Will Political Correctness Indoctrinate our Youth?
by Nancy Salvato

In response to inflammatory remarks made by Jay Bennish, a teacher at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo., Walter Williams penned a column entitled “Youth indoctrination” [http://tinyurl.com/f45ae], in which he ponders, “Regardless of whether you're pro-Bush or anti-Bush, pro-American or anti-American, I would like to know whether there's anyone who believes the teacher's remarks were appropriate for any classroom setting, much less a high school geography class. It's clear the students aren't being taught geography. They're getting socialist lies and propaganda.”1

The aforementioned teacher made provocative, anti-American statements to his 10th grade “Human Geography” class, such as; “The U.S. has engaged in ‘7,000 terrorist attacks against Cuba,’ and, ‘Capitalism is at odds with humanity, at odds with caring and compassion and at odds with human rights.’"2 (To hear the complete audio, click here)

Because court precedent can only point those who share his outrage in the general direction of how this lecture might be perceived by legal minds, there is no definitive answer to Mr. Williams’ question; there cannot be offered any foregone conclusions about whether or not Jay Bennish would be treated as a victim in this case or if his teaching would be considered in violation of the school curriculum. the rest