Results for soft bigotry of low expectations

  1. University of California Hits Brakes on Standardized Testing Review— As Math Scores Continue to Plummet https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2026/07/15/university-of-ca…ng-review-as-math-scores-scores-continue-to-plummet-n2204361
    University of California’s Academic Senate (UCAS) has voted to rescind its promised review of standardized testing admissions — despite … review of standardized testing in admissions. … To make sure that you don't undo your intentional "soft bigotry of low expectations" dumpster fire?…
  2. 'Ebonics' 2.0? Leftist CA Group Wants to Include 'Black English' in Multilingual Education Program https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/07/08/ebonics-20-leftis…ude-black-english-in-multilingual-education-program-n2204111
    But regardless of how anyone speaks among family and friends, in the world of getting into college or getting a job, whether or how … It's nothing more than the left's "soft bigotry of low expectations." …  If we are going to follow this "logic," shouldn't anyone who was born or lived for a period of time in the southern part of the…
  3. Oopsie: NYC Professor's 'Blatantly Racist' Remarks About Black Students Drive Calls for Her Dismissal https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2026/02/24/oopsie-nyc-profe…rks-about-black-students-drive-calls-for-her-firing-n2199521
    " "children," and other such absurd claims) — make utter fools out of themselves with respect to people of color? … Minneapolis Public Schools Bar White, Asian Students From Classes on ‘Black Culture’Democrats Suddenly Find Out Their Low Expectations … From Their Soft Bigotry Won't Be MetIt Gets WorseAs is the case when all politicians get caught making "abhorrent" comments, Friedman…
  4. Gavin Newsom Steps in It Again As His GA Remarks Go Viral and He's Accused of Racism https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/02/23/gavin-newsom-remarks-in-ga-n2199459
    California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) has been hitting a variety of places on tour for his book, "Young Man in a Hurry, a Memoir of … Is he assuming that the mayor has a low SAT score? Why is he combining "I'm like you" with not being able to read? … Ted Cruz (R-TX) called him out for the "soft bigotry of low expectations," while political scientist Carol Swain posted, "Liberal racism…
  5. Undone by the DMV: Democrats Think Women Are Too Stupid to Get Their IDs Updated https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2026/02/12/democrats-think-women-are-too-stupid-to-get-their-ids-updated-n2199090
    In case you were wondering, the Democrat Party and its "soft bigotry of low expectations" is alive and well in Washington, D.C. – and … Something nearly 85 percent of Americans approve of, by the way. … Here's a trio of Democrat congresswomen:Rep.…
  6. Democrats Suddenly Find Out Their Low Expectations From Their Soft Bigotry Won't Be Met https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2026/02/03/democrats-sudd…ow-expectations-from-their-soft-bigotry-wont-be-met-n2198792
    It's what speechwriter Michael Gerson called "the soft bigotry of low expectations," or what it boils down to when you strip out the … Not ever discussed by any of these media sources was the racist nature of these kinds of statements. …  But their own bigotry corrupted their own expectations. Their own bomb is blowing up in their face.…
  7. The Death of DEI Continues: Princeton Reinstates Standardized Testing Requirements — Sort Of https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/10/12/the-death-of-dei…ersity-reinstates-standardized-testing-requirements-n2194983
    academia (emphasis, mine):The decision to resume testing requirements follows a review of five years of data from the test-optional …  In other words, the students can go hang; the real mission of our once-respected “institutions of higher learning” is to trot … bigotry of low expectations.…
  8. The Left's 'Compassion' Is a Weapon of Mass Destruction https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2025/09/10/the-lefts-compassion-is-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction-n2193779
    Moreover, in a way, it takes the blame off Democrats for the results of their soft-on-crime policies. … People with mental illness, especially those who are non-white, are often shown bigotry through low expectations, and are seen as people … criminals by being soft on them.…
  9. LA School District Allows Schools to Drop Standardized Testing, Embrace 'Educational Enjoyment' https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/09/16/la-school-distri…standardized-testing-embrace-educational-enjoyment-n2179378
