[LeatherTrumpet]

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/

[Liam-]

Old, rich white man angry kids are being taught about tolerance, respect and inclusivity, sounds about right

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Liam-

Old, rich white man angry kids are being taught about tolerance, respect and inclusivity, sounds about right

he is 45

[GoldHeart]

There's that word again 'woke' , I guess he's nothing but a Gammon then .

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

There's that word again 'woke' , I guess he's nothing but a Gammon then .

you are making fun of his skin colour?

i dont think that is appropriate

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

he is 45

Which is old to you when it's a woman?

[LeatherTrumpet]

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

• Bari Weiss was an opinion editor at The New York Times until July 2020
• She resigned in protest at a 'hostile work environment' and 'illiberal culture'
• At the beginning of this year Weiss began a substack newsletter
• On Monday she published criticism of her former employer's 'woke' culture
• Weiss referenced two exclusive NYC schools where 'woke' curriculum has sparked rows
• A parent at Brearley and a teacher at Grace spoke out against their schools
• She said The New York Times was ignoring the debate about the city's schools and curriculum

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

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

Which is old to you when it's a woman?

Clocked.

[Tom4784]

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.

[Ammi]

…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…

[LeatherTrumpet]

The backlash against this madness is growing..

[LeatherTrumpet]

interview with brave dad on this link:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc...n-brearley-blm

[Oliver_W]

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.

[Ammi]

….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…

[LeatherTrumpet]

Left-wing activism was the norm at the the school, according to Gutmann, who said family were pressured to "advocate for Black Lives Matter."

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

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.

You should change your user name to angry man.
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..

[GoldHeart]

The dad sounds like an entitled pompous idiot , i bet he'd love an Antebellum festival all dressed in white.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

The dad sounds like an entitled pompous idiot , i bet he'd love an Antebellum festival all dressed in white.

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

[GoldHeart]

Yeah he can send his child wherever he wants, but no amount of money will fix ignorance.

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

His child his money his choice.

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.

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Yeah he can send his child wherever he wants, but no amount of money will fix ignorance.

Do you know about the school in question?....Do you know what they teach and ethics they practice???

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by rusticgal

Do you know about the school in question?....Do you know what they teach and ethics they practice???

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.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

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.

Did you read any part of the letter?

[rusticgal]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

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.

He doesnt want to shield her....he wants her to be able to make her own decisions and not have them made for her

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

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.

You clearly didn’t read the letter, he has spent over 350,000 so far on his daughters education.

If you rock the cradle you should be able to rock the boat.