One of the left's favorite pastimes is projection. Accusing the other side of what you are doing. There is no other organization that embodies that more in recent weeks than the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In April, the SPLC was indicted on multiple counts of wire and bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In addition, the SPLC was not rooting out extremism and the groups that engage in it; instead, it was paying those groups to manufacture it. Now, they have even more problems on their hands.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply involved in “Mental Health Literacy” and “Social Emotional Learning.”
— Scarlett Johnson (@scarlett4kids) May 13, 2026
Are they coaching kids to hate conservatives, capitalism, and America? I think so.
They also want a cut of the mental health in K-12 schools pie: billions of federal… https://t.co/nANka2uD0S pic.twitter.com/4msiqMODEQ
The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply involved in “Mental Health Literacy” and “Social Emotional Learning.”
Are they coaching kids to hate conservatives, capitalism, and America? I think so.
They also want a cut of the mental health in K-12 schools pie: billions of federal & state dollars are being abused by frauds & activists.
In an exclusive from Fox News, a watchdog group claims that the SPLC continues to sneak "far-left content and materials" into classrooms with students as young as kindergarten in over 40 states across the nation. Nicole Neily is the president of the watchdog group Defending Education. In a delicious bit of irony, the group was once labeled "extremist" by the SPLC, and says that "unbeknownst to parents, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been poisoning pupils’ minds around the country for years with its toxic curriculum."
Defending Education's new report shows exactly how SPLC's education program, "Learning for Justice," has been woven into K-12 lesson plans and other materials in 169 school districts in 42 states and Washington, D.C. It includes the usual suspect topics such as "anti-racism, Black Lives Matter, gender ideology and queer theory, white privilege, white supremacy, whiteness, and transgenderism."
Neily bluntly stated what this is and what it is designed to do, saying, "Issues such as queer theory, white privilege, and anti-racism have supplanted traditional coursework in history, social studies, and other core classes." She added that the materials included in the program:
"intentionally sow division and mistrust between students at a formative stage of their development. It is deeply disappointing that administrators and educators believe this is an appropriate use of finite classroom time and resources."
🚨'UNBEKNOWNST TO PARENTS'
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) May 12, 2026
How did the SPLC smuggle its radical leftist ideas into 169 school districts in 42 states across the US?
The teachers unions may have a great deal to do with it...
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So, where should parents be on the lookout for this woke drivel from the SPLC? About where you would expect. The New York State Department of Education now has "equity revisions" in its "Social Emotional Learning Benchmarks," which align with SPLC's social justice dictates. Other usual suspects include the California Department of Education, the Illinois Department of Education, and Chicago Public Schools. But there are places where they are indeed getting them while they are young. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Public Schools incorporate this into K-fifth grade physical education. Yonkers, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey, Public Schools are making sure to snag young minds full of mush at the pre-kindergarten and early childhood stages, respectively.
The SPLC has described itself as "a beacon of hope" for "fighting white supremacy." No "beacon of hope" indoctrinates young children, who don't even know who they are yet themselves, with far-left ideology and propaganda, designed to make them hate each other. That's not a beacon. It's a dark veil of fear, and it's sick.
If you thought woke was dead, think again.
EXCLUSIVE: “Unbeknownst to parents… they’ve been poisoning pupils’ minds for years.”
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 13, 2026
A watchdog report claims Southern Poverty Law Center-linked curriculum is being used in classrooms nationwide, including kindergarten, and could be indoctrinating children.
The findings say… pic.twitter.com/g9g4zLQoQY
EXCLUSIVE: “Unbeknownst to parents… they’ve been poisoning pupils’ minds for years.”
A watchdog report claims Southern Poverty Law Center-linked curriculum is being used in classrooms nationwide, including kindergarten, and could be indoctrinating children.
The findings say the SPLC’s “Learning for Justice” program has been integrated into lesson plans across 169 districts in 42 states, touching everything from teacher training to student coursework.
Critics argue it introduces themes like anti-racism, gender ideology, and white privilege into core subjects — often without parents’ awareness.
The development comes as the SPLC faces federal fraud charges over an alleged multimillion-dollar informant program involving White supremacist and neo-Nazi groups.
Editor's Note: President Trump is fighting to ensure America's kids get the education they deserve.
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