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OPINION: Why let radical activist narcissists ‘teach’ your kids day in and day out … especially in a red state?
Studies indicate American parents are voting with their feet when it comes to their children’s schooling.
Since 2019, traditional public schools have lost over a million kids, while those being homeschooled increased by almost two million, and enrollment in private/charter schools saw increases of up to four percent and 15 percent respectively.
How can this be? The American Federation of Teachers’ Randi Weingarten and the National Education Association’s Becky Pringle constantly tell us how great our public school teachers are.
Of course, Weingarten (pictured) and Pringle are hard-leftists. Nevertheless, I’d wager most Americans wouldn’t care much that their kids’ teachers are progressive — provided they keep their yap shut about their politics and don’t try to indoctrinate their charges.
But, unfortunately, this seems to be happening more and more. A situation in Oklahoma provides some insight.
In response to a state law (House Bill 1775 which The Oklahoman claims “prohibits schools from covering certain concepts on race and gender”), English teacher Summer Boismier erected a protest of sorts in her classroom by covering up bookshelves with butcher paper complete with marquees of “Books the state doesn’t want you to read.”
Make good note of that message.
Boismier also included a QR code for students which directs to the Brooklyn Public Library’s collection of “banned” books.
Now, what does Oklahoma’s HB 1775 actually say? Here’s the relevant part for the public school teachers:
No teacher, administrator or other employee of a school district, charter school or virtual charter school shall require or make part of a course the following concepts:
— one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex,
— an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously,
— an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex,
— members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex,
— an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex,
— an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex,
— any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex, or
— meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist or were created by members of a particular race to oppress members of another race.
Regular readers of The College Fix will recognize much of this contradicts critical theory, especially critical race theory, and hence this is why leftists are up in arms. Boismier even told her students the law was a “bigoted effort to legislate values.”
The marquees on Boismier’s bookshelf coverings (again, “Books the state doesn’t want you to read”) seem to me a tacit admission she was breaking the law (HB 1775). In essence, Boismier pulled a Larry Bird in the ’87 NBA Finals — when he literally told the Lakers right before his game-winning shot how he would do it.
The still-novice educator Boismier — garbed in an “Educating is Activism” shirt — told The Oklahoman “I can’t think of a single example in history where the folks who have been banning the books turn out to be the quote-unquote good guys. I am wholesale opposed to restricting access to information.”
And then the exclamation point: “As far as ideology goes, I do believe the classroom is an inherently political space. I do not mean partisan. Speaking is political, but silence is also political. If I had no choice but to be political, I’m going to err on the side of compassion and inclusivity.”
How, by telling white kids they’re automatically “privileged”? By teaching “pejorative stereotypes of how white people think, speak, and act“? Because this is what HB 1775 prohibits.
Although critics have said HB 1775 is “alarmingly vague,” the prohibition against critical theory-style brainwashing seems clear enough to me. Former Oklahoma Education Secretary Ryan Walters said “Teachers can know as long as they teach academics without indoctrination they’re fine.”
Boismier ended up opting to resign her teaching position after a meeting with district officials regarding her “protest.” She then had her teaching license revoked in mid-2024. After some time away, Boismier returned to the Sooner State and said she’d “like to return to teaching” now that Walters has moved on from his position.
Former Oklahoma teacher Summer Boismier is challenging the revocation of her teaching license in federal court.
— News 9 (@NEWS9) November 18, 2025
She says her protest of HB 1775 led to retaliation, and she’s now seeking reinstatement and other changes.https://t.co/nZLbkNs7TU pic.twitter.com/xNUwU11Zkm
But she’s suing Walters and members of the State Board of Education in federal court claiming they “should have known they were breaking the law” when they revoked her license. Boismier earlier had sued Walters for defamation, but that case was dismissed.
Boismier added she’ll “continue her legal fight ‘however long it takes,'” literally playing the role of a social justice warrior.
Who knows how her situation ultimately will play out. One thing’s for certain, however: If Boismier’s successful — gets her teaching license back and gets back into a classroom — controversy surely will continue to follow her. Oklahoma, after all, is a heavily red state that Donald Trump won 66 percent to 32 percent last year.
Alas, social justice warriors thrive on such. They know better than you, and constantly want to prove it. And this is what university education departments are unleashing upon the public more and more.
Thank goodness, at least for now, Americans can still choose to avoid them.
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