MASSACHUSETTS HS FOOTBALL COACH CANCELLED

High school football coach Dave Flynn was reportedly fired for challenging critical race theory and Black Lives Matter propaganda being taught in his daughter’s seventh grade, public school classroom

 

InterNewsCast

January 22, 2021

Flynn had held the position for a decade and was “widely respected” by the community – Massachusetts’s Dedham Public School District – according to local news.

His termination – chalked up to “significant philosophical differences with the direction, goals, and values of the school district” in a Dedham Public Schools announcement – was a result of him challenging the left-wing curricula dominating his daughter’s classroom.

His daughter’s teacher, Kim Randall, allegedly made students participate in activities she designed to prominently display her personal Bitmoji wearing Black Lives Matter insignia. The content of the activities amplified critical race theory, encouraging students to provide examples of “stereotype,” “prejudice,” and “discrimination.”

Students were also told to analyze a cartoon depicting a white woman and black male interacting while contemplating “risk factors” and “mitigating factors.”

In response, Flynn contacted the school’s Principal, Karen Hillman, to voice his concerns with the politicization of his daughter’s classroom. His concerns, however, were ignored by school leadership, with Principal Hillman noting seventh graders would be taught how to “understand [their] own identityes, the identites of others and the perspectives that shape our reality.”

Flynn continued to advocate on behalf of his daughter, contacting Superintendent Michael Welch regarding the teachings in his daughter’s classroom.

In response, Welch expressed support for Black Lives Matter, bragged about how the school has increasingly employed less white adults, and hyped the introduction of critical race theory into the classroom, as revealed by a summary from a local news outlet:

• • Stated that he fully supported Black Lives Matter
  • Bragged about how he hired Dr. Roy because he was “committed to being more involved with diversity, equity, and inclusion,” and did not believe equality should be taught in schools
  • Claimed that white employees in the DPS are having trouble interacting with students of color and other cultures, so Dr. Roy was allowed to rewrite the curriculum to one that aligned with critical race theory
  • Bragged about how in 1993 over 97% of Dedham teachers were white, as opposed to now when just 70% of Dedham teachers are white (based on the profile pictures on Dedham Middle School’s website that does not appear to be the case, and the town itself is 95% white and 1.5% black, which would mean white teachers are “underrepresented”)
  • Said that students in Dedham were “astronomically white” and needed to be exposed to critical race theory so that non-white students could be more comfortable in the schools, despite no such issues existing
  • Claimed that teachers were encouraged to express themselves in ways they feel will help the students, unless that meant supporting the police or advertising conservative opinions in class
  • Said that teachers need to embrace different cultures of students from around the world, including cultures where students are taught not to look at teachers in the eyes, and rejected the idea that students should adopt American culture because assimilation is racist
  • Stated that these new civics courses and the new hiring of the equality, culture diversity and inclusion officer was to teach administrators, teachers, custodians, nurses, cafeteria workers and all other employees of the schools how to teach kids from different cultures
  • Stated that he would be using affirmative action to hire more non-white teachers, because he believes that black students cannot learn effectively from white teachers, something that is stressed in critical race theory

After the inaction, Flynn pulled his children out of the school, opting for a Catholic institution.