A New Ally Has Joined the Revolt Against Wokeness: Minorities | Opinion
education on sensitive issues. Maryland law says parents must have the right to pull their kids from classes on "human sexuality." But the Montgomery School District decreed that teaching on sexual and gender identity does not fall under the banner of "human sexuality," and so every kid should sit through it, regardless of the religious beliefs of his or her parents.The Muslim parents have a straightforward request: that school districts "respect the rights and sincerely held beliefs of parents and children," in the words of Zainab Chaudry of the Maryland branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
And yet for making this perfectly legitimate plea, Muslim parents have been damned as stooges of evil whites. "This issue has unfortunately put some...
Muslim families on the same side of an issue as white supremacists and outright bigots," said Maryland Democratic Councilmember, Kristin Mink. (She later apologized for her comments.)Clashes between woke agitators and minority parents are becoming commonplace.
In Glendale in California this month, some parents withdrew their kids from school Pride celebrations. Armenian and Latino parents were among those who did not want their children to be subjected to rainbow re-education on sex and gender.
