Exeter Superintendent David Ryan has turned his role as an administrator of a public school system into an opportunity to disseminate partisan disinformation and race war propaganda.
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He is a superintendent, so I’m assuming he’s a clever fellow. Otherwise, I might call it misinformation. The latter being by mistake, the former being deliberate. It is not quite like the distinctions between malfeasance and misfeasance, but close enough for government work, which, as it turns out, it is.
In a recent email, David Ryan takes the recent left-wing race-baiting hook, line, and sinker then regurgitates it as revealed truth for public consumption, selling it as “our [SAU 16s] commitment to providing opportunities for students to thoughtfully explore conversations and make sense of events involving race and culture in the safety and security of a public school classroom.”
As an anti-racist, it is our obligation to call out racism when we hear and see it. As you can see, our anti-racism work is so very critical to building a better, more loving future for us all. In moments such as these, we are often confused about what we can do. Here is some action steps for us all to take:
This is followed by a list of links that promote the sort of partisan, divisive, race-shaming propaganda that is Critical Race Theory (links shared below). But what prompted this desire to share?
Partisan lies, half-truths, and misdirection, of course.
There have been several violent events that have taken place around the globe in the past few weeks, and no doubt you have seen or heard the tragic news of the recent Atlanta spa shootings in which 8 people died just one week ago. Spurred by anti-Asian bias and disdain for another culture, the growing number of anti-Asian attacks during this pandemic should cause us great concern, particularly as we embolden our students, staff, and families to embrace the core values contained within our work in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our schools and community.
Before we call this what it is*, where was Dr. Ryan’s concern back in 2010, and every year in between, over the systemic racial hate crimes (certainly by his own definition) perpetrated annually in San Francisco for decades?
San Francisco’s hidden truth is out. That’s what community organizer Carol Mo calls the realization that Asian residents are being targeted for robberies, burglaries, and intimidation by young black men.
“It is San Francisco’s dirty little secret,” said Mo, a former Safety Network Community organizer in the Sunset District. “It’s not news to us.” …
“In 85 percent of the physical assault crimes, the victims were Asian and the perpetrators were African American,” she said.
I should add that while the percentage of all crimes against Asians is below average demographically, the percentage of those crimes perpetrated by Blacks is extremely high. This is a problem that persists to this day in the Liberal City by the Bay and is of no interest to Dr. Ryan and the self-appointed anti-racists until, well, Now!
Why is the murder of eight people, six Asian and two white (he never mentions that), all connected to “massage parlors” (as likely fronts for sex trafficking or prostitution, which he also excludes) the trigger for this email about race relations?
It’s a great question because neither the *FBI nor local or State police labeled the Georgia Shooting as either race-based nor motivated by ethnic hate.
Ruh-Roh!
Dr. Ryan either made that up or willingly accepted politically motivated lies and shared them as facts, as I suggested in my opening.
You’d expect better from a “Dr.,” an educator, and a public-school superintendent. Or is his job to sell a political narrative that contradicts evidence?
To place his opinions as “facts” in the public space (using taxpayer resources) as a means of promoting partisan political programs that by design encourage facilitators and educators to shout down anyone who dares to question or challenge them.
Is that why parents or residents have to send these stories to me in pursuit of relief because they know they’ll get none in the “approved forums” in and around Exeter, New Hampshire?
And is this how teachers are directed and their students “educated” in the Exeter Public School System? Do parents and taxpayers find this acceptable?
Dr. Ryan has deliberately spread partisan disinformation that inflames racial division on parents, teachers, and students.
He has taken a false flag media operation that the not-unbiased FBI can’t even label as racially motivated and used it to disseminate race-shaming Critical Race Theory materials that prohibit challenge and debate as the cure.
Politics, in other words, is more important than truth.
This is unacceptable. Dr. Ryan needs to step down as Superintendent for the Exeter School District or be removed.
Added: SAU 16 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Page (also linked in the email below).
The complete email with links to shared material from Dr. Ryan
Good afternoon:
As we continue to emerge from the grip of this pandemic, I wanted to refresh your understanding of our commitment to providing opportunities for students to thoughtfully explore conversations and make sense of events involving race and culture in the safety and security of a public school classroom. There have been several violent events that have taken place around the globe in the past few weeks, and no doubt you have seen or heard the tragic news of the recent Atlanta spa shootings in which 8 people died just one week ago. Spurred by anti-Asian bias and disdain for another culture, the growing number of anti-Asian attacks during this pandemic should cause us great concern, particularly as we embolden our students, staff, and families to embrace the core values contained within our work in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in our schools and community. To address this concern and inform our educators about resources that are available to them, we shared the following from two of our DEIJ committee members with them last week and we wanted to share with you as well:
As an anti-racist, it is our obligation to call out racism when we hear and see it. As you can see, our anti-racism work is so very critical to building a better, more loving future for us all. In moments such as these, we are often confused about what we can do. Here is some action steps for us all to take:
*Check-in with your Asian-American friends and family*
1. Educate Yourself. Here are some resources to educate yourself about anti-asian violence and a history of anti-asian oppression in America.
2. Educate Others. We need to teach our students, communities, colleagues, friends and family about the beautiful diversity of our Asian American communities and begin to build a compassionate understanding of Asian American identities.
3. Donate to organizations that are fighting anti-Asian racism and violence.
4. Report violence against Asian Americans if you see something.
5. Read: Minor Feelings, If They Came for Us, The Farm, The Joy Luck Club, Arrival, Dear Girls, Interior Chinatown, Know My Name, In the Country, The Woman Warrior
6. Learning for Justice toolset to be used as an age appropriate guide if students are engaging in conversations about this topic including conversations and stories about the reasons for bias, examples of micro-aggressions, and common injustices.
As always, teachers know their students well and continue to practice professional judgment in using these tools. We are committed to preparing all of our students to be global citizens and in that mission lies the core value of helping each of them develop their vision for the world at their own pace and how they want to fit into it. In respecting all human differences, students will have a more true vision of what needs to be in order for that to happen.
Please visit our DEIJ page often for more information and resources on this work.
