U-Hiltzik: U-Ron DeSantis u-Reagan omubi

Umuntu ozongenela ukhetho uya emsamo futhi aqale ukuhlasela kwakhe uhlelo lwezemfundo lwesifunda sakhe. Abafundi “bafundiswa” ngenkulumo-ze yesokunxele ngoprofesa abanohlonze, usho kanje.

Ehhovisi, usungula uhlelo lokuqapha lokho abafundi abakufundayo nabakwenzayo. Ukhuthaza ukuxoshwa kwamalungu obuhlakani aduka emgqeni osemthethweni, ucela ukuthi kuncishiswe izihloko ezibhalwe ezincwadini zokufunda (ikakhulukazi lezo ezibhekene nedlanzana), futhi athathe izinyathelo zokufaka esikhundleni sabaphathi abantu abasondelene nepolitiki yakhe. Konke kumayelana “nokonga” uhlelo, uyagcizelela, angalubhidlizi.

UHulumeni waseFlorida u-Ron DeSantis, umasha ebheke eqoqweni le-Republican Party njengomongameli? Cha. NguRonald Reagan, ovusa ukunganeliseki komphakathi neNyuvesi yaseCalifornia futhi wayigibela ibheke kububusi baseCalifornia, ekugcineni, naseWhite House.

Ukufana okukhulu phakathi kokuhlaselwa kukaDeSantis ezenzweni zezemfundo eFlorida kanye nokuhlasela kukaReagan e-UC kusikhumbuza ukuthi izimpi zamasiko eziqondiswe emfundweni yomphakathi ziyizici ezingapheli zemikhankaso yokhetho ephiko kwesokudla.

Ukufana phakathi kwalezi zimo ezimbili kuyamangaza: i-anti-intellectual undercurrent ebonisa othisha njengabathwali bezindinganiso zangaphandle, ngisho nabamelene nabaseMelika; ukuphoqelelwa kokuhlolwa kwe-litmus yezombangazwe kumazinga emfundo; ukuphoqelelwa kwe-orthodoxy ngamandla kahulumeni.

Kunomehluko, vele, emkhathini wezikhathi, imininingwane yokuhlaselwa, kanye nesimilo nobuntu bezibalo eziholayo. Kodwa lokho kugcizelela kuphela ukuqaphela, okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi uMark Twain, ukuthi “umlando awuziphindaphindi ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa uvame ukuba nemvumelwano.”

Ake siphinde sivakashele impi ka-Reagan e-Berkeley, bese sibonisa ukuthi u-DeSantis, njengamanye amaqhawe osiko lwe-GOP, udonsa kanjani encwadini yakhe yokudlala.

UBerkeley wayevungama ngokunganeliseki maphakathi nawo-1960, ebonakala ekuqaleni emibhikishweni esekela ukunyakaza kwamalungelo abantu. Lapho abalawuli befudukela ekuhlukaniseni izinhlangano zezepolitiki kanye nemibuthano ngaphandle kwesikhungo, kwazalwa iFree Speech Movement, eyaba ithuluzi eliyinhloko lokubhikisha.

Ngo-December 1964, lapho i-FSM ihola ukuthatha iSproul Hall, ibhilidi eliyinhloko lokuphatha, uGov. Pat Brown wathumela amaphoyisa. Babalelwa ku-800 abafundi ababoshiwe.

Imibhikisho emelene neMpi YaseVietnam yaqala ngo-1965. Ngalowo Meyi, “ukufundisa” kwesibili kuzwelonke ngokumelene nempi (eyalandela umcimbi ngoMashi eNyuvesi yaseMichigan) yabanjelwa esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme, eyayihlanganisa abagxeki bempi abavelele abavela emanyuvesi azungezile. we bafowethu.

U-Reagan nethimba lakhe lomkhankaso abazange babone ngokushesha amandla ezombusazwe odaba lwaseBerkeley. Ngaphambi komkhankaso, umeluleki kaReagan uStuart Spencer utshele ababexoxa ngomlando womlomo eminyakeni eyishumi ngemva kokhetho lwango-1966, “izibhelu zasekolishi azizange zibonakale njengenkinga enkulu ocwaningweni lwethu.”

