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Las iniciativas educativas de Walz muestran que su objetivo para Estados Unidos es destruirlo

El candidato a vicepresidente Tim Walz “dice” que quiere destruir a Estados Unidos, no expresamente; pero con perfecta claridad. El portavoz de Walz y gurú de la educación, Brian Lozenski, en realidad lo dijo expresamente. en el incrustado videoLozenski, a quien Walz nombró para elaborar un plan de estudios de “estudios étnicos” para los niños de Minnesota, pide el derrocamiento de Estados…

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An associate college professor who was appointed to the Minnesota State Department of Education by Gov. Tim Walz called for the U.S. to be "overthrown" and "deconstructed" in a video posted over two years ago. Walz is now the vice presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. 

Brian Lozenski, Ph.D., is an associate professor of urban and multicultural education in the Education Studies Department at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to his personal blog.

He is also affiliated with several organizations, such as the Education for Liberation Network, or EdLib MN, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent, and the Twin Cities Solidarity Committee.

Lozenski was appointed to the state’s department of education by Walz to help write the framework of ethnic studies standards, as well.

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In a video first reported on by the National Review and posted to YouTube on June 19, 2022, by The Solidarity Network, Lozenski spoke about his research with a panel. He even touched on Critical Race Theory, a school of thought that generally focuses on how power structures and institutions affect racial minorities. The video was removed from YouTube late Wednesday evening.

"We don’t use critical race theory in school," Lozenski said. "The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States, as constructed, is irreversibly racist. So, if the nation state, as constructed, is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with. It must be overthrown.

"We can be like, ‘Oh no, critical race theory is just about telling our stories and diversity,’" he added. "It’s not about that. It’s about overgrowth. It is insurgent."

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Lozenski also told the panel they need to be more honest with that idea because many people do not understand critical race theory.

"It’s an anti-state theory that says the United States needs to be deconstructed, period," Lozenski said.

Fox News Digital has reached out to both Walz and Lozenski for comment on the statements the department of education appointee made.

According to a Wall Street Journal article last month, the Walz administration in Minnesota has relied on committed political activists like Lozenski to design and guide the implementation of the state’s education agenda.

One of the groups Lozenski is part of, EdLib MN, is focused on becoming a political force in Minnesota and to "contend with the status quo of colonial education that prioritizes Eurocentric curricula," according to its website.

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It's sedition for a person to make such a call to action of others. It's treason when that person is a citizen of said government.

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In Shocking Video, Tim Walz’s Education Adviser Urges Overthrow of America

n a stunning video brought to public attention by National Review, Brian Lozenski, a leading authority on critical race theory who is Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s most important education adviser, calls explicitly for the “overthrow” of America.

Here are the highlights of what Lozenski says in the video flagged by National Review contributing editor Stanley Kurtz, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center:

The first tenet of critical race theory is that the United States as constructed is irreversibly racist. So if the nation-state as constructed is irreversibly racist, then it must be done with. It must be overthrown. And so we can’t be like, ‘Oh, no, critical race theory is just about telling our stories, and diversity.’ It’s not about that. It’s about overthrow. It’s insurgent. And we need to be, I think, more honest with that. …

You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S.

Critical race theory, the ideology injected by the woke Left into schools across the country, holds that America is “systemically racist,” that racism is in our DNA. The implications of this belief are clear enough to anyone interested in reasoning them out.

But never before have we heard a leading advocate of critical race theory say out loud that CRT is aimed at overthrowing America. Lozenski isn’t a marginal figure; he is a nationally known activist and academic and the foremost authority on “ethnic studies” in Minnesota.

He also is typical of the “destructive Left” that wants to overthrow America.   

Walz, who is Kamala Harris’ choice for vice president, may not have seen this particular video. But the former social studies teacher certainly knows the purpose of ethnic studies. It’s the centerpiece of his education program in Minnesota.

Walz appointed Lozenski to lead the committee that developed the Minnesota ethnic studies standards on which curricula will be based. As governor, Walz has seen to it that these standards will be enforced in every grade and every required subject in every public school.

If the video becomes an issue, Walz of course will try to distance himself from Lozenski. But this will be difficult: Walz’s fingerprints are all over this radical initiative.

Katherine Kersten, a senior policy fellow at the Center of the American Experiment in Minneapolis, gives us a flavor of the new Walz-Lozenski standards:

First graders must “identify examples of ethnicity, equality, liberation, and systems of power” and “use those examples to construct meanings for those terms.”

Fourth graders must “identify the processes and impacts of colonization and examine how discrimination and the oppression of various racial and ethnic groups have produced resistance movements.” 

High school students are told to “develop an analysis of racial capitalism” and “anti-Blackness” and are taught to view themselves as members of “racialized hierarchies” based on “dominant European beauty standards.”

Although to the average parent the jargon here is (intentionally) impenetrable, virtually every word or term points to the overthrow of America. 

Walz even tried to mandate ethnic studies for students who were being homeschooled or attending private religious schools.

School boards across Minnesota are required to ensure that curricula and instructional materials are compliant with ethnic studies-related ideology. In obtaining a license to teach, aspiring teachers need to understand how “white supremacy” undermines “pedagogical equity.” 

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Tom Klingenstein

Nov 1, 2024

Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are prepared to wage war on America. 

