A Teacher Speaks Out: Paul Rossi on Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racist Teachings "Demonizing" Kids at his School | Ep. 93

The Megyn Kelly Show

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🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Paul Rossi, the former math teacher at Grace Church High School who recently broke his silence about the Critical Race Theory and racial essentialism at his school, for his first long-form interview, to discuss the reason he spoke out, how teachings have been "demonizing" kids at his school, the specifics of the "anti-racist" teachings for faculty and kids at the school, how students are punished for their views, the "whites only" call he spoke up during, what happened to him after he spoke out, the tapes he recorded, and what he plans to do next. Follow The Megyn Kelly Show on all social platforms: Twitter: http://Twitter.com/MegynKellyShow Instagram: http://Instagram.com/MegynKellyShow Facebook: http://Facebook.com/MegynKellyShow Find out more information at: https://www.devilmaycaremedia.com/megynkellyshow

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.
0:07.0	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.
0:15.5	Today on the program, we have this man who you need to listen to.
0:21.0	Paul Rossi.
0:22.6	He has been in the news lately, we just teaped with him.
0:25.9	I'm stunned by how thoughtful he is, his grace, what he willingly put himself through
0:32.3	for the good of his students.
0:34.7	You may or may not know the name by now because he is the teacher at this very Tony private
0:40.5	New York school called Grace Church, who as a math teacher, put out a public letter
0:46.5	saying, I refuse to allow you to continue indoctrinating these children and spoke up on behalf
0:53.4	of his kids who were being told that they were white supremacists by virtue of their
1:00.7	pigmentation, not through anything they'd done.
1:03.4	The faculty and the students were told that any questioning of the dogma being shoved
1:08.9	down their throats in the name of critical race theory, just the questioning was somehow
1:13.8	dehumanizing and damaging to their fellow students and people of color and so on.
1:20.2	And here you have this guy who just stood up and said no more.
1:25.7	It took a lot of guts and sadly they've now taken away his job.
1:31.7	It's like so infuriating.
1:33.7	It's like it's infuriating.
1:37.7	I want you to know him.
1:38.9	I'm really honored that he gave me his first sit down discussion on this because it's
1:44.4	important and it is a long form.
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