FIRST ON FOX – A self-identified “cringey” English teacher in CaliforniaAccording to her, she is fighting “white supremacy” or “B.S.” She teaches grammar usage and writing rules to students in her classroom.
Marta Shaffer, an English teacher with tenure at Oroville High SchoolAccording to TikTok posts,, she began the 2022-2023 academic school year by teaching linguistics parts as a way of fighting white supremacy in her classes. It was important to include all possible uses of the language.
Shaffer says that expectations are high for students when it comes to using the Internet. Correct grammar and syntaxWhite supremacy culture is “deeply rooted” in this area.
“I try to subvert that B.S. She said, “I try to undermine that B.S. in my classroom as many as I can.”
California English teacher with tenure claims that grammar and essay writing standards form part of white supremacy culture.
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She said that she studies linguistics, and the rules that are actually used to communicate. White supremacy invented these rulesFor when we write papers or stuff, this is what scholars call “the language of power.”
The teacher raised praised student’s academic essays for including “AAVE” language – African-American Vernacular English.
“As an educator, it is a constant worry that I might be the problem. What do I mean when I say that? Public education is an institution that supports many problematic systems in society, such as white supremacy. Colonization and misogynyShe continued. Let’s take a look at how essays are written. [where we] start with an introduction that includes a thesis, always cite your sources, use transition words like ‘however’ and ‘therefore.’ These are all made-up rules. These rules were invented by Westerners at power. This got me to thinking: What if I started my schoolyear with a unit that honored how we talk, rather than teaching students how they write?
Marta Shaffer, a California teacher, says that essay formatting and grammar are part of white supremacy.
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Another included a prompt which said that a student’s “codes” – how they speak at home or with friends – is “just as important, if not more than important,” than a boss’s expectations on how their employee communicates.
She said, “Just because your teachers, your professors, and your boss may expect you to write and speak in a certain way that may not be natural to you, does not mean that your more natural… languages are not important. They are just as important, if not more important than the ‘language of respectability.’”
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According to the English teacher, she felt like a “cringe-white lady” while teaching students of color about linguistics.
California teacher describes feeling like a “white savior” in the classroom
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“Did you worry that I was being a nuisance?” White Savior? Absolutely. It was uncomfortable. Definitely. However, a lot of my students are uncomfortable with the mainstream white culture of public school life. She said that she believed it was important for students to see their teacher address linguistic discomfort.
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The California teacherSAT and IQ bell curve are also claimed to have been “racist.”
“The majority of the writers of these tests were composed almost entirely of People of color… and they still are,” she said.
