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A MIDDLE school teacher has compared her unwoke colleagues who rejected antiracism training to pedophiles.
Katherine Watkins, a humanities teacher at Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton, Portland, told her colleagues those with old views of colonialism should be fired as they become obsolete.
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The teacher made the comments during a Zoom conferenceCredit: Twitter
The teacher made the comments during a Zoom conference called Equity ABAR (anti-bias anti-racist) Summit, back in February.
She said: If you re not evolving into an anti-racist educator you re making yourself obsolete in this field of profession. Our district is only getting browner and browner with our children and so obviously you can t change your melanin alright? But you can change your mind, so that you can actually function in a district that is full of BIPOC children.
Woke Portland teacher says colleagues who don t want to teach anti-racism are like PEDOPHILES and warns they ll be fired if they refuse to do so
Katherine Watkins, a teacher at Cedar Park Middle School in Portland, told colleagues they would be fired if they kept up old views of colonialism
Watkins equated teachers who don t agree with her views on race to pedophiles and said her colleagues must evolve or dissolve
Her comments were made during a private $5,500 equity summit that was compulsory for teachers in the Beaverton School District to attend
They only came to light after the group Parents Defending Action posted a clip of the conference to YouTube
Audio captures Beaverton, Oregon superintendent Don Grotting suggesting teachers should leave if they don’t support so-called anti-racism training
Last month, Fox News reported on a diversity training in which an Oregon teacher suggested that colleagues needed to evolve with so-called anti-racist ideas or dissolve.
Although a spokesperson previously said the teacher didn t speak for that particular district, leaked audio seems to show that the superintendent similarly issued an implied threat to teachers. I m here to support you in any way and I m at your convenience. But I do want you to know and I do want the message to get out there that this [anti-racism training] isn’t optional anymore, said Beaverton Superintendent Don Grotting.