K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: Has Nikole Hannah-Jones just written a new version of The Jungle?
[C]ongratulations, Nikole Hannah-Jones.
You’re a regular Nick Shirley, exposing the outrageous fraud of public school education in New York City, even as you think you are promoting DEI or rage over racism or something.
Or more specifically, you are becoming the new Upton Sinclair.
Sinclair, recall, was a progressive-era muckraker who wrote ‘The Jungle’ in 1906, with the express aim of converting America to socialism.
His book described the filthy meat-packing plants of Chicago and the terrible labor conditions experienced by America’s Lithuanian and other immigrant workers in a wrenching, emotionally engaging book that became a massive bestseller.
But much to his surprise, he didn’t convert anyone to socialism.
People read about those filthy meat-packing plants where chemicals and spoilage were present, and absolutely shuddered at the thought that they were eating from them.
That prompted major legislation to reform food sanitation practices, including the Meat Inspection Act, and the Pure Food and Drug Act by Congress.
Sinclair never quite knew what hit him, famously saying:
I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.
That’s what Hannah-Jones just did: she shined a spotlight on the rotten meat of New York City’s educational ‘product,’ and like Sinclair, drew huge attention.
Exit quote: “How ironic that it comes from her when all she wanted to do was preach DEI.”
