China’s Rise Goes Beyond Gold Medals
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 22nd, 2008 4:28 am by HL
China’s Rise Goes Beyond Gold Medals
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
Abu Ghraib-i-fying America’s schools
The citizens of the world who hate America are going to love the latest agitprop released this week by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. In a document titled “A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools,” the left-wing groups seek to paint a horrifying portrait of the nation’s classrooms as Abu Ghraib-like torture chambers. The report compiles sob stories of students humiliated after being disciplined by school officials for unruliness, and claims that minority students are “disproportionately targeted” for punishment. Citing international law and threatening lawsuits, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU are demanding that the White House and Congress ban physical discipline in all public schools.
