After a girl was raped in a bathroom by a boy in a dress, Chicago Public Schools announced that all public bathrooms in the district will now be gender neutral. We ll talk about that today. Also, the White House unveils its new five-point plan for defeating COVID. Will this work better than the plan they had before this, or the one before that? And Whoopi Goldberg engages in shocking transphobia while attacking pro-lifers. The New York Times argues that abortion is good because adoption is bad, and Trevor Noah takes the vaccine, The Red Pill.
00:00:00.000Today on the best-selling children's author show, Chicago Public Schools are excited to announce that every bathroom in the district in every school will now be gender neutral.
00:00:09.100Now, how could they instate a policy like this right on the heels of the Loudoun County scandal where a girl was raped in a bathroom by a boy in a dress?
00:00:15.400We'll talk about that today. Also, the White House unveils its new five-point plan for defeating COVID.
00:00:20.760Will this work better than the plan they had before this or the one before that or the one before that?
00:00:24.720And Whoopi Goldberg engages in shocking transphobia while attacking pro-lifers.
00:00:28.620The New York Times argues that abortion is good because adoption is bad.
00:00:33.020And Trevor Noah takes the vaccine red pill, an unexpected turn of events.
00:00:36.720We'll talk about all of that and much more today on the best-selling children's author show.
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00:02:18.720These dire conditions can be felt in the school system itself, where the violence from the street often spills into the hallways and the classrooms, as you might expect.
00:02:28.120The schools are so infected and surrounded by violence that many students are scared to walk home at the end of the day.
00:02:33.520Earlier this year, two 15-year-old students at one Chicago school were shot and killed in separate shootings on the same day near the school they attended.
00:02:41.020This is what it's like to attend class inside a war zone, basically.
00:02:46.780Academically, Chicago schools are subpar at best.
00:02:50.100Their elementary-age students are below the national average in both math and reading.
00:02:54.160The situation is so bad that the school system brags about a graduation rate of only 82%, also considerably below the national average.
00:03:02.720Granted, it's an improvement from the catastrophic 60% graduation rate of 2007, but still not very good.
00:03:10.960All in all, suffice it to say that Chicago public schools have problems, major problems, and they aren't focused on solving any of them.
00:03:19.700Instead, the district has set inclusivity as one of its primary goals, and it most especially wants to impose inclusivity in the bathrooms.
00:03:27.320Now, as a normal and sane person, you have probably been inside hundreds of public restrooms and never once thought to yourself that the environment needed to be more inclusive.
00:03:36.940It's likely that you have never looked around and said,
00:03:40.360I really wish there was a more diverse array of people peeing alongside me.
00:03:45.540You may take note of many other improvements that can be made inside any particular public restroom,
00:03:50.160most of them hygiene and sanitation-related, but diversity and inclusivity were probably not among them.
00:03:55.920But the Chicago public school system, like so many other school systems, is not run by people like you.
00:04:01.860It's run by weirdos and predators and perverts who have never met a heteronormative, quote-unquote,
00:04:07.400arrangement that they don't want to dismantle.
00:04:10.100And that's why the district announced this week that all bathrooms in all of its schools,
00:04:13.680at every grade level, will be made gender-neutral from henceforward.
00:04:17.560They proudly released a video where Cammie Pratt and Deb Spragans,
00:04:21.780their top Title IX officers and chief groomers, announced the change.
00:04:31.160Hello, everyone. I'm Cammie Pratt, the district's chief Title IX officer.
00:04:35.180And I'm Deb Spragans, the district's deputy chief Title IX officer.
00:04:38.980The new school year is off to a strong start as we've welcomed our students back to our school buildings five days each week.
00:04:44.680On top of ensuring that each of our schools is a safe learning environment,
00:04:49.280we're also taking steps to create more inclusive and supportive schools.
00:04:53.700One change that will be implemented this school year relates to our school bathrooms.
00:04:58.740In compliance with new federal guidelines, all CPS students and staff will have fair and equitable access
00:05:05.300to bathroom facilities that align with their gender identity.
00:05:08.820We will be providing all schools with updated signage that makes our bathrooms more inclusive.
00:05:15.280It will identify the fixtures available in each restroom and make it clear that all restrooms are open for use by anyone who feels comfortable.
00:05:24.020Staff will continue to have staff-only restrooms available to them.
00:05:27.640This is an incredibly important step to increase gender equity for all,
00:05:31.920which is why we will be requiring all schools to post this signage by December 1st of this school year.
00:05:38.820Our district's Office of Student Protections in Title IX is also working on a long-term plan
00:05:44.340to create more permanent signage for our bathrooms.
00:05:48.140I encourage you to visit our website at cps.edu forward slash OSP
00:05:53.280to learn more about our comprehensive approach to creating more inclusive, equitable, and safe schools.
00:05:59.120If you have any questions, you can email us at osp at cps.edu.
00:06:04.840We look forward to having a safe and successful school year
00:06:08.500at every school in every neighborhood across Chicago.