Celebrating the anniversary of the Communist takeover of China by Mao Zedong

The NEA’s Latest Shenanigans

By Phyllis Schlafly
Friday, August 6, 2010

What does Diversity mean to you? Same-sex marriage? Building a giant mosque on the 9/11 spot in New York? Elena Kagan on the Supreme Court?

To the largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), diversity means celebrating the anniversary of the Communist takeover of China by Mao Zedong. The NEA posted this on its website calendar as a Diversity Event for October 1.

Thankfully, we live in a wonderful era when parents, Tea Partiers, conservatives, and students can rapidly spread the news ignored by the mainstream media. After this activity suggestion for teachers was reported on WorldNetDaily, the Mao calendar item disappeared (without comment) from the NEA’s website.

It’s hard to make sense out of the fascination that liberals have with Mao, who is known to history as the champion murderer of all time. Barack Obama’s Communications Czar, Anita Dunn, called him one of her two “favorite political philosophers.â€