Nokho, phakathi neseshini yemibuzo nezimpendulo kuyo yonke imikhankaso eyayivela, “othile wayesukuma athi, ‘Uzokwenzenjani ngalabo manyala eBerkeley?’… Sawuzwa lomuzwa ocashile, futhi sagxumela kuwo. .”

Udaba lwaba yingqikithi yomkhankaso ka-Reagan wokuba ugubernatorial. Ekhuluma ngoMeyi 12, 1966, i-GOP rally eSan Francisco’s cavernous Cow Palace – ngenkathi esangenela ukhetho lokuqokwa kweRiphabhulikhi – U-Reagan wahleka ngendlela “idlanzana elincane lama-beatnik, ama-radicals nabakhulumeli bezinkulumo ezingcolile elilethe ngayo ihlazo enyuvesi enkulu.”

Ucaphune umbiko owanyatheliswa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ikomiti leSigele sezwe mayelana nezenzo ezingezona ezaseMelika elabiza le sikhungo ngokuthi “indawo yokuhlangana yamakhomanisi nesikhungo sokuziphatha kabi ngokobulili.”

U-Reagan wasebenzisa kabi iziyaluyalu zase-Berkeley ukuze adicilele phansi isitha sakhe seDemocratic Alliance, u-Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Sr., njengobuthaka futhi oxegayo enkingeni. Uphinde wasebenzisa lolu daba ukubukela phansi enye yezimpumelelo zikaBrown njengomphathi.

Lolu kwakuwuHlelo Olukhulu Lwemfundo Ephakeme lwango-1960, olwasungula i-UC njengesikhungo sikahulumeni esiyinhloko sezemfundo; igxile eCalifornia State University ekufundiseni neziqu zokufundisa; futhi yagxila ohlelweni lwamakolishi omphakathi eminyaka emibili emfundweni yezemfundo neyomsebenzi wezandla, iziyalezo zokulungisa, izifundo zabantu abadala kanye nokuqeqeshwa emsebenzini. Lolu hlelo luphinde lwaqinisekisa umgomo wokuthi uhlelo kumele lungafundi kubahlali bakahulumeni.

Omunye umgomo kaReagan kwakunguMongameli we-UC uClark Kerr, uthisha okhululekile owaziwayo ezweni lonke owayengumakhi wepulani eliyinhloko kodwa ongakwazanga ukuthola indlela yokuphatha ngokuthula isiyaluyalu saseBerkeley.

UReagan wasebenzisa lolu daba ukuqinisa imininingwane yakhe njengosopolitiki “oqinile”. E-Cow Palace, uthe “abaholi” bemibhikisho yesikhungo “bekufanele bathathwe ngesihluku futhi bakhishwe enyuvesi, unomphela.”

Uziveze njengomvikeli wokutshalwa kwezimali komphakathi enyuvesi. Umkhokhi wentela, esho, uyamangala “kungani abanye othisha bekwazi ukusebenzisa amagumbi okufundela ukufundisa nokusakaza izingane zabo ezimisweni zendabuko zomphakathi okhululekile kuleli zwe.” Njengombusi, wamangalela ngokuthi “kunezivivinyo zezombusazwe eminyangweni ethile. … Uma indoda ingekude ngokwanele, ayiqashwa.”

Ngokushesha ngemva kokuthatha izintambo, u-Reagan wakhuthaza i-UC Board of Regents, inhlangano enamalungu angu-24 ayenevoti elilodwa kuyo, ukuze axoshe uKerr. Ngokungafani nabangaphambi kwakhe, wayevame ukuya emihlanganweni yama-regents mathupha, ephendula ibhodi yaba “inkundla yakhe yezepolitiki,” ilungu elingadalulwanga igama. kukhala iThe Times ngo-1967. Ibhodi lenqaba isicelo sikaReagan sokuqalisa izifundo e-UC, kodwa lavumelana “nenkokhelo yomfundi” yosayizi ongashiwongo; lokhu kwakuzovula umnyango wokufunda kamuva.

