Lead Up To Civil War: "Adultism" Workshop Says Teachers Are Oppressors

Another bunch of racists are complaining about having to interact with white people. From the New York Post: "San Francisco ‘adult supremacy’ workshop brands teachers as oppressors — as fringe trend spreads in California schools." The article explains:

    A San Francisco public school reportedly hosted a workshop on “adult supremacy” — a new woke trend labeling teachers and adults “oppressors” that’s quietly gaining traction in California.

    The confab, held at John O’Connell High School during an “Ethnic Studies Everywhere” weekend seminar in April, was titled “Youth as Knowledge Producers: Challenging Adult Supremacy Through Ethnic Studies,” according to an attendee who spoke with The Post.

    “Due to systemic power dynamics inherently the relationship between students and educators is an oppressive one. Oppressor (educator) & oppressed (student),” a presentation slide explained. 

    The workshop was led by Jennifer Sanchez, a third-year ethnic studies educator in the Central Valley, and convened by Teachers 4 Social Justice, a nonprofit that aims to create “empowering learning environments, more equitable access to resources and power, and realizing a just and caring culture,” according to its website.

    Teachers 4 Social Justice was founded by local teacher activist Jeremiah Jeffries, who led an unpopular push to rename public schools during the pandemic that was abandoned after sparking outrage from local parents.

Translating the aims of Teachers 4 Social Justice, it is using the race card to insist that white teachers be replaced with black or Hispanic teachers. This is another example of what Peter Turchin termed "elite overproduction." You might not think of teachers are being part of the elites, but they fit into the lower echelons of the elites due to their government jobs and benefits. They will certainly enter retirement much more comfortable than the majority of people due to generous public pensions--particularly in wealthy states. This is just an example of a type of competition for these public jobs. And, according to Turchin, "elite overproduction" is a key factor in producing revolution or civil war.