Let me explain. Walz’s most important education advisor is Brian Lozenski, a professor of “urban and multicultural education” at Macalester College. Lozenski is a prominent national voice in the world of critical race theory (CRT), and the foremost authority on CRT in Minnesota. CRT holds that everything about American society is racist. Everything—American values, from patriotism and hard work; American institutions, from the traditional family to religion; and American policies, from secure borders to energy independence. Racism, say the critical race theorists, is in America’s DNA.

In a recently unearthed video, Brian Lozenski puts it even more directly: “America is irreversibly racist…[and] must be overthrown.” In case you missed his meaning, he goes on to say, “You can’t be a critical race theorist and be pro-U.S.”

This is a declaration of war. It could not be any clearer. 

Tim Walz appointed Lozenski to a key curriculum committee tasked with developing “ethnic studies” standards for instruction in every grade, in every required class, in every public school in Minnesota. (Ethnic studies is a cousin of CRT and, like CRT, has the “overthrow” of America in its sights.) Under the proposed standards, as described by Katherine Kersten of the Center of the American Experiment:

“First-graders must ‘identify examples of ethnicity, equality, liberation and systems of power’ and ‘use those examples to construct meanings for those terms.’” (Yes, first-graders.)

“High school students are told to ‘develop an analysis of racial capitalism’ and ‘anti-Blackness’ and are taught to view themselves as members of ‘racialized hierarchies’ based on ‘dominant European beauty standards.’”

Ethnic studies is the centerpiece of Walz’s education agenda, and Lozenski is the leader of the ethnic studies initiative. Nor is this radical program simply something that has bubbled up from below. According to Kersten, Walz himself “has used both legislation and administrative rulemaking to achieve…radical Ethnic Studies instruction... Between 2021 and 2023, Walz proposed and pushed Ethnic Studies in a series of ‘governor’s policy and budget bills’ at the Minnesota Legislature.”

This is the Democrats’ nominee for vice president of the United States of America.

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It is impossible to create an honest implementation framework for Governor Walz’s new ethnic-studies standards without making the radicalism of those standards crystal clear. At points, they are flat-out anti-American.

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Module 4: Creating culturally responsive teaching and learning environments

Working on this blog while currently vacationing in Puerto Rico, I find myself really appreciating culture and even planning for the future when I will be responsible for making all students feel welcome in my classroom. Your Brain on Culture talked about how we are raised and the influence it has on brain development. To tie that to my experience in Puerto Rico, I wanted to give a shout out to all of the folks here who are bilingual. The depth of their cognition for having this skill doubles in my opinion. I have been wanting to learn Spanish for a while but never made it a priority, which seems silly now that I see so many people who have taken the time to learn my language. Now, I think I will be much more motivated because I have a love for this part of the world and I want to be fully immersed in their culture the next time that I visit. 

I am so glad that I chose to switch blog topics and have my module four reaction focus on creating culturally responsive teaching and learning environments. I first realized that I could connect these two after going back through and reviewing Hammond’s interview. She defines culturally responsive as the teacher’s ability to recognize the strengths that diverse students exhibit and applaud them in a way that brings about positivity in their performance. The way a teacher makes their students feel welcome is a very important part of creating a safe and hospitable environment. I also thought that it was comical when she mentioned how most teachers defined culturally responsive as recognizing foreign holidays or incorporating hip hop. I took a class about instructional practices for ELL students in my undergrad in 2012 and this is exactly what they were teaching us at that point in time lol.

I could rewatch Jose’s story many times over. His definition of an American strongly adheres to mine; someone who is hard working, proud, and WANTS to be here. During the last election, I became so tired of hearing people threaten to move to a different country if one candidate or the other was elected. There are people all over the world who are dying to come to America and it’s pitiful to me that those who were born with that prerogative would take their citizenship for granted. I think part of my responsibility in creating a culturally responsive teaching environment will be to reflect the definition of an American by teaching students to work hard, be proud of wherever they came from, and expect them to demonstrate the same beliefs that I have as an American, which are to be accepting of others differences and encourage various types of learning strategies. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJH1IKqF8PA

As for the other two videos, Brian Lozenski introduced a great term to me when he talked about, “doubling down” on students. This is the phenomenon when we expect them to know something that they haven’t had a lot of experience with and then punish them for not doing well. I want to ensure that I never engage in this type of behavior but to say that your students are never going to disagree with you is unrealistic. I hope that creating a classroom culture where students aren’t afraid to challenge you if something is bothering them would be the best way to avoid this. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX9vgD7iTqw

I didn’t know what to think of the final video when I first watched it because I didn’t feel as though he and I had a lot in common. I found another way to connect his message to culturally responsive teaching. I partook in an author’s institute class this summer on children’s literature. One of the author’s wrote a wonderful story called Drawn Together. It was about a Thai family experiencing something similar to the idea of the “third generation kid.” The little boy was visiting his grandfather and felt disconnected because of a language barrier. Soon, they discovered that they both had a love of drawing that helped them to communicate and eventually establish a close bond. I think that whether I got a job as a teacher in the primary grades, or a highschool counselor, I would be able to incorporate this title to enhance my culturally responsive learning environment. This problem occurs frequently, I’m sure and it would be great if I could use the ideas that I learned in my graduate studies to support the culture of people where I live and work. This is the type of thing that would make the cost of schooling priceless!   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RCmgMKJRy8