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# Institutional Racism and Bigotry in the Classroom
- URL: https://goodoil.news/institutional-racism-and-bigotry-in-the-classroom/
- Published: 2021-04-27T02:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-26T09:14:26.000Z
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: AUS Politics, Education, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

> “In the language of Orthanc, help means ruin, and saving means slaying”  
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> J. R. R. Tolkien, *The Lord of the Rings*.

This short speech shows that Tolkien was as clear-eyed as Orwell about the nature of totalitarianism. Saruman the wizard, as **Tom Shippey** has pointed out, is very much a modern figure: all *realpolitik* and totalitarianism. His deadliest power is his voice, which he uses to flatter, deceive or bully, as required. Only the gruff, down-to-earth Gimli sees through the propaganda.

We live in a world of Sarumans and their worm-tongued minions. In their language, “diversity” means conformity, and “inclusion” means the most brutal bullying and exclusion.

> A Melbourne mayor has apologised to parents after a female youth worker ordered Year 11 boys to stand up in class and labelled them “oppressors” for being white, male and Christian.  
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> Parents and councillors are calling for the worker to be sacked over the incident, which occurred during a “diversity and inclusion” session last week.

Try and spot the “inclusion” in the following:

> The Kingston Youth Services worker held a talk about privilege, pronouns and “intersectionality” at the state-run Parkdale Secondary College in Melbourne’s southeast on Wednesday.  
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> **She told the boys to stand up if they were “white”, “male” and “Christian” before telling them they were responsible for being “privileged” and “oppressors”.**  
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> A female Year 11 student told the newspaper pupils were “shocked” by the presentation and that the male students had felt “ashamed” and “targeted”.  
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> “It was so messed up, we thought for a moment it was a joke, but then we realised it wasn’t and we were so upset and angry by it all,” the 16-year-old said.  
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> “She basically said straight, white, Christian males were oppressors and they held all the power and privilege in ­society. We were shocked but **it was quite difficult to say anything because she was also talking about LGBTQI+ and if you spoke out against that you feared you’d be called homophobic**.”

“Phobia” is the Big Lie of the new totalitarianism. By labelling even the mildest disagreement a “phobia”, the totalitarians have ipso facto declared dissenting opinions to be not just wrong, but pathological.

> The Kingston Youth Services website describes its “diversity and inclusion” program offered to schools as “suited to all students”.  
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> **“Youth Services believes that diversity and inclusion of any kind starts with a foundation of empathy and respect,” the description says.**  
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> “The Diversity and Inclusion Program explores a variety of themes around how diverse, inclusive and safe spaces can be created and with the support of Youth Services embark on a **respectful discussion** around a variety of topics including disability, LGBTIQA+, culture and race.”  
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> [Herald-Sun](https://www.heraldsun.com.au/education-victoria/parkdale-secondary-college-students-in-shock-after-being-labelled-oppressors/news-story/d423db2fd5e3526e960771fd3a8b7c8c?ref=goodoil.news)

The language of Orthanc, indeed.

This is far from the first time this has happened, of course. Only a few weeks ago, boys at another school in Victoria were [forced to apologise for their gender](https://goodoil.news/school-forces-boys-to-apologise-for-their-gender/) in front of the entire school. It was a classic Maoist “struggle session”.

There have been even more anecdotal reports, before these. For instance, a Tasmanian university lecturer branding a student as a “fascist”, simply for being Christian.

**So, the question becomes, now, not what steps will be taken in this instance, but just [how widely is this disturbing, racist garbage](https://goodoil.news/these-parents-and-teachers-have-had-enough-of-woke-classrooms-and-critical-race-theory/) being taught behind closed classroom doors in our schools?**

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