This week, Townhall reported about a California school district that struggled with some of the lowest math and reading scores in the country hired a company called “Woke Kindergarten” to train teachers and hopefully boost the school’s scores. Two years later, the students’ scores were reportedly worse.
Now, a report from the New York Post explained that the head of the organization has said on video that the United States and Israel have no right to exist.
The individual, Akiea ‘Ki’ Gross, who goes by “they/them” pronouns, made the announcement clear in a video posted on Instagram. It was later amplified by the X (formerly Twitter) account Libs of Tik Tok.
“Yes everyone, the rumors are true. I am anti-Israel. I am pro-Palestine and I am 100 percent, 10 toes down, anti-Israel. I believe Israel has no right to exist,” Gross said.
“I believe the United States has no right to exist. I believe every settler colony who has committed genocide against native peoples, against Indigenous people, has no right to exist,” Gross said in the post.
“I believe in a free Palestine from the river to the sea,” Gross continued. “I believe one day Palestine will be free.”
“Y’all the demons. Y’all are the villains. We’ve been trying to end y’all. Get free of y’all,” she said, which essentially indicates that she supports Hamas’ attempts to “get rid of” the Israeli people.
This is the founder of the program called “Woke Kindergarten” who a California school recently paid $250k to. Their website says they have a “commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-black and queer and trans liberation.” https://t.co/j1YME5i3IF
— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) February 4, 2024
In another video, Gross reportedly called for schools to be abolished (via NYP):
“I think about land back to Indigenous peoples globally. I think about the fact that we would not have to participate in these systems, because none of these systems would exist. That means kids wouldn’t have to go to school because the world would ultimately be their classroom,” Gross said.
“[Kids] would learn with us, they would learn from us. We would learn from them. We would create these ecosystems of community care that would make sure that everybody had what they needed, so nobody would want for anything. We would hear music everywhere. We will make art out of everything. We’ll be able to write so much more poetry, because we would have so much joy in ourselves that we would need someplace to move it, someplace for it to land. The people would have the power and the kids would have more, too.”
As Townhall covered, the Glassbrook Elementary in Hayward, California, spent $250,000 in federal funds on Gross’ education program.
The school superintendent, Jason Reimann, told the outlet that “Woke Kindergarten” was meant to boost attendance rather than test scores. He also claimed that the program was supported by parents and teachers.
"We are in favor 100% of abolishing systems of oppression where they hold our students back. What I do believe is we should pick providers based on their work and how effective they are,” Reimann said.
