“How to sell a contradiction
You come and go, you come and go”
That’s part of the chorus for the iconic 1980’s song “Karma Chameleon” from the British band Culture Club.
40 years later, those words seem to ring true when it comes to “selling a contradiction.”
Two years ago State Supt. Catherine Truitt penned an ardent defense of her desire to remove certain words from the NC Social Studies curriculum standards in a post on EdNC.org just a day after a State Board of Education meeting that highlighted revising those standards.
In particular Truitt wanted to do the following:
And then just yesterday (the last day of February in this Leap Year), Truitt offered this tweet in celebration of Black History Month.
Seems contradictory, yes?
That flyer? Looks like this.
“Getting Woke Politics out of our Public Schools” and “Barred boys from playing girls sports in High Schools and Middle Schools” in Wake County but going to Guildford County for a photo-op to celebrate an iconic moment in the fight for civil rights against the oppression of systemic racism?
Sounds like a contradiction.
“How to sell a contradiction
You come and go, you come and go”
I might be older than State Supt. Truitt, but I am pretty sure she is familiar with the song by Culture Club – maybe even had an album of theirs on cassette. And if you know Culture Club, you certainly know its famous lead singer, Boy George.
I wonder how Truitt would address Boy George and his parents concerning the Parents Bill of Rights and if she would make sure that he did not participate in any “girls sports.”
That blurb about being responsible for “barring boys from playing girls sports” is claiming victory over a non existent problem.
And her homage to the Woolworth Lunch Counter sit-ins while appearing well intentioned being juxtaposed with her “anti-woke” and “refinement of terms” like “systemic racism” cries hypocrisy.
Like a karma chameleon.
caffeinated rage 