The fix was in from the very beginning. The 18 member curriculum committee tasked with writing the new ethnic studies curriculum was peppered with die-hard Israel haters, including Palestinian -American educator Samia Shoman.
Samia Shoman wasted no opportunity to demonize Israel when she taught World History at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo.
Shoman’s classroom was decorated with anti-Israel posters and propaganda.
| Propaganda poster in Samia Shoman’s classroom Hillsdale High School |
| Samia Shoman’s classroom featured a large Palestinian flag |
| Propaganda poster in Samia Shoman’s classroom Hillsdale High School |
Her definition and examples of “truth”, “fact”, “perspective” and “narrative” were enough to make George Orwell reach for a drink.
Her “Teaching Palestine” curriculum and its accompanying material are available online. Her teaching incorporates the long-discredited 4 part map . She spreads the Mohammed al-Durrah blood libel- the one that gave rise to the term “Pallywood,” writing:
“In Gaza, a French broadcast crew captured footage of a boy called Mohammed al-Durrah being shot repeatedly by Israeli forces as he clung to his father.”
She rationalizes and excuses the suicide bombings that lead to thousands of Israeli civilian casualties during the second Intifada, decorating her classroom with material that glorifies the murderous attacks on pizza places, buses and cafes.
Samia Shoman’s 2011 handout to her history grade class was simply false, deliberately mischaracterizing Israel’s security fence as a “485 mile long concrete barrier”, used to “humiliate” the Palestinians.
| Samia Shoman: lies and indoctrination |
Samia Shoman’s biography describes her as a manager of English Learner and Compliance Programs in the San Mateo Union High School District. Before then, she taught high school social science in the Bay Area and poisoned minds for 16 years. Samia Shoman’s curriculum ignores truth, facts and history, excuses violence, and erases the relationship of the Jewish people to their ancient homeland. Her inexcusable bias and her ready dismissal of truth make her an inappropriate choice to work with students in a classroom setting. Likewise, Shoman should have no further role in drafting the California model ethnic studies.