Kevin Donnelly on education
From Kevin Donnelly - Cancel Culture: Where to Next? · · The Sydney Institute
“The pendulum has swung so far to what I call the cultural left or a black armband view of history that I think we're in serious trouble. Students are now being taught a version of history focusing on invasion, colonisation, dispossession, frontier warfare, genocide, and removal of land from First Nations peoples.”
On , Kevin Donnelly, Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at TREDEGAR CORP, spoke about education during Kevin Donnelly - Cancel Culture: Where to Next? on The Sydney Institute.
About Kevin Donnelly
Kevin Donnelly, executive vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Tredegar, has spoken publicly about his views on education and cancel culture. In a 2021 appearance at The Sydney Institute, Donnelly discussed his book *Cancel Culture: and the Left's Long March*, describing cancel culture as a recent manifestation of what he called "neo-Marxist ideology." He argued that the "cultural left" aims to infiltrate institutions like media, schools, and universities to achieve a "socialist utopia." Donnelly stated that conservatives need to be "more forceful" in articulating their values and that businesses adopt sensitivity training to meet the needs of "woke employees." In a 2014 talk hosted by the Institute of Public Affairs, Donnelly criticized the