     The "soft bigotry of low expectations" couldn't be more blatant, yet say it out loud and you'll be called "racist" and worse. … life became not the love of learning, not the enjoyment of education, not the exchange of ideas, but whether or not your school could … of your left-wing ideology.…
  10. Former Clinton Pollster Rips Kamala Harris Over 'Larger Problem.' He Couldn't Be More Spot-On. https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/10/23/former-clinton-p…er-larger-problem-he-couldnt-have-been-more-spot-on-n2180951
    Oh, and she's obsessed with non-stop trashing of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, as if to say millions of Americans should … bigotry of low expectations" to me.The Bottom LineThe Democrat Party has known from the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration … of Harris replacing Joe Biden; she was Biden's insurance policy.…
  11. HUH? University President Says 'We Must No Longer Be Neutral,' Calls Trump 'Threat to Higher Education' https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/10/24/huh-university-p…r-be-neutral-calls-trump-threat-to-higher-education-n2181022
    of more qualified college applicants in favor of those less qualified, as well. … Bottom line: replacing equality with equity is not only racist by definition; it also smacks of the soft bigotry of low expectations … the "attitude" of Trump and Vance to the teachings of German philosopher Martin Heidegger during the Nazi rise to power.…
  12. 'Identifying With Whiteness': MSNBC's Uber-Racist Joy Reid Blames Black, Latino Men for Trump Win https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/11/08/identifying-with…cist-joy-reid-blames-black-latino-men-for-trump-win-n2181716
    There is a huge element, to be honest, of anti-blackness in a lot of it -- anti-black America, specifically. …  There is a part of that anti-blackness that is a piece of it, even though Enrique Tarrio, who's the head of the Proud Boys, is …  I could go on, but the Democrats' continuing "soft bigotry of low expectations" has become — and will increasingly become — anathema…
  13. Nailed It: Tweeter Derails the 'Fani Willis Is Under Fire Because She's a Black Woman' Media Train https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/02/22/one-spot-on-t…s-under-fire-because-shes-a-black-woman-media-train-n2170462
    “The soft bigotry of low expectations”— Jason (@JASONm85) February 21, 2024Seriously. … Further, isn’t advocating that we do so a double standard and racist in and of itself? … privilege that the left has been throwing in the faces of white, male conservatives for decades as a supposed example of the double…
  14. No, Nikole Hannah-Jones Is Not the Front-Runner for the Most Nonsensical Take on Ukraine, This Is the Front-Runner https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/02/28/no-nikole-hannah-jon…nonsensical-take-on-ukraine-this-is-the-front-runner-n529336
    Indeed, I think that Hannah-Jones unfairly gets the benefit of the proverbial “soft bigotry of low expectations” because, after her … Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon) February 27, 2022In closing, we can have strong critiques of the racism in current media treatment of Ukraine … Roma is also a fraction of a percent of the whole population.What is noticeable since the outpouring of popular and governmental support…
  15. MSNBC Guest Claims DEI Creates 'Level Playing Field' — Why That Worn-Out Trope Is Patently False https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/02/27/msnbc-guest-clai…ying-field-why-the-worn-out-trope-is-patently-false-n2186078
    a minute percentage of the population — at the risk of ticking off previously loyal customers.ALSO READ:BlackRock, BofA Ditch DEI, … Lauren is also founder of a boutique consulting firm that works with a wide array of institutions and leaders both in business and … , the soft bigotry of low expectations is alive on the left, inclusive of the entire insanity of DEI.The Bottom LineWhile left-leaning…
  16. BOO-HOO: Elizabeth Warren Nearly in Tears Over Trump and Elon's Plan to Dismantle Education Department https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/03/15/boo-hoo-elizabet…wails-trumps-plan-to-dismantle-education-department-n2186688
     Here's poor Liz:Public education is a critical part — not just of how we build the future, but also of our democracy. … In other words public education has largely become more about "the soft bigotry of low expectations" than educational excellence.ALSO … the above" without running afoul of the U.S.…
  17. Let's Get Serious About Reducing Government, Mr. President. Part I: The Proper Role of Government https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/01/20/lets-get-serious-a…t-mr-president-part-i-the-proper-role-of-government-n2184590
