to allow Brenzel to volunteer for the 15-person parent advisory council was debated for almost two hours on Tuesday night
His candidacy faced opposition from some board members and members of the public who argued that there wasn t enough diversity on the council
Those who opposed his candidacy were concerned with the fact that he is white
In October 1994, Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves to condemn a proposed set of national history standards. The standards added new voices especially minorities and women and urged teachers and students to interpret history in light of them.
But that was too much for Limbaugh, who questioned the premise of historical interpretation itself. “History is real simple,” the right-wing talk-show host explained. “You know what history is? It’s what happened.” The real problem lay with blame-America-first people on the left, Limbaugh added, who twisted the past to match their politics. Teachers should simply say what occurred, and leave it at that.