South Carolina teacher's CRT lesson accused of race-shaming against White people: 'I hope I don't get fired'

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A South Carolina public school teacher has been accused by some of her
students of "indoctrination studies" and causing them to feel ashamed to
be White.

Mary Wood is an advanced English language teacher in Chapin High School
located in Lexington-Richland County School District Five. This past year
some students complained about lessons, which she had delivered in prior
years, to school board trustee Elizabeth Barnhardt.

According to an opinion article the trustee wrote Saturday, Wood began her
lesson by stating, "Hopefully, I don't get fired for this."

"Anyone who opens their remarks, including a teacher, with [those]… words
already knows they are walking on shaky ground on whether what they are
doing is right or not," Barnhardt said.

One of Wood's lessons included the book "Between the World and Me" by Ta-
Nehisi Coates which infamously called 9/11 heroes "menaces."

Coates wrote about 9/11 responders, "They were not human to me. Black,
white, or whatever, they were menaces of nature; they were the fire, the
comet, the storm, which could — with no justification — shatter my body."

In the same book, he referred to "White America" as a "syndicate" designed
to "dominate and control our bodies."

A student reported that the teacher "prepared" them for the Coates book by
introducing two videos which made them feel "uncomfortable."

One of the videos was titled "Structural Discrimination: The Unequal
Opportunity Race." It was a metaphor of critical race theory concepts
expressed using a track competition of White people racing against Black
people. It showed White people gleefully winning, acquiring money, while
barriers like rocks, red lights, cages and brick walls were presented in
front of the Black runners.

In one instance, the White people condescendingly said, "Bye, bye" as they
passed by the Black runners who were prohibited from competing. Another
section showed a White person being advantaged by "Privilege," an "Old Boy
Network" while a Black runner was blocked by a brick wall, which said,
"Dead End."

The trustee responded stating, "The teaching and videos are part of what
is also known as DEI, discrimination, exclusion, and indoctrination
studies. This includes another tenet called ‘identity politics’ which
makes one’s identity the focal point of any perceived or imagined
discrimination, ie, race, sex (what many wrongly call gender today),
sexual preferences, social status, etc."

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Wood responded to the allegations on Sunday's "The Mehdi Hasan Show."

"I had no concerns about teaching this lesson. I had vetted it before,"
she said.

"I think it's important to mention that the goal wasn't to say, ‘Read this
and then agree with what is being presented.’ The goal was to say, 'Here
is an argument. Now you research on your own afterwards and determine if
what you have done is valid," she continued.

However, a student accused the teacher of "indoctrination" under the guise
of presenting different points of view. Fox News Digital asked Wood about
alternative views she presented vis-à-vis Coates but did not immediately
get a response.

A student said, "This past week, my teacher presented two videos tiled
'The Unequal Opportunity Race' and ‘Systemic Racism Explained.’ Prior to
showing these video clips, Mrs. Wood spent 20 minutes expressing her
personal opinion, telling us she felt these videos to be true. Hearing her
opinion and watching these videos made me feel uncomfortable. I actually
felt ashamed to be Caucasian."

Critical race theory holds that America is systemically racist and puts
people into oppressor or oppressed categories on the basis of their
supposed privilege. Its founding theorists believed that discrimination
against privileged groups can combat past discrimination.

The teacher was purportedly asked by the school to change her lessons.

The district released a statement to Fox News Digital, which said, "Daily
operations of School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties are
governed by School Board Policies. These policies state that matters
concerning academic freedom are to be handled between teachers and
administration. As a result, School District Five has no further public
comment."

Wood was contacted for comment and did not immediately respond.


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