Tucker Carlson reads 'angry' parent's letter to 'woke' private school

On 22 April 2021, Tucker Carlson published this video at YouTube.

In it he reads out most of a scathing 13 April letter 'angry' parent, Andrew Gutmann, mailed to 650 families whose children went to Brearley, a $54,000-a-year, ultra-exclusive school in Manhattan. His own daughter had been a student at the school for the previous seven years.

This, in part, is what Andrew said:

"Our family recently made the decision not to reenroll our daughter at Brearley for the 2021-22 school year... In short, we no longer believe that Brearley’s administration and Board of Trustees have any of our children’s best interests at heart.

Moreover, we no longer have confidence that our daughter will receive the quality of education necessary to further her development into a critically thinking, responsible, enlightened, and civic minded adult. I write to you, as a fellow parent, to share our reasons for leaving the Brearley community but also to urge you to act before the damage to the school, to its community, and to your own child's education is irreparable.

It cannot be stated strongly enough that Brearley’s obsession with race must stop... The administration and the Board of Trustees have displayed a cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and then allowing the school to be captured by that same mob...

I object to the view that I should be judged by the color of my skin. I cannot tolerate a school that not only judges my daughter by the color of her skin, but encourages and instructs her to prejudge others by theirs. By viewing every element of education, every aspect of history, and every facet of society through the lens of skin color and race, we are desecrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and utterly violating the movement for which such civil rights leaders believed, fought, and died.

I object to the charge of systemic racism in this country, and at our school... We have not had systemic racism against Blacks in this country since the civil rights reforms of the 1960s, a period of more than 50 years. To state otherwise is a flat-out misrepresentation of our country's history and adds no understanding to any of today's societal issues. If anything, longstanding and widespread policies such as affirmative action, point in precisely the opposite direction.

I object to a definition of systemic racism, apparently supported by Brearley, that any educational, professional, or societal outcome where Blacks are underrepresented is prima facie evidence of the aforementioned systemic racism, or of white supremacy and oppression. Facile and unsupported beliefs such as these are the polar opposite to the intellectual and scientific truth for which Brearley claims to stand. Furthermore, I call bullshit on Brearley's oft-stated assertion that the school welcomes and encourages the truly difficult and uncomfortable conversations regarding race and the roots of racial discrepancies.

I object to the idea that Blacks are unable to succeed in this country without aid from government or from whites. Brearley, by adopting critical race theory, is advocating the abhorrent viewpoint that Blacks should forever be regarded as helpless victims, and are incapable of success regardless of their skills, talents, or hard work. What Brearley is teaching our children is precisely the true and correct definition of racism.

I object to mandatory anti-racism training for parents, especially when presented by the rent-seeking charlatans of Pollyanna. These sessions, in both their content and delivery, are so sophomoric and simplistic, so unsophisticated and inane, that I would be embarrassed if they were taught to Brearley kindergarteners. They are an insult to parents and unbecoming of any educational institution, let alone one of Brearley's caliber.

I object to Brearley’s vacuous, inappropriate, and fanatical use of words such as 'equity,' 'diversity' and 'inclusiveness.' If Brearley’s administration was truly concerned about so-called 'equity,' it would be discussing the cessation of admissions preferences for legacies, siblings, and those families with especially deep pockets. If the administration was genuinely serious about 'diversity,' it would not insist on the indoctrination of its students, and their families, to a single mindset, most reminiscent of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Instead, the school would foster an environment of intellectual openness and freedom of thought. And if Brearley really cared about 'inclusiveness,' the school would return to the concepts encapsulated in the motto 'One Brearley,' instead of teaching the extraordinarily divisive idea that there are only, and always, two groups in this country: victims and oppressors.

l object to Brearley’s advocacy for groups and movements such as Black Lives Matter, a Marxist, anti-family, heterophobic, anti-Asian and anti-Semitic organization that neither speaks for the majority of the Black community in this country, nor in any way, shape or form, represents their best interests.

