Cultural Update: Decline of DEI, School Choice, 80th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation

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Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Topics of discussion this week:80th Anniversary of Auschwitz’s Liberation – Reflecting on the horrors of the Holocaust, the importance of remembering history, and the moral lessons Auschwitz teaches us today.School Choice on the Rise – 2025 may be the tipping point for school choice in the U.S., as more states adopt policies that expand educational options for families.The Decline of DEI? – Reports show that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives are being reconsidered, with conce...

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0:00.0	This week marks the 80th anniversary since the liberation of Auschwitz, and the number of survivors
0:07.9	is dwindling. 2025 might be the tipping point for school choice in America, and DEI programs are on
0:16.6	their way out. These are the stories we will discuss, and we'll address some of your questions. I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. These are the stories we'll discuss and we'll address some of your questions.
0:21.6	I'm your host, Sean McDowell. I'm your co-host, Scott Ray. This is the Think Bivocally
0:25.4	weekly cultural update, brought to you by Talbot School Theology, Biola University. Scott,
0:31.6	I was reading this story to my wife this morning and it's just 80 years removed almost felt tears just coming up at just how
0:41.2	horrible and horrific Auschwitz was but then the thought that some of the living voices who we can
0:48.8	look into their eyes and see them speak and see the marks on their arms are dwindling, so to speak. Now, some things,
0:58.6	this article is about how many world leaders are going to show up. That's really secondary.
1:02.9	I don't really care about that. But they mark a few things. They say there were 50 survivors expected at the Auschwitz-Burkenau State Museum and other
1:15.0	camps to attend these events on Monday, so 50, which means there may be even more. A few things
1:20.9	about Auschwitz that are interesting. It was founded as a concentration camp in 1940 in a Polish
1:27.3	town, and early on it was a camp for Polish prisoners, in a Polish town.
1:28.3	And early on, it was a camp for Polish prisoners, such as Catholic priests, members of the Polish underground resistance.
1:35.3	The Germans later established some 40 camps in this area.
1:39.3	So it's not just one camp.
1:41.7	Birkenau, of course, a vast site used for mass killings. And we know the stories, those
1:47.4	who rove at Burkinaw were just brought in cramped, windowless cattle trains, the Nazis selected
1:54.3	those who could be used for forced labor, and then elderly women, children, and babies,
1:59.0	gas to death soon after after their arrival
2:04.6	one of the you know part of this was liberated by the soviets who came in which is a whole
2:10.1	another conversation within itself but they found about 7 000 week and emaciated
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