Old Guy Rant: School boards and woke corporations

Political column by FC resident Larry Wiwi

I recently performed what I consider a citizen duty – I went to my local school board and asked what plans or policies the school corporation had with respect to teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) and they gave the expected and desired answer that there are no plans to change the current curriculum.  If the answer had been different, I would have been compelled to do whatever it takes to change their minds or through elections, change board membership until l we got the right answer.  It was a small but important act and I encourage you to do the same in your school district since we simply cannot allow the teaching of race driven hate and the notion that white supremacy is built into our founding documents.

Changing topics, have you had enough of woke corporations?  I have certainly had my fill of them and wondered what has changed over the past 15-20 years that causes corporate leaders to think it is their place to impose their moral view of the world on us?  I will sit for a moral lecture from a priest or minister, my mother and even my wife, but I’ll be damned if I’ll be lectured by the CEO or board of directors from giant company XYZ.  Being rich and powerful probably means you have some serious talents and skills but it does not mean you are wise in moral matters and it certainly does not bestow the right to lecture your customers and shareholders.

So, what can a person do?  We consumers can take the time to call the offending company’s consumer lines or website and let them know what we think, but most important we can vote with our dollars and simply start buying the competing brand – woke or not, the bottom line still matters.   Note that I said brand, not company because there are lots of large companies out there with multiple brands and the brands are often managed almost like independent businesses, so target the brand not the whole company.  I just hope enough companies stay out of the social justice wars to enable most of us to buy what we need.

Larry Wiwi