I object to, as we have been told time and time again over the past year, that the school’s first priority is the safety of our children. For goodness sake, Brearley is a school, not a hospital! The number one priority of a school has always been, and always will be, education. Brearley’s misguided priorities exemplify both the safety culture and 'cover-your-ass' culture that together have proved so toxic to our society and have so damaged the mental health and resiliency of two generations of children, and counting.

I object to the gutting of the history, civics, and classical literature curriculums. I object to the censorship of books that have been taught for generations because they contain dated language potentially offensive to the thin-skinned and hypersensitive (something that has already happened in my daughter's 4th grade class). I object to the lowering of standards for the admission of students and for the hiring of teachers. I object to the erosion of rigor in classwork and the escalation of grade inflation...

We have today in our country, from both political parties, and at all levels of government, the most unwise and unvirtuous leaders in our nation’s history. Schools like Brearley are supposed to be the training grounds for those leaders. Our nation will not survive a generation of leadership even more poorly educated than we have now, nor will we survive a generation of students taught to hate its own country and despise its history.

Lastly, I object, with as strong a sentiment as possible, that Brearley has begun to teach what to think, instead of how to think. I object that the school is now fostering an environment where our daughters, and our daughters’ teachers, are afraid to speak their minds in class for fear of 'consequences.' I object that Brearley is trying to usurp the role of parents in teaching morality, and bullying parents to adopt that false morality at home. I object that Brearley is fostering a divisive community where families of different races, which until recently were part of the same community, are now segregated into two. These are the reasons why we can no longer send our daughter to Brearley.

Over the past several months, I have personally spoken to many Brearley parents as well as parents of children at peer institutions. It is abundantly clear that the majority of parents believe that Brearley’s antiracism policies are misguided, divisive, counterproductive and cancerous. Many believe, as I do, that these policies will ultimately destroy what was until recently, a wonderful educational institution...

Contact the administration and the Board of Trustees and demand an end to the destructive and anti-intellectual claptrap known as antiracism. And if changes are not forthcoming then demand new leadership... Silence is no longer an option.

Respectfully,

Andrew Guttman."

Well said, Andrew!

What you say here needed saying. What you say here must be said repeatedly, by all manner of of newly emboldened folk. Let the bad guys feel our outrage! Let them fear the probable consequences of their aggressive and dishonest engineering of our childrens' thoughts and beliefs!

'Brave New World,' '1984' and 'Animal Farm' were meant to warn the world of the the dangers of the totalitarian mindset, not to encourage them!

Jane Fried, (@JaneJfried) Brearley's 'woke,' on-message headmistress, responded as we might expect. 

The cited letter was, according to her, 'deeply offensive and harmful!' She added:

"Many have written to say that they found the opinions expressed in the letter to be deeply offensive and harmful, and we agree," Fried wrote. "This afternoon, I and others who work closely with Upper School students met with more than one hundred of them, many of who told us that they felt frightened and intimidated by the letter and the fact that it was sent directly to their homes.

We express our unequivocal support for our Black, Asian, Indigenous, Multiracial and Latinx students, faculty, staff, and alums. Many of our students of color, especially those who identify as Black, felt that the letter questioned their belonging in the Brearley community. Their belonging and their excellence are unquestionable."

Yep, that's how it's done.  

Do your damnedest to make anyone who disagrees with the company's Marxist agenda feel ashamed, guilty and fearful for ever having dared to speak out! At the same time, of course, one must NEVER address any of the issues raised by those who question one's 'woke' philosophy.

Oh yes, we can be sure that cancel culture will do its damnedest to cancel Andrew Guttman. Sadly for Jane and co., I doubt that they'll succeed, too many are applauding Andrew's condemnation of the Brearley method.

And there's another thing: Andrew, until recently, was an investment banker. He's also Jewish. I find it difficult to imagine the PC Crowd risking, or even wanting, a public tussle with a Jewish banker.