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Teacher’s union president blames racist testing for dismal student scores: ‘junk science rooted in white supremacy’

August 12, 2024 | | Print Article

The standard reaction of black leftists to criticism is to blame their own failings on an allegedly racist system and a “white supremacy” that only exists within their own minds.

That was the case with Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Stacy Davis Gates who insisted that the miserable student performance on standardized tests despite the district’s spending of $29,028 per student a year is due to – you guessed it – racism and white supremacy.

Gates made her outlandish claim during an interview with a local black radio station that’s been drawing attention on social media.

“When you hear individuals cite the reading levels, and the math levels of the students, and their visceral, reflexive response is to say ‘how is more money going to fix that? Don’t they have enough money?’” The host asked.

“Look at what these students are achieving now because we do have so many students that are not reading at grade level,” he continued. “So many students not at math level. What do you say to that constituency that feels like CTU is already well taken care of and they probably gets more than they need?”

“When people talk about achievement, as a classroom teacher I know that it is not linear, and the way in which we think about learning and think about achievement is really and truly based on testing,” Gates answered.

“Which at best is junk science rooted in white supremacy,” she added. “Now if you have another hour I can get into why standardized tests are born out of the eugenics movement, and the eugenics movement has always sought to see black people as inferior to those that are non-black.”

Gates is the same teacher’s union president who demanded $50 billion from taxpayers and who sent her own child to a private school after calling school choice racist.

Her sad but typical take was slammed by X users.

There’s always an excuse, and it’s always the same one.

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