Video of the talk was recently leaked by Tony Kinnett (pictured), district science coordinator & instructional coach for Indianapolis Public Schools
During a lecture to middle school students from Indiana in 2020, Black Lives Matter activists stated that the world they live in is characterized by ‘crime made up’ and that people of color are more likely be ‘enslaved for their actions.
Video of the talk – which featured Indy10 BLM activists Jessica Louise, Kyra Jay Harvey, Michelle Anastasia and Leah Derray – was recently leaked by Tony Kinnett, district science coordinator and instructional coach for Indianapolis Public Schools.
The footage shows how teachers permitted the guest speakers to tell students they were living in a ‘misogynistic, masculine society’ that uses white supremacy and capitalism to harm black people, according to the Daily Caller, which obtained and first reported on the video.
The activist group, which focuses heavily on racial inequalities, claimed that America’s justice system treats poor and black people more favorably than it does white people.
“Crime is invented. These rules were created by people and broken by others. “It’s simply that you’re more likely to get imprisoned or enslaved if your race is black, brown, or otherwise poor,” Derray states.
“The fact is that everyone can commit crimes, even if they don’t seem to.”
BLM speaker host described the presence of their speakers as strong and applauded them.Being open and honest about yourself and your struggles and continuing to do so.
Kinnett was suspended while the district investigated him for possible misconduct.
Indian middle school students heard from Black Lives Matter advocates (pictured), that their world is characterized by ‘crime made up’, and they are likely to be enslaved due to their actions.
The spring talk, given to students at the K-8 Butler University Laboratory School 60, was part of the district’s Racial Justice Speaker Series.
It encouraged students to ‘stop all this madness’ by becoming activists themselves and fighting for equality in their own Indianapolis community.
Derray spoke to middle schoolers, “If we truly want to transform the world…if you want to make it a better place”, Derray said.
‘And it doesn’t matter if I want to make black people free and equal all across the globe, if I’m not working right here in Indianapolis … That’s what it’s going to take, working with people that you might not get along with.’
Derray shared how her childhood influenced her desire to become an activist. She also spoke out about the people she knew from her high school graduating class who were sentenced to prison.
She explained how growing up she was taught ‘if you do the crime you do the time,’ but would now argue: ‘It’s not about us doing crime, it’s about crime being done to our communities.’
The activist alleged she was raised in an environment where she – along with her parents, friends and siblings – experienced ‘harms and trauma’ that ultimately put them in ‘situations that result in us doing things that locks us up.’
Her argument was that capitalism and white supremacy’really harm’ black and brown people.
Anastasia also echoed the claim. She said that activism helped her to challenge all the information she had learned, even those of capitalism.
She said, “I was raised as a capitalist.” She said, “I was taught to seek out as much money as possible and as many things possible.”
Teachers at the K-8 Butler University Laboratory School 60 (pictured) permitted the guest speakers to tell students they were living in a ‘misogynistic, masculine society’ that uses white supremacy and capitalism to harm black people
‘[Activism has] really, really, challenged some of those ideals that were handed to me and assigned to me … I learn every day more about how those things affected me … and how to try to take them out of my learning now as an adult.’
Indy10 BLM shared with the group how they have created a “list of demands” for Indianapolis. It includes a request to eliminate cash bail, as ‘freedom should always be free.
These women also claimed that ‘black women’ and ‘fems’ were often ignored, denied seats at the table, and are not heard.
“Black women and fems” [females]Harvey stated that they live in a misogynistic and masculine society, which says to women, “Cook and Clean and Stay at Home.” “We live in a world that values masculinity as the ultimate power.
Leah Derray, activist (right), told students that crime is invented. These rules were created by people and broken by others. This is because if you’re black or brown you’re more likely to get imprisoned and enslaved.
The activists also encouraged students to ‘stop all this madness’ by becoming activists themselves and fighting for equality in their own Indianapolis community
Harvey claimed it ‘took a while for people to recognize that we were leaders in this city’ because they were black women. People see the group she spoke of and want to harm it because of race or gender.
They also encounter “a lot of problems,” the activist said.People who believe there is nothing wrong with police officers or that the police do their jobs well.
Anastasia also referenced the teachings of founding CRT theorist Kimberlé Crenshaw who purports that ‘all the different layers of human existence that can interact all at once.’
The activist touted the theorist’s teachings, which describe CRT as ‘an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.’
School leaders applauded after the talk and students reported that they were now’mapping to real-life superheroes’.
DailyMail.com reached out to K-8 Butler University Laboratory School 60 after hours for comment on the lecture and is waiting to hear back.