After all no matter what

Everything is white man’s fault

Richard Bilkszto (image from the NY Post)

After all no matter what, 

Everything is white man’s fault, 

( from: Do you ever wonder? Ode to JT- poem by Invictus) 

By N. Invictus (an anonymous Canadian teacher)

A week has passed since I received the phone call from a mutual friend who bore the dreadful news of Richard Bilkszto's death. The last time I was in touch with Richard was 5 days before this tragic incident. We were at a gathering just a couple of weeks before that. How did I not see the signs? What did I miss? What could I have done? The questions will never be answered. The "what ifs" and the regrets will not bring him back to his family, to us, and to all of those whom he was so passionately helping and whose lives he touched when he didn't even have to. As a retired principal, he could have easily chosen to sit back on the beach, relax, and enjoy the well-deserved and hard-earned free time. 

But that is not who Richard was. 

Even though we may never know exactly what or who pushed Richard to the edge, the fact remains that something did, someone did – the system did. A system that claims to be diverse, equitable and inclusive, words that I now loathe, the system that beats the drum of the importance of mental health, yet has no qualms in blaming everything on the white man. (Relax! I am not a white man!) 

Richard may be the only one that I know who took his life, he is not the only one who I know that endured the pain of being blamed for what his ancestors may or may not have done. All of us, even those who may be in favor of the DEI mandate, are suffering from this insanity, and our children will pay the ultimate price for our silence, compliance, and passivity. 

Our Prime Minister calls our country systemically racist, the ministry of education’s website alludes that our education system is systemically racist, the director of education calls the school board systemically racist and therefore the people in power label all of us good Canadians and educators racist by association. Our souls are being crushed, victimhood is promoted, and we are assumed guilty until proven innocent. Hence the imposition of DEI, antiracism, and anti-oppression training on everyone, even though no harm was done by any of us. We are walking barefoot on broken hot glazed glass all the time. Teachers are told that if someone accuses you of being racist, then you are racist; if someone claims to feel offended, then you have been offensive and our Ontario Human Rights Commission approves this approach! We are regularly warned to watch out, as neither the administrators nor the teacher's union will truly support or defend us. I will leave the Ontario College of Teacher’s reaction to your imagination. 

What does it take for this madness to stop? One life is too many. 

Mr. Lecce, in case there is any ambiguity, the finger-pointing, blaming, harassment, bullying, and discrimination are not restricted to these training sessions which thankfully you have decided to review. Please take one step further in the right direction. This discrimination against the white race has infiltrated into the hiring and promotion process under the guise of “diversity”. It has found its way in the applications for school admissions. It was embedded in the proposed Bill 67 and later Bill 16. It is in the reporting based on race that we inherited from Kathlyn Wayne and you decided to carry through. It is everywhere, in every nook and cranny of our education system, including the teacher union’s meeting. Even the Ontario Human Rights code does not seem to protect white people against racism. And you know it. What will you finally do about it? 

In May 2022, during a teacher's union Zoom meeting, another colleague was verbally attacked, called racist and a white supremacist, and his/her speaking time was cut (he/she was silenced) because he/she dared to express a pro-human approach. The meeting’s attendees with participation privileges continued to target him/her. One lady wore a black shirt with a fist on it and stood up to display that fist in front of the camera. Another person held up a paper reading "White Supremacist" in front of the camera. Furthermore, someone threatened this speaker and carried out the threat in the following days. As a result, this colleague was sent on home assignment for about a year by the school board, based on similar allegations that Richard Bilkszto faced, and is now required to go through further training sessions in the near future! 

It is interesting to note that during that uncivilized union meeting, one of the candidates introduced himself as "a white man, cisgender, with a child who is transitioning!" He was elected as the executive officer, I assume by ticking off many correct boxes! In another union meeting, it was decided that members with a specific skin color would receive 50% of the vote, regardless of the number of members with that skin color! And the member who opposed this decision as being unfair was called racist! It is important to clarify that there are many sane people in the teachers' unions who are trying to fight this battle and support their colleagues. However, they are experiencing extreme reactions and facing the culture of fear that everyone else is experiencing. To say that the environment of these union meetings is toxic and verbally violent is an understatement. 

In Dec 2022, during a school-wide tour to examine the classrooms set up to ensure they meet the CRRP (Culturally Relative and Responsive Pedagogy) mandate, an administrator made a comment that while he/she was growing up, he/she felt that people from his/her background were not represented on the walls as much as there were white men. I responded that times have changed and asked him/her how many white men he/she sees around him/her and on the walls anymore. Besides, he/she is the one in charge! Naturally, my response was not well received but that is another story. 

Mr. Lecce, teachers have stories to tell, and students have stories to tell. Since Sep 2022, I have sent you 35 emails of concern regarding the downfall of Ontario’s Education through my MPP some of which include this top-down, superficial focus on the importance of skin color that has poisoned the minds of people. The DEI mandates have replaced the intrinsic value of us as human beings, they undermine competency and character. I am one of many who are fed up with this charade, and we are not the minority. 

We live in one of the best countries in the world, and we are one of the most tolerant and accepting people. Just because there may be some bad apples in every bushel, that does not mean everyone is, by default, racist, should feel guilty, and in need of being trained. Especially when these trainings are publicly funded and conducted by questionable organizations and institutions. 

Crime has different shapes and forms. Explicitly or implicitly pushing people to their breaking point, killing people's souls, and poisoning kids' minds with toxic ideologies are no less than crimes. Racism is racism and one cannot claim otherwise just because one chooses to downgrade and demonize white people no matter what the radical left or the law might say. Mr. Lecce please ensure Richard Bilkszto’s legacy will not die in vain.

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Thanks for reading. For more from this author read, Education, Enlightenment, and School Story

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