Oh I believe such a person would be fired, certainly in Riverside. And most places. As a Jew who grew up seeing teachers get away with all kinds of shit 35 years ago, and certainly sees signs of subtle anti-semitism in schools today, I do not believe anything so fundamentally mocking as this, about Jews, would be tolerated. No chance.

And the fact is, we have advocacy organizations that are far more influential than Indigenous people. That’s just a fact. To say that, btw is not “Jews have all the power” talk or anything like that, but just to note that we are considerably more powerful and influential in this country and have more ability to influence policy than Black and brown folks do (AS Black and brown folks; yes I realize there are Black and brown Jews). Our ability to bring that influence to bear would weigh heavier on those in a position to fire teachers than the ability of Indigenous advocacy groups to do the same.

It was not meant to dismiss anti-Semitism in the country or among teachers, but simply to say, that anti-Native bias is far more accepted in this country than anti-Jewish bias. Mascots, tomahawk chops, halloween costumes, and the denial that what happened to Indigenous people was a Holocaust or genocide at all. No teacher that denied the Holocaust of European Jewry could keep their job. Denying the Holocaust and genocide of Indigenous peoples is literally what school do every day and have done for generations.