For more than 180 years after the nation’s founding in 1776, America’s attitudes toward sexism and sexual discrimination, harassment and violence were deeply troubling. But by the mid-2…
For more than 180 years after the nation’s founding in 1776, America’s attitudes toward sexism and sexual discrimination, harassment and violence were deeply troubling. But by the mid-20th century, there was anthat these toxic problems were inevitable with a societal power dynamic in which men dominated nearly every aspect of life. This understanding, and a racial reckoning in U.S. politics in the late 1950 and 1960s, led to a series of civil rightsbecame the law of the land.
But did these developments translate into real change? Or did they create complacency by encouraging the idea that society’s job was largely done in acting to limit pervasive gender bias?in 2017 — in which thousands of women professionals in industries from the sciences to the arts to philanthropy to journalism documented their mistreatment at the hands of powerful men — it was fair to question whether progress has been overrated.by the U.S.
Every single case. Every single responsible employee. Incredible. This is a gigantic stain on the record of Cindy Marten, SDUSD superintendent from 2013 to 2021 — who now, perversely enough, is the U.S. deputy education secretary who oversees the civil rights office that produced the report documenting her former district’s abject failures.
This stain is particularly indelible because long before the Aug. 9 report, there were immense warning signs that Marten and the district weren’t doing their jobs. In 2013, the parent of a student at Hamilton Elementary School in City Heights said authoritiesher report that her child had been sexually assaulted in a school bathroom. That same year, parents made strikingly similar allegations about the abuse their childin 2017 at Miller Elementary School in Tierrasanta.
In a just society, Marten and many of these officials would immediately be exiled from the world of education. But based on San Diego Unified’s phlegmatic response to the federal report, here’s what residents can expect: nominal displays of concern, followed by a reprise of officials’ what-me-worry response to the 253 claims the district mishandled from 2017 to 2020.
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