Iphuzu eliphansi lokungqubuzana kukaReagan noBerkeley lafika ngesikhathi sengxabano ethi “Peoples Park” yango-1969, eyayithinta indawo eyayingenamuntu eyayiminyaniswe ukhula lapho inyuvesi yanquma ukuyishintsha ibe inkundla yokudlala, ngenxa yokuphikisa kwezishoshovu kanye nezakhamuzi zendawo ezazifuna isikole. umphakathi greensward.

Izinto zashuba kwaze kwaba nguMeyi 15, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi okwaziwa ngokuthi “Lwesine Lwegazi,” lapho amaphoyisa esifunda nawendawo ebizwe uReagan efika ezoqeda ukulwa emgwaqeni. Izakhamuzi ezibalelwa ku-128 zalimala kwathi isibukeli esisodwa esasibukele kude sadutshulwa sabulawa ngamaphoyisa.

Leli paki lagcina seliphenduke ikamu labantu abangenamakhaya, kodwa impikiswano ngokuthuthuka kwayo isiphinde yaqubuka, manje mayelana Isiphakamiso se-UC sezindlu zabafundi esizeni.

UDeSantis ukholelwa ngokusobala – njengoba kwakunjalo noReagan – ukuthi igebe phakathi kwabavoti abajwayelekile nothisha kanye noprofesa abachaza ngokuthi “abahlonishwayo” libanzi ngokwanele ukuthi lingaxhaphaza izinjongo zeqembu.

NjengoReagan, akakuthandi ukuyekethisa; ezimisele ukuqeda lokho akuveza njengokukhululeka ekolishi lomphakathi elisha laseFlorida, uDeSantis ufake inqwaba yabaphiko lwesokudla ebhodini lakhe. Bamxosha ngokushesha umengameli wayo, uPatricia Okker, base beqala ukulungisa kabusha esinye sezikhungo zemfundo esihamba phambili kuleli. isithombe sophiko lwesokudla christian Hillsdale College of Michigan.

(Emhlanganweni noprofesa base-UC ngesikhathi sokungqubuzana kwePeoples Park, U-Reagan uqhume lapho kuphawulwa isazi sefiziksi saseBerkeley u-Owen Chamberlain, owathola umklomelo kaNobel, ukuthi kwakuxoxwa ngesiphetho sale paki. “Kuxoxiswana?” ebuza ngokungakholwa. “Yini ekhona yokuxoxisana?” Wabe esephuma emhlanganweni.)

I-DeSantis izamile ukulahla izindlela zokwelapha zasekilasini zomlando wase-US, ngezindlela ezifiphaza ngempumelelo imisinga eyinkimbinkimbi yobuhlanga nokucwasa yesikhathi esidlule saseMelika. Lona umnyombo wempi kaDeSantis mayelana “nokuphaphama,” incazelo ayishiya ingacacile – okungcono ukwesabisa othisha nabashicileli bezincwadi bexwaya ukweqa umugqa ongabonakali – kodwa obukwa ngokufanelekile njengokuzimisela ukubona ukwehluka Amasiko aseMelika.

Ngokusho kukachwepheshe wokulwa nokucwasa u-Ibram X. Kendi, u-Reagan naye wayenesimo sengqondo sokungahloniphi ngezifundo zabaNsundu nezezizwe, izihloko ezaziheha isithakazelo somfundi phakathi nomsebenzi wakhe womphakathi, ezidelela enkulumweni ka-1969 njengemizamo yokuthola “indawo engcwele” ebunzimeni obuvamile. isifundo sezemfundo. Njengesikhulu se-UC, wafuna ukuthi ibhodi umlilo Black isishoshovu Angela Davis kusuka kokuthunyelwe kwakhe njengoprofesa wefilosofi ye-UCLA.

Ngaphandle kwenkundla yezemfundo, wethula umkhankaso wakhe wobumongameli ePhiladelphia, Miss., lapho abasebenzi bamalungelo omphakathi uJames Chaney, uMichael Schwerner no-Andrew Goodman babulawa ngo-1964. Enkulumweni yakhe, uReagan wazibiza ngokuthi ungumsekeli “wamalungelo ezifundazwe,” a isisho esinekhodi sokucwasa.

