City Journal|Bari Weiss
The dissidents use pseudonyms and turn off their videos when they meet for clandestine Zoom calls. They are usually coordinating soccer practices and carpools, but now they come together to strategize. They say that they could face profound repercussions if anyone knew they were talking.
But the situation of late has become too egregious for emails or complaining on conference calls. So one recent weekend, on a leafy street in West Los Angeles, they gathered in person and invited me to join.
In a backyard behind a four-bedroom home, ten people sat in a circle of plastic Adirondack chairs, eating bags of Skinny Pop. These are the rebels: well-off Los Angeles parents who send their children to Harvard-Westlake, the most prestigious private school in the city.
By normal American standards, they are quite wealthy. By the standards of Harvard-Westlake, they are average. These are two-career couples who credit their own success not to family connections or inherited wealth but to their own education. So it strikes them as something more than ironic that a school that costs more than $40,000 a year—a school with Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right hand, and Sarah Murdoch, wife of Lachlan and Rupert’s daughter-in-law, on its board—is teaching students that capitalism is evil.
For most parents, the demonization of capitalism is the least of it. They say that their children tell them they’re afraid to speak up in class. Most of all, they worry that the school’s new plan to become an “anti-racist institution”—unveiled this July, in a 20-page document—is making their kids fixate on race and attach importance to it in ways that strike them as grotesque. more
What makes anyone think that since all of the public schools have been fully infiltrated & taken over by the left, they would not do the same for private schools?
IDIOTS! What willfull dolts!
Make amends, you useful idiots, and make them now!
The attack is “full circle” as
BRIDE of CHUKIE would say.
From the description, hardly elites. Useful tools for the left, maybe. Maybe just stupid.
My school’s math team, of which I was a part, beat Harvard Westlake all 3 years I was there. They aren’t all that. 🙂
Related – my company had 3 required Zoom meetings for Black History Month, is now having 3 for Women’s Month. On today’s call one woman, who is black, introduced herself with a title relating to diversity. She seemed nice, but what a waste of money.
As the head of Danco™ you shouldn’t have to put up with such nonsense.
What I’m sayin’ is, develop a severe stutter for the duration. I think you’re cool as hell, but if you were stuttering all over my zoom call, I’d cut you out of future conference calls.
Actually, I’d go full bastard.
The boss will excuse you from all calls but will still want you to “write something up”.
Oblige him. Type like this…
“P.p.ppp Project.tic.tictic. Projected returns on f.f.f.f.f.f.f. FIRST quarter fis…fis…fis….fiscal dividddddddd ddd dens.” ect.
Stick with me and I’ll get you an executive parking lot before you can say “th..th..tt..th..thanks..B.b.b.b.bbb Burr”.
Fortunately my situation doesn’t require much, I work from home and only deal with a handful of people in the finance department. I actually work through a temp agency – have been at this job nearly 2-1/2 years and the company would rather pay a 110% markup than hire me! But it’s very convenient so I don’t say anything.
Oh, and my school district has had a well-paid diversity czar for many years, a lot has changed since I went to school. What a racket – get paid, and the only way to keep your job is to complain about inequity.
O.K. O.K. stuttering isn’t you’re thing. BUT….stay with me now, what if…. you went online and bought one contact lens from a stage prop company. Viola! Now you have one crossed eye. Just pretend it’s not there and I guarantee you’ll never have to zoom call again.
I think you have the beginnings of a new business there Aaron!
Perhaps after you have developed it into a thriving one DANCO will swallow it up…
You think anyone would notice if I used my incoming FedGov check to pay for some alarming DANCO™ billboards?
Should we stick with “proud makers of SUGAR FREE DYNAMITE!” Or move into promoting “SOYLENT JEANS” “faux” hide line of active wear?
Hold on nah! I need your help offloading my last shipment of KKK-cups. The DNC canceled on me because some soccer mom got offended.
I ask you. How is dark roast offensive???
KKK cups? Easy.
Somewhere on this site there’s an article about somebody protesting Kohls for something.
‘Kohls Kills Karing’ if we’re again’. And ‘Kohls Kindness Korp’ if we’re for.
Oh….and dark roast is offensive because the beans are burnt and everyone knows all the caffeine is in the light roasts.
I hope this helps.