    He is standing up an investigatory arm of the administration, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to identify and recommend … Thomas Sowell calls "the soft bigotry of low expectations." … But the lazy, the indigent, the irresponsible – they have no moral claim on the fruits of the labor of the industrious.…
  18. 'Educational Homicide': Zero Students Test Proficient in Math at 40 Percent of Baltimore High Schools https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/09/20/educational-homi…ent-in-math-in-40-percent-of-baltimore-high-schools-n2164072
    In this episode of "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations"... … The latest round of state test results is raising alarm in Baltimore City Schools. … (See: "The soft bigotry of low expectations.")…
  19. College Admission Test Scores Drop to Lowest Level in 30 Years, Media Rushes to Blame COVID https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/10/11/act-college-admi…owest-level-in-30-years-media-rushes-to-blame-covid-n2164951
    REALITY: Given the hellbent drive in public school systems across America to lower educational expectations of students, with STEM … You know — that whole insane "equity" thing, or as I prefer to call it, the soft bigotry of low expectations. … High School Class of 2022 Graduating Class Data Context matters for the graduating class of 2022.…
  20. Thank God White Progressives Are Here to Help What They Believe Are Poor, Dumb Negro Voters https://redstate.com/jeffc/2021/04/02/thank-god-white-progre…to-help-what-they-believe-are-poor-dumb-negro-voters-n354591
    In fact, they love all forms of bigotry like a samurai loves his katana; it is not a societal ill to be addressed, it is a weapon to … Some call this so-called progressive tendency the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” I disagree. … There is nothing “soft” about the type of bigotry the hard left exhibits.…
  21. Watch: Ben Shapiro Needs Just One Minute and 12 Seconds to Destroy Democrat Lies About GOP 'Voter Suppression' https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2021/04/01/watch-ben-shapir…stroy-democrat-silliness-about-gop-voter-suppression-n354015
    As is the custom of conservative commentator and co-founder of The Daily Wire, Ben Shapiro, when he locks his robotic brain onto something … the left and “voter suppression” of people of color. … bigotry of low expectations.” …
  22. After Supreme Court Ruling, California Lifts Location and Capacity Restrictions on Houses of Worship https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2021/04/12/after-supreme-cou…ation-and-capacity-restrictions-on-houses-of-worship-n359797
    of public health. … They also can help breach the digital divide that often makes it harder for people of color, and low-income and older residents, to … So we end this mess with the soft bigotry of low expectations and racist trope that poor people cannot access the internet.…
  23. Queen Channels GOP and Trump With Announcement About Voter ID https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/05/10/queen-channels-gop-and-trump-with-announcement-about-voter-id-n377854
    A lot of the rest of the world requires voter ID and can’t imagine our system where so many states don’t require it. … Indeed, the argument itself is so racist, to suggest that people of color/minorities are somehow incapable or less capable of getting … It’s that “soft bigotry of low expectations” that Democrats always seem to be pulling out.…
  24. Allen West Lights up Texas Dems for Not Accepting Resignation of Chair Who Called Tim Scott a Racist Slur https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/05/06/allen-west-lights…ignation-of-chair-who-called-tim-scott-a-racist-slur-n375612
    We strongly condemn bigotry of any kind and will continue our historic efforts to work for justice and equality for all our fellow … They are the party of Jim Crow. They’re the party of segregation, of slavery. … And now, thanks to the soft bigotry of low expectations, they’re the party that sees independent thinking, black men and women as a…
  25. WATCH: Black Woman Takes Truth Blowtorch to Alyssa Milano, 'Woke White Ladies' https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2021/05/02/watch-black-woma…s-truth-blowtorch-to-alyssa-milano-woke-white-ladies-n372811
    And this constant drumbeat on the left, straight from the pages of the “Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations” handbook — and as racist … “Imagine being told you can’t figure out how to vote because of the color of your skin. … They are terrified of truth.…