On the surface, the editorial condemns the principal for accepting expensive gifts against DOE policy. That's worthy of criticism, and this principal sets a terrible example. I've returned gift cards to students because I didn't want them to feel they had any influence on me. If my principal were sitting in his office full of clothing and jewelry given to him by parents (he isn't), well, I'd return them, but I'd feel stupid about it.
The issue with the Post editorial is not its justifiable criticism of the principal. It's that they use it to tie into and ridicule social justice, utilizing scare quotes in the title just in case readers don't get the message. Social justice, for Post editors, is simply a hysterical punchline. Ha, ha, students of color want to be treated fairly! How hilarious!
As one parent summed it up: “I find it hypocritical that Principal Lacey supports social-justice activism against ‘white privilege’ but gladly accepts our green dollars.”
That’s a reference to a December student sit-in that Lacey supported and praised — triggered by the school-wide ruckus over supposed faculty racism after one student (eavesdropping on a private conversation) overheard another complaining about being wait-listed for a top university while others with lower test scores got in.
What a trivial concern. Some kid wants to get into a top university. Screw that kid. How dare the principal stand up for that kid? Since she takes expensive gifts, she ought to just forget about students going to universities of their choice. So what if it impacts their careers and lives? Those students had a principal who accepted expensive gifts, so they have no need of fairness or justice in their lives.
The message here is not about an incompetent principal. It's about utilizing the ineptitude to get their readers to laugh over Americans wanting to be treated fairly. The Post's owner, Rupert Murdoch, created Fox and enabled Roger Ailes. There's a huge number of Americans who eat up that vile racist nonsense as though it's candy. That's why Donald Trump is President. The Post is just another arm of this propaganda machine
Maybe the kids will hold another sit-in over Lacey’s privilege?
A snarky remark that has the effect of ridiculing not only the principal, but also the notion that some people are privileged. It would be one thing if the Post editorial board simply went after corruption, but instead they covertly insert the message that protests against privilege are ridiculous. They do this even as Donald Trump sits as President, having garnered three million fewer votes than his opponents, and Michael Bloomberg is actively trying to buy the White House.
Don't look at that, look at this. George Orwell is rolling over in his grave.
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