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I Tried Teaching the Truth in a Public School... and It Got Me Canceled w/ Matthew Mastronardi [CrossPolitic Show]

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4.6949 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0

I was trying to teach these kids that, you know, reading from a book doesn't make you a racist.

0:06.9

And it's the intent behind the word.

0:09.0

When we skip over words, you distance yourself from what the author wanted you to feel.

0:13.5

His performance was caught on a student's camera and has now gone viral.

0:17.5

Well, a girl asked me point blank.

0:19.5

She goes, if you were reading the book, would

0:22.7

you say the word? And I said, if I was reading the book, I would read every word. In that moment,

0:30.3

a boy handed me the book, and he says, okay, then do it. There's now a change.org petition

0:35.5

with hundreds of signatures asking the district to bring

0:38.7

him back. Because he's a really good teacher. It was started by freshman Peyton Johnson. And you can read

0:43.5

some of the students' comments. They're all in my favor. After I read that book, I had students

0:48.9

thanking me for the lesson. I got my first death threat on X. Okay. Yeah. Somebody said to get your casket ready.

0:56.5

Okay. Yeah.

1:04.1

Hey, y'all. Welcome to Cost Politics on the Fight Lab Feast Network. Guess who's back? Not Knox.

1:11.6

Pastor Toby.

1:13.1

Just Pastor Toby.

1:15.2

They've abandoned me for a week and a half.

1:15.6

Oh,

1:16.1

really? I don't know.

1:16.9

I don't.

1:17.4

Was Knox done as long as I can go?

1:19.6

I did, I think, three shows last week all by myself.

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