Make New York Post a Preferred Source New York Post readers weigh in on Nikole Hannah-Jones' political motives for sending her daughter to a failing public school. REUTERS The Issue: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ political motives for sending her daughter to a failing public school. Nikole Hannah-Jones could’ve put her daughter in a challenging and disciplined school (“Sacrificing Children on the Altar of DEI,” Kira Davis, PostOpinion, Sept. 24).
Her published excuses for enrolling Najya in a failing public school are all inadequate.
Does she ever discuss why these public schools are complete disasters without using words like, “racism” and “inadequate funding?” Of course not. She’d have to put blame on the teachers union, whose primary goal is to indoctrinate students in the latest woke causes, all of which Hannah-Jones fully supports.
As a father of four children and grandfather of three who all attended New York schools (some private, some public), I see one simple truth all parents must understand: They are ultimately responsible for their child’s education, not the school or the child.
If the school is bad and your child is doing poorly, then tutoring, changing schools and other options are all available. Blaming schools, teachers, administrators or society is just buck-passing BS. More important, it fails to help the child.
Hannah-Jones clearly suffers from an case of Racist Derangement Syndrome. She blames racism for the poor quality of education her daughter received at a Brooklyn public school. But the New York Times writer ignores the Department of Education’s incompetent management as the real cause of public schools’ pathetic performance.
She sacrificed her daughter’s education on the altar of DEI — which really stands for discrimination, exclusion, intimidation.
It is incredulous that Hannah-Jones still cannot see the problem with PS 307. She is blind.
She places no blame on Principal Stephanie Carroll or district chief Kamar Samuels. In her mind, white people in another building are the ones responsible for the catastrophic results for children in 307.
She should read Proverb 18-2: “Fools find no pleasure in understanding, but delight in airing their own opinions.”
Hannah-Jones betrayed her daughter’s best interests, sacrificing her personal development in furtherance of collective social change. To justify an end, she used her child as the means. Surely Hannah-Jones’ telling of our history is equally misguided.
These “mole men” going into the sewers of New York City are crazy (“A ‘hole’ lotta ‘divers,’ ” Sept. 26).
Our sewers are infested with pathogens that can cause a number of life-threatening diseases. Those infected can then contaminate anyone they come in contact with.
These so-called “mole men” say they’re looking for gold and valuables. What good is that going to do if they wind up with some incurable disease? This needs to be stopped; it’s mandatory for the sake of the people of our city.
In a number of South American nations, the homeless live in sewers to hide from the police.
If the two Venezuelans hadn’t been caught, they might have lived in the sewers at night and come out during the day to spread disease around the city.
To understand the mole men, I look to Paul Gauguin for inspiration. Where did they come from? Who are they? Where are they going?
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