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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

This Week's Top Stories - China's Hypersonic Missile, Striketober & Vaccine-Resistant Cops

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

China launches a hypersonic space missile, over 100,000 American workers go on strike, U.S. police officers push back against COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and more.

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.6

Alright, let's begin with a crazy story out of Texas.

0:13.2

The junk in America's trunk.

0:15.3

Texas is one of the many states where schools have been cracking down on critical race

0:19.2

theory, which I actually agree on.

0:21.7

If black people want to learn about racism in Texas, they're going to have to do it the

0:24.9

old fashioned way by trying to vote.

0:27.5

Now just so you understand, Texas lawmakers were against the idea of teachers telling

0:31.8

students that America's institutions are founded on white supremacy.

0:36.0

And instead, they're saying that if a class covers certain controversial topics, it must

0:41.1

present all sides without saying who's right or wrong.

0:46.1

And last week, one school official went beyond what the law even requires, telling teachers

0:51.1

that being fed to everyone really does mean everyone.

1:04.7

I'm sorry, what?

1:09.0

You can't teach the opposing view of the Holocaust.

1:12.5

That's Facebook's job.

1:14.2

Stay in your lane, teachers.

1:15.9

And look, telling teachers to present opposing perspectives regardless of merit isn't just

1:20.1

bad from an education point of view.

1:22.0

I mean, it's making teachers do twice as much work, which is unfair.

1:26.6

You know what?

1:27.6

I think if you're going to teach totally opposing views, then the classroom should at least

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