“In… schools,” we’re told, “the desire to punish is racialised,” and “white people’s feelings often have outsized consequences on People of Colour.” The example given to illustrate this alleged phenomenon is of a white, female art teacher, Dr Stabler’s immediate predecessor, who “was said to have wept at the end of every school day” and who pursued assault charges against a black student who forcibly cut said teacher’s hair. This assault, presumably intended to humiliate the woman and assert dominance over her, is passed over with remarkable ease by Dr Stabler, as if the “white feelings” of the teacher in question, and the implications of such behaviour – and its accommodation by leftist educators – are unworthy of exploration.

 

Apparently, hearing that your immediate predecessor was assaulted, and reduced to tears on a daily basis – by the same teenagers you’re hoping to teach about art – couldn’t possibly be a warning sign, or have any informational content, beyond a belief that those indulging in the disruption and assault must be steeped in “cultural knowledge,” and are obviously oppressed, and therefore deserving of further latitude.

The woke art teachers are here. Saving us all.