The Culture War Against the Little Man – Minding The Campus
A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times editorial board published a scathing editorial criticizing the Orange County Board of Education (OCBE), two weeks after its special board meeting on ethnic studies and critical race theory (CRT). The editorial accused the OCBE and its invited experts of refusing to teach truth, harboring intentional biases, and illustrating systemic and institutional racism, while not denying the fact that public attendees of the event agreed with the experts.
This latest cancel culture screed showcases the shifting power dynamics in America s current culture war, not between the left and the right, but from an elitist class of cultural bourgeoise and interest groups against the common man. In this case, the former commands 4,285 employees and $930.82 million in annual revenue. The latter is unapologetically represented by a realigned front of sympathetic local officials, concerned parents, community volunteers, and conscientious scholars outside the educational bureaucracy.