A California high school English teacher claimed that she undermines “white supremacy” in her classroom by educating students about the overemphasis placed on writing rules and grammar usage.
According to Fox News, as a tenured English teacher at Oroville High School, Marta Shaffer began this school year by teaching parts of linguistics as a way of “fighting white supremacy in my classes.” She posted on TikTok that her goal was to be “inclusive of all kinds of ways we use the language.”
Shaffer said, “As an educator, I am constantly worried if I’m the problem. What do I mean by that? Well, public education is an institution that upholds lots of problematic systems in our society, like white supremacy and misogyny and colonization, et cetera.” Read more…
