Paul Rossi was a former teacher at the elite Grace Church School in Manhattan, NY, and went public at Bari Weiss’ Substack regarding the destructive “antiracist” teaching and indoctrination at the school, I Refuse to Stand By While My Students Are Indoctrinated.
Paul appeared on a Legal Insurrection Foundation panel on May 30, 2021,
Paul obtained training videos from the National Association of Independent Schools recent People of Color Conference. You can view the schedule here. There was an expansive list of sponsors. Soledad O’Brien was the featured speaker.
NAIS is the central accrediting authority for private schools, sets the tone for Critical Race activities, and is viewed with fear by many people we have communicated with.
Paul began posting some very short clips from the conference on Twitter to demonstrate how horrible this training is — and it truly is terrible.
Paul just tweeted that NAIS is trying to get the clips, which to me clearly are fair use, taken down.
Paul also linked to his original thread, which now shows most of the videos disabled by Twitter.
Many of the tweets were archived, so screenshots pre-takedown were saved though the videos don’t play as of this writing, including:
Rossi has mirrored the videos at GETTR.
Here is the text of one of the takedown notices:
Hello,The following material has been removed from your account in response to the DMCA takedown notice copied at the bottom of this email:
- Video uploaded with Tweet: https://twitter.com/pauldrossi/status/1479905013908578308 – This slide entitled “Burn Shit Down” from “Traversing the Long and Thorny Road Toward Equity in Our Schools”, may be intended as a metaphorical call to action, but nonetheless illustrates a casual attitude towards destruction as a means to create a just new future. 6/ https://t.co/mgVWCNU8h4
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(If your address is in the United States)“I consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which my address is located and I’ll accept service of process from the person who provided notice under 17 U.S.C. 512 (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.”OR(If your address is outside of the United States)”I consent to jurisdiction in any judicial district in which Twitter may be found and I’ll accept service of process from the person who provided notice under 17 U.S.C. 512 (c)(1)(C) or an agent of such person.”Please send your counter-notification to us via webform or as a new email to copyright@twitter.com.We will forward a copy of your counter-notification, including the information required in item 1 above, to the complainant and Lumen. BY SENDING US A COUNTER-NOTIFICATION, YOU CONSENT TO THIS DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.Please note that repeat violations of this policy may result in suspension of your account. In order to avoid this, do not post additional material in violation of our Copyright Policy and immediately remove any material from your account for which you are not authorized to post.******************************Copyright owner:> National Association of Independent SchoolsName:> Myra McGovernCompany:> National Association of Independent SchoolsJob title:> Vice President of MediaAddress:> 1129 20th Street NW, Suite 800City:> WashingtonState/Province:> DCPostal code:> 20036Phone (optional):> [REDACTED BY LI]Fax (optional):>Where is this infringement happening?> TwitterDescription of original request:> The clip is taken from a recorded presentation that is accessible only to people who registered for NAIS’s People of Color Conference.Links to original work:> [Empty]Please provide URL(s) to the infringing material (e.g., Tweet URL, Periscope broadcast URL, Fleet ID, etc.):> https://twitter.com/pauldrossi/status/1479905013908578308Reported content:> Video/Audiovisual RecordingDescription of infringement:> NAIS broadcast this presentation for registered attendees of a conference between November 30 and December 30, 2021. @pauldrossi has violated our intellectual property rights (including our copyright) by posting portions of our presentation without our consent on Twitter. It is our understanding that he intends to post additional copyrighted material in the coming days. We ask that this post be removed, due to this infringement, and the Twitter user @pauldrossi be restrained from posting additional copyrighted material without permission.512(f) Acknowledgement:> I understand that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), I may be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, if I knowingly materially misrepresent that reported material or activity is infringing.Good Faith Belief:> I have good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.Authority to Act:> The information in this notification is accurate, and I state under penalty of perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner.Signature:> Myra McGovernCountry> US
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