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16-05-2021, 01:03 PM | #1 | |||
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Dad who wrote scathing letter to Brearley about race focus: ‘Someone had to’ A father fed up with an elite Manhattan prep school’s heavy-handed focus on race won’t re-enroll his daughter in the fall, accusing the school of trying to “brainwash” kids with woke philosophies rather than teaching them how to think on their own. In a scathing 1,700-word letter Andrew Gutmann mailed to 650 families — a screed since gone viral — he blasted the posh, all-girls Brearley School’s “cowardly and appalling lack of leadership [for] appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob.” Chelsea Clinton, Tina Fey, Drew Barrymore and Steve Martin are among those with daughters enrolled at Brearley. Tuition is $54,000 per year. Famous alumnae of the 761-student, K-12 school include Caroline Kennedy, Jill Clayburgh, Téa Leoni and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Gutmann said it was all too much for him and he finally put his pen to paper. “Someone had to do it,” he said. “Someone had to light the match. Everyone’s so afraid of cancel culture. We’re going to destroy the city, we’re going to destroy the country.” Gutmann said the school managed to sneak in the increased emphasis on race during the pandemic when everyone was distracted. He said the once- rigorous curriculum completely changed over the summer. “I don’t know who’s really driving this and nobody does,” he said. read his hard hitting letter here: https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/you...ad-this-letter link to NYPost article below: https://nypost.com/2021/04/17/dad-wh...omeone-had-to/ |
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16-05-2021, 01:06 PM | #2 | |||
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Old, rich white man angry kids are being taught about tolerance, respect and inclusivity, sounds about right
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16-05-2021, 01:07 PM | #3 | |||
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16-05-2021, 01:18 PM | #4 | |||
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There's that word again 'woke' , I guess he's nothing but a Gammon then .
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16-05-2021, 01:24 PM | #5 | |||
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16-05-2021, 01:34 PM | #6 | |||
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16-05-2021, 01:56 PM | #7 | |||
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Bari Weiss slams her former employer The New York Times and The Washington Post for
'ignoring the ideological takeover of schools' because they too have been 'transformed' by woke culture
Former New York Times editor Bari Weiss has accused her previous employer of being too 'woke' to cover the growing row about New York City's private schools, after a teacher and a parent objected to the curriculum in two of the city's most elite academic institutions. Paul Rossi, a math teacher, was told on Sunday that he had been 'relieved of his teaching duties' by Grace Church School in the East Village of Manhattan following his April 13 essay published on Weiss' site. Andrew Gutmann, whose daughter attended The Brearley School, an all-girls private school in New York City, located on the Upper East Side, wrote a letter, also on April 13, to other parents complaining about efforts to 'brainwash' students with 'woke' philosophies rather than teaching them how to think on their own. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...r-schools.html |
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16-05-2021, 02:12 PM | #8 | ||
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16-05-2021, 02:15 PM | #9 | ||
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Angry racists don't like being reminded that their country was built on racism and that it forms an integral part of their history. Anyone who would pull their kids out of a school because they were taught not to be a a racist **** is a twat and a **** parent, as is anyone who would agree with him.
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16-05-2021, 02:15 PM | #10 | |||
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…I can’t understand why someone would pay $54,000 per year for such an exclusive and ‘elite’ school and not be happy with it so he’s done the right thing and obviously is looking for an exclusive and elite school that better fits his values….it doesn’t feel like much of a story to me…
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16-05-2021, 02:25 PM | #11 | |||
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The backlash against this madness is growing..
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16-05-2021, 02:28 PM | #12 | |||
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16-05-2021, 02:29 PM | #13 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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If they actually are bringing race into every discussion, that does make for a rather narrow view of the world. It's a bit regressive to make people think every aspect of today's world is racist.
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16-05-2021, 02:30 PM | #14 | |||
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….a very wealthy man has chosen to spend his $54,000 per year on a different school for his child(ren)…and the reverberations and backlash across the world are beyond anything we could have imagined…
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16-05-2021, 02:31 PM | #15 | |||
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Left-wing activism was the norm at the the school, according to Gutmann, who said family were pressured to "advocate for Black Lives Matter."
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16-05-2021, 04:02 PM | #16 | ||
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His child his money his choice. You didn’t read his letter and if you did you clearly didn’t understand what he was was saying.. |
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16-05-2021, 04:11 PM | #17 | |||
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The dad sounds like an entitled pompous idiot , i bet he'd love an Antebellum festival all dressed in white.
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16-05-2021, 04:20 PM | #18 | |||
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Really....he sounds like a Father who wants his child to have the best education. He is within his right to complain and move his child elsewhere Last edited by rusticgal; 16-05-2021 at 04:22 PM. |
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16-05-2021, 04:27 PM | #19 | |||
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Yeah he can send his child wherever he wants, but no amount of money will fix ignorance.
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16-05-2021, 04:38 PM | #20 | |||
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Their school their rules their principles. Maybe he should try home schooling if he wants to shield his daughter from learning anything that makes him personally uncomfortable? Judging by the clientele listed for the school I don't think they will be missing his money.
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16-05-2021, 04:42 PM | #21 | |||
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16-05-2021, 04:45 PM | #22 | |||
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Well clearly HE HIMSELF didn't know the ethics and teachings of the school if he sent his child there in the first place, for him to now bitch and moan.
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16-05-2021, 04:47 PM | #23 | |||
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Did you read any part of the letter?
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16-05-2021, 04:48 PM | #24 | |||
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He doesnt want to shield her....he wants her to be able to make her own decisions and not have them made for her |
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16-05-2021, 04:55 PM | #25 | ||
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If you rock the cradle you should be able to rock the boat. |
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