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Idaho teacher Sarah Inama is defying her school district’s order to remove classroom posters promoting inclusivity, including one stating, "Everyone is welcome here."

The district claims the signs violate a policy requiring "content-neutral" decorations and argues that classrooms should be "distraction-free" environments.

Inama initially removed them but later rehung them, arguing the only opposing view to inclusion is exclusion.

Legal counsel upheld the district’s stance, giving her until the school year’s end to comply. Inama refuses, risking her job, and has received widespread support from the community and educators nationwide.

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[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 118 points 1 day ago (7 children)

How is "everyone is welcome" not "content -neutral"?

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 87 points 1 day ago

Because it doesn't express support for fascism.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 56 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The message was supposedly fine, but you can't have it delivered by someone with brown skin.

Seriously: "the district told the Statesman that it was not the message that was at issue, but rather the hands of different skin tones on the poster."

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/education/article301972094.html

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wow. What colour hands would they recommend? Let me guess...

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago

Maybe the two vampire hands were the problem.

[–] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 44 points 1 day ago

Acknowledging that there is a goal of equality within society at all is now legally non-neutral. There is legal pressure to allow white supremacy, patriarchy, and xenophobic christian nationalism to exist as they are without any pressure to change them. To acknowledge that disadvantaged classes of people exist and face discrimination in any form is illegal, or at least that is their intent.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It doesn’t support cishet white males, obviously

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

It actually does, but it supports other people too. That's the bit they can't stand.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

It doesn’t support cishet white males, ~~obviously~~ exclusively

Ftfy.

[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

bro the sign is in a classroom in a country which is an oligarchy. Promoting equality amongst the next generation of workers goes against the interests of the oligarchs who financially control the country

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

Some of the letters are printed in colors almost as scary as the colors of a rainbow. That's the only "offensive to idiots" thing I can possibly come up with.

[–] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe 8 points 1 day ago

Because neutrality is oppression.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Inama initially removed them but later rehung them, arguing the only opposing view to inclusion is exclusion.

Smart teacher. That is, indeed, the only logical stance.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don't do logic in the present day US.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

It’s more about the teacher than those who are in charge. That logical conclusion is also the only morale one. I hope she stays strong and fights this oppression.

[–] RainbowHedgehog@lemm.ee 46 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

Thought they believed “all lives matter”?🤔

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 44 points 1 day ago

They also go on about free speech. Their words mean nothing.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

All cishet white male conservative lives matter.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

What made you think that? It was always a transparent lie.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago

They don’t have principles.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

they believe in the status quo. really, truly, and deeply. any threat to the status quo is perceived as a dangerous move away from freedom. when black people say that the status quo is fueled by blood, the right hears a dangerous move to authoritarian communism. the past 80 years have seen our society establish an oppressive hegemony meant to stand counter to the oppressive hegemony of bolshevik branded fascism. the result is what many people call neo-liberal fascism. the aspects of bolshevism we sought to counterbalance were:

  • overt propaganda (the counter propaganda was the CIA's promotion of "show, don't tell")
  • atheism (counter propaganda is the addition of "under god" to the pledge of allegience and adding "in god we trust" to everything everywhere)
  • centrally planned economy in which a core political party controls the means of production (counter propaganda to this is an unplanned economy in which a core politcal elite group controls the means of production)

i could go on, but you get the idea. functionally both arrangements are oppressive and cruel. but for the people these systems comfort, they don't see the oppression and cruelty. ironically, they usually do see the cruelty of the other side for exactly what it is. this is because existing outside that hegemony, they can see what's really going on better than the people steeped in it.

so anyway. when black people say "the hegemony doesn't work for us. mass incarceration is a form of slavery, our lack of access to upward mobility in this system is a form of slavery, and your willingness to kill us all is objectively cruel" the people who have been propagandized to think this is as good as it can get interpret what's being said as something that isn't being said at all. it's how tomi lahren can trick people into thinking the real meaning of "black lives matter" is "black lives matter more": the people she's tricking already on some level think that's what's being said, so she's just confirming something they were already thinking might be being said.

if you've read 1984 you probably understand this next part already. 1984 was about the society we are currently seeing collapse. the reason it seems so much like right now is 1984 is because 1984 is a literary description of how every hegemony ever has worked. there's always three super powers that play off each other to exploit the workers, there's always some far off place where the superpowers exploit the resources under the guise of a proxy war to spread their own ideology and limit the spread of the others. the point has never been the ideologies, but rather the amassation of wealth to the elite.

what we are seeing right now is a result of the dissolution of the soviet union as one of the three super powers vying for global dominance. our imperial core has taken 35 years to adjust its hegemonic propaganda to match. it seems more obvious now because the superpowers are trying to figure out how to dominate us for the next century. it's easier to be aware this is all happening because it's all happening out in the open.

but what you are seeing with the absolute incongruence of the "all lives matter" free speech absolutists is that some people have been so deeply propagandized to sleep a la brave new world that they can't possibly imagine they need to be liberated or that they should act in solidarity with oppressed minorities.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 35 points 19 hours ago

Take notes everyone, this is just one small example of what "fuck you, make me" looks like. This teacher has more spine than Chuck Schumer and half of our administrative state.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 29 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Can she have a sign that says “Apparently some are not welcome here” then?

[–] sowitzer@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

Some are more equal that others.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fascists Enforce Their Draconian White Supremacist Rules

Media needs to grow an ethical backbone and start calling out these pricks and their policies for what they are.

[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I agree, however, "media" (and news corps specifically) have to be very careful about libel in order to avoid being sued into oblivion.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago

If student artwork is allowed, as the administration states, she needs to have a word with the art teacher. A sign just like hers with real student handprints would be even better than the purchased poster.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

If she needs to exclude someone just put everyone is welcome, except fascists. That should meet the requirements?

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Can we get a location rule? Like [USA, Idaho] at the end of the title? We know it's the USA, but it'd bw nice to know where. Also, state or country names when it's just a city or town. Like I'm supposed to know if it's Paris France or Paris Illinois.

[–] xye@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago

It’s in the summary but I agree with the sentiment. For example, there has been an influx of conservatives to Idaho (the one in the article) from neighboring states like California and Oregon which they believe have become too “liberal” makes sign of the cross. So location can be extremely useful for context as well as geography.

[–] Captain_CapsLock@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

https://www.westada.org/

As close as I could get. I couldn't find in a brief search of the site if there was a staff lookup. But I'm pretty sure you can look up an licensed teacher if you know what state they're in, which Is how I found that she's licensed and active in that district.

[–] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

I live nearby. Yes. West Ada School district in Ada county.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Might have held that back for retribution? School staffing is public knowledge, so it would take no time at all to find who and where this is.

It would have been smarter to use an alias and then at least give a district.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The article does state Idaho, but it bwould be nice to see if it's relevant.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Just be out with it. Put up a sign ironically that says: "colored not welcome" since that's what they obviously want

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 9 points 16 hours ago

This is fucking insane. I think I'm going to go hyperventilate for a while.

[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 8 points 1 day ago

Remember, with Republicans, cruelty is the point!

At least they are teaching reality, in this one particular instance at least.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I mean. You don't wanna lie to the non-whites and female kids

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 17 hours ago

This is really because it currently invites vampires