NYS Board of Regents is no place for anti-white racist Shino Tanikawa

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://nypost.com/2022/03/13/nys-board-of-regents-is-no-place-for-racist-
shino-tanikawa/

Maybe the Legislature’s leaders’ reluctance to renew mayoral control of
New York City’s public-school system is more than just an effort to
torture Mayor Eric Adams. Their latest pick for the Board of Regents,
which controls the State Education Department, is certainly a grim sign.

With Speaker Carl Heastie’s Assembly Democrats firmly in control, the
Legislature in joint session this month appointed Shino Tanikawa to a
five-year term on the board as of April 1.

Heastie’s been shifting the Regents to the far left — anti-standards,
anti-choice, anti-accountability — ever since he took over as speaker, but
Tanikawa is his most radical pick yet.

She has a clear record of being anti-testing, arguing that standardized
tests are racist and even seeming to suggest that academic success is an
indicator of white privilege. Critics call her not just anti-white, but
even anti-Asian — at least, anti-Asians-who-support-excellence. (Chinese
language WeChat groups erupted in an uproar when news of her appointment
broke.)

Tanikawa is also an ardent opponent of mayoral control and of charter
schools. The Soho resident has also pushed for eliminating Gifted &
Talented programs, screened admissions to middle and high schools and the
test-in-only entry to specialized high schools.

She once wrote a fellow Manhattan Community Education Council 2 member: “I
have no interest collaborating with you on policy positions until you
exhibit your commitment to anti-racism work” — “anti-racism,” of course,
being the label for outright racism in the name of racial justice.

She also has a history of bad-mouthing parents who disagree with her. As a
key member of the de Blasio School Diversity Advisory Group, she took a
“burn the house down” approach rather than reaching out to find common
ground.

In short, she’s the polar opposite of new city Chancellor David Banks, who
argues that “literacy is equity” — meaning that the best thing public
schools can do for racial justice is make sure kids learn to read, and
then to excel academically.

Worse, her appointment puts the Board of Regents fully in the thrall of
ideologues and teachers-union lackeys dedicated to watering down or
outright eliminating all standards of achievement and excellence.

Fundamentally, until the voters revolt and force Heastie to change course,
state education policy will be set by people fundamentally opposed to
making sure schools teach what kids actually need to learn.

Which, since Adams and Banks are firmly pro-excellence, suggests that
Heastie (with the connivance of state Senate leaders) may actually intend
to kill mayoral control if he’s not forced to do it as part of this
month’s budget resolutions.



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