UDeSantis akuyena kuphela usopolitiki waseRiphabhulikhi ongakhomba othisha noprofesa basekolishi ngezinjongo zokuchema. I-University of Wisconsin Board of Regents ngokumangalisayo kuxegiswe ukuvikelwa kwe-tenure ngo-2016 ngokuyalelwa nguHulumeni wangaleso sikhathi. Scott Walker. Imizamo efanayo iye yenzeka muva nje eTexas, Kansas, Louisiana, Georgia naseNingizimu Carolina.

Ngo-Ephreli odlule, uDeSantis wabuza ukuthi ngabe i-tenure ivikela inkululeko yezemfundo, njengoba abalandeli bayo beyigcina. “Uma kukhona okudale ukuthi kube nemfundiso yobuhlakani lapho abantu abanemibono ephikisanayo, kube nzima ukuthi baphathwe kuqala,” esho enanela izikhalo zikaReagan mayelana nokucwaswa kothisha “abangasekude ngokwanele”.

Kuyiqiniso ukuthi u-DeSantis akanawo amandla kaReagan okuveza inkolelo eqotho ngamazwi akhe, isici esibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekudumeni kwakhe. U-Reagan naye wakhetha izinhloso zakhe ngokucophelela. Njengoba uKerr aphawula kwiThe Times ngo-1973, uReagan akakaze enze izinsongo zakhe zokuqeda oprofesa abakhuthele kwezombusazwe.

UKerr uyakhumbula: “Wayengabambeki ngabafundi, kodwa wayesebenza nothisha. Amacala ambalwa amakhulu enkululeko yezemfundo abengayihlakaza le ndawo. ” U-Reagan wayengakufuni lokho, ngoba wayebheka i-UC “njengesisekelo lapho imboni yobuchwepheshe obuphezulu yaseCalifornia yayisekelwe phezu kwaso,” kuphawula isazi-mlando uGerard J. De Grott ngo-1996. Phakathi nokubusa kwakhe, i-UC yayithola u-25% walo lonke ucwaningo loMnyango Wezokuvikela. izinkontileka.

I-DeSantis, ngokuphambene, ifika kancane kancane, njengesiqhwaga esithanda amandla ngenxa yaso. Uzimisele ngokukhethekile emanyuvesi esifundazwe saseFlorida, ebeka engcupheni isithunzi sawo njengezikhungo zocwaningo.

U-Reagan naye akakaze enze iphutha lokuzama ukufaka izinqubomgomo zakhe zemfundo zibe ngumthetho, okuzoziveza ukuthi zihlolwe yinkantolo. Ngokuphambene, uDeSantis kanye nesiShayamthetho sakhe esilawulwa yi-GOP esine-sycophantic sishaye imithetho ebeka ukuthi othisha kufanele bafundise futhi bafundise kanjani. izincwadi zokufunda okufanele zithini.

Njengoba kwenzeka, izinkantolo seziqalile ukuhlukanisa imithetho yezemfundo ye-DeSantis. NgoMashi 17, inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala igcinwe block kumthetho kaDeSantis othi “Stop WOKE” owawubekwe ngoNovemba yijaji lenhlangano elawubiza ngokuthi “i-dystopian enhle.” Umthetho uvimbela izimfundiso ezithile zesikole nezenyuvesi ezihlobene nomlando wobuhlanga nobulili kanye nobudlelwano.

I-DeSantis ayikakaqedi. I-Lickspittle Legislature yakhe icabangele umthetho omusha ofuna ukuqedwa kwabafundi abakhulu nabancane ezifundweni zobuhlanga noma zobulili, ukuphela kwezinhlelo “zokwehlukahlukana, ukulingana nokufakwa”, kanye nokuphela kokuvikelwa okuqinisekisiwe kwesikhathi sokuhlala.

Ngokungangabazeki, njengoba eqhubeka nomjaho wakhe wokuqokelwa i-GOP njengomongameli, uDeSantis uzokwengeza emkhonweni wakhe. Uma kunokusikisela ukuthi angase angaphumeleli ezifisweni zakhe, kungenzeka ukuthi sonke siyamazi uRonald Reagan, futhi siyazi ukuthi akayena uRonald Reagan.