Inclusion

A Practical Application

As a preface I must explain the difference between orthodox and heterodox. Inclusion as we understand it means to require participation, involvement, encompassing, additions, and the like. This is the orthodox definition of inclusion.

In the fields of HR and academics, fields influenced by the Frankfurt school, inclusive has a more heterodox meaning. For people that love to read long dry articles, please see my explainer from a while ago here.

For those who want a longer explanation and evidence of my claims on this topic, see the coverall. This is the “short” version.

This new heterodox definition of inclusion is: Cultural experiences and ideas from people with more societal power must be shut up by force to guarantee an oversensitive “safety” for narratives we claim are suppressed when censorship is NOT used. Inclusion becomes an unrealistic excuse to censor ideas and people.

So here is the practical application.

“Cultivating an inclusive community where all students find acceptance and feel valued.” - SWL School District Value Statement on Culture and Inclusion.

You see the allusion to a culture the district is making. You see the allusion to hyperinflated emotional safety. They are not using the orthodox definition of inclusion found outside of academia and human resource consultants.

I’ll have more to show you but the “woke” has made it to Southwest Licking School District. Buried in our district’s vision statement is a promise to suppress ideas and students that stand in the way of cultural change and this, this should worry you.