Thousands of British primary school children are given US-style lessons on 'white privilege' with pupils as young as five being taught controversial race theories

Teachers in thousands of British primary schools are being told to teach pupils as young as five about controversial race theories, with guidance arguing that children are 'never too young' to talk about it.

The Key, a national information service which boasts a £30 million turnover, had provided anti-racism resources for more than 13,000 schools and educational trusts in the UK.

Primary schools pupils are taught about American police brutality and that white children are 'strongly biased' in favour of 'whiteness', in US-style lessons on 'white privilege', it has been claimed.

Teachers are told that while topics like police brutality in the US may not seem age appropriate, they 'are likely to have heard about these issues in the news or discussed them at home.'

Guidance from the information service points towards the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed black man who was murdered by police in Minneapolis in 2020.

Critics have slammed the initiative after claiming that the material is backed by controversial critical race theory, which accepts that racism is entrenched in society.

Authors and academics claim that the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has led to British schools importing anti-racism material.

Tomiwa Owolade, author of This is not America, told The Times that theories that originate in the US do not 'reflect the actual experiences of British children and ethnic minority people in the UK'.

He added: 'Critical race theory came out of American constitutional law. It's the argument that after the end of segregation, America had still failed to improve the lives and conditions of black people.

'That very particular context simply doesn't apply to the UK, because we've never had segregation institutionalised in the UK.'

Campaigners and academics also claim that the research behind the instructions given to teachers for race-related discussions references racial division in the US.

In the guidance, one document titled, 'How to talk to pupils about racism', teachers are told that their pupils are 'never too young' to talk about it.

An infographic in the guidance, which uses data collected in the US, shows that white five-year-olds are 'strongly biased in favour of whiteness'.

The same infographic compares this with the attitudes of their black and 'Latinx' (Latino) classmates, who show no preference towards their own racial groups.

The guidance also urges teachers to not 'shy away from more difficult topics' when discussing differences between people in their classrooms.

Teachers are also encouraged to insist that disadvantaged white children have 'white privilege', even when they 'may not accept it'.

Guidance says that if this is challenged by a pupil who may say 'but I'm gay, poor, female', teachers should say that this 'doesn't erase their white identity'.

Staff are further instructed to 'decolonise' lessons plans and avoid teaching 'white savior narratives', such as centering white abolitionists when teaching children about slavery.

This also includes widening music curriculums to ensure that at least 50 per cent of the musicians or composers are from an ethnic minority background.

Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, director of Don't Divide Us (DDU) and the report's lead author, told The Times that discussions on race with children were important, but criticised the use of critical race theory, which is 'incompatible with educational aims and a democratic society'.

She said that lessons on race should be had 'in an impartial way and through the disciplines', adding: 'The problem is that this is being done in ways which circumvent that impartiality and in classes with children of a very young age.'

Defended its guidance for teachers, managing director of The Key Michael McGarvey said: 'Our job is to support schools with any challenges they face, including engaging with complex topics such as promoting equality and addressing racist or prejudiced attitudes.'

The Key was founded in 2007 as a government pilot to provide 'up-to-the-minute sector intelligence' for education leaders, with more than 120,000 school leaders are said to use the services.

The company provides packages of digital resources, which can cost up to £2,451 per school, boasts that it provides 'reliable, relevant and authoritative knowledge that's ready to use'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12358779/Thousands-British-primary-school-children-given-style-lessons-white-privilege-pupils-young-five-taught-controversial-race-theories.html

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Memphis cops thwart mass shooting at Jewish school by taking down 'former student' armed with a gun as he fired shots and tried to force his way inside

Staff at a Memphis Jewish school have been praised for their quick thinking after they blocked an armed man from entering and then called the police, leading to him being stopped shortly after.

Workers at Margolin Hebrew Academy/Feinstone Yeshiva of the South called police at 12:20pm on Monday to report that a man with a handgun had tried to get into the school, and fired his gun outside.

Michael Masters, CEO of the Secure Community Network, told Jewish Telegraphic Agency the suspect was a male in his 40s who tried to enter the school but was prevented from doing so due to a security system.

Congressman Steve Cohen told The Daily Memphian the suspect was Jewish, and a former student.

On finding the entrance blocked, he fled, but the school shared security camera footage of the suspect and told police he was driving a maroon Ram pickup truck with California tags.

The man was pulled over around three miles from the school.

When he got out, he confronted police with his handgun, and was shot. He has been taken to hospital, and remains in a critical condition.

'Today is a great example of very alert, vigilant officers trying to protect the city,' said Assistant Police Chief Don Crowe.

'I personally truly believe that we have avoided a tragedy. I think the suspect was going to harm somebody before the day was over.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12358425/Memphis-cops-thwart-mass-shooting-Jewish-school-taking-former-student-armed-gun-fired-shots-tried-force-way-inside.html

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Florida university fires professor over dubious racial bias studies, damage to school may be ‘catastrophic’

A Florida university has fired a professor after an investigation concluded he "demonstrated extreme negligence" in the data management of racial bias studies that could cause "unalterable" damage to the school's reputation.

In a scathing five-page termination letter penned by Florida State University's (FUS) Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, James Clark informed criminologist Eric Stewart that decades of his research "once thought to be at the forefront" of the profession were shown to contain "numerous erroneous and "false narratives."

"My specific concerns are related to the details of your behavior and the extreme negligence and incompetence that you demonstrated in the performance of your duties," Clark wrote.

"As outlined in the Notice of Intent to Terminate letter, you demonstrated extreme negligence in basic data management, resulting in an unprecedented number of articles retracted, numerous other articles now in question, with the presence of no backup of the data for the publications in question," he added.

As reported by The College Fix and corroborated by the letter, Stewart had previously refuted the evidence of FSU's misconduct inquiry committee's lengthy investigation and stated the reports "indicate that the misconduct claims were rejected by multiple panel experts."

However, Clark's termination letter to Stewart suggested the criminologist did not take "any meaningful steps" to remedy the situation in the four years since the issues came to light and did not attempt to re-create any of the studies.

"You have not pursued any remedial action, and you have even refused to cooperate with your FSU colleagues and coworkers who requested to work with you on these matters," the letter continued.

He had been at the school for 16 years at the time of his departure.

Stewart left his post in March following the lengthy investigation that began when six race-related studies he co-authored were retracted.

In one paper, Stewart, who made $190,000 per year at FSU, falsely claimed there was a correlation between a criminal's race and the public's desire to see harsher prison sentences for said criminal. However, an investigation revealed no correlation and that the sample size had been increased to yield Stewart's desired outcome.

Justin Pickett, one of the study's co-authors, previously claimed that the "identified discrepancies" in Stewart's work could not be attributed to "researcher error."

"Scientific fraud occurs all too frequently….and I believe it is the most likely explanation for the data irregularities in the five retracted articles," Pickett said.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/florida-university-fires-professor-dubious-racial-bias-studies-damage-school-catastrophic

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