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A Kentucky state representative stunned Americans this week when she stood in front of a legislative committee and admitted, plainly and proudly, that she “doesn’t feel good about being white every day.” Her remarks came while defending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs and arguing that white students should be given opportunities to “reflect” on their alleged privilege. This was not some private confession — it was an elected official broadcasting identity-based guilt from the podium of state government.
The comments happened during a hearing over a bill introduced by Republican Sen. Lindsey Tichenor aimed at ending DEI in K–12 schools, and they crystallize exactly why parents have been fed up with woke curricula. Lawmakers on both sides were discussing whether schools should prioritize unity and academics over ideology, and instead of defending kids, Rep. Stalker chose to lecture them about skin color. That choice tells you everything you need to know about where the left’s priorities lie.
Predictably, the clip went viral, lighting up social media as millions watched a professional politician perform penance for being born into the wrong race. Conservatives and ordinary parents reacted with disgust, and even public figures piled on after the video spread on X. This is not debate; it is virtue signaling on a public stage, weaponizing classrooms to teach shame instead of character.
Those who defend DEI will tell you it’s about “including everyone,” but the ideology’s real effect is the exact opposite — it divides students into boxes and judges them by immutable traits. Republican sponsors of the bill have pointed out that DEI programs have done little to improve academic outcomes while turning classrooms into laboratories for progressive social engineering. If Kentucky wants children to learn literacy and arithmetic, it should stop turning schools into confessionals for adult guilt.
Stalker even cited Jefferson County statistics about poverty and diversity while insisting DEI is meant to “pull in other students” and reflect their stories in curriculum, but that explanation rings hollow to any parent who watches a child come home confused and ashamed of their identity. Parents do not send their kids to school to be made to feel bad about themselves; they send them so teachers can teach, not preach. The left’s insistence on turning every lesson into a morality play about race betrays a contempt for the very families those schools are supposed to serve.
Republican lawmakers are responding the only way sensible people can: by pushing back in the legislature and attempting to ban politicized DEI programming in the classroom. Sen. Tichenor and other conservatives are working to make sure schools focus on reading, math, and civic unity rather than guilt-driven identity politics. If voters want less indoctrination and more education, this fight in Frankfort is exactly where it starts.
Americans should be outraged that an elected official would use her office to promote shame instead of solutions, and conservatives must keep pressing the case for common-sense schooling that respects every child. We will not surrender our children to an ideology that teaches self-loathing and victimhood as virtues. Stand with parents, demand real education reforms, and refuse to let politicians weaponize race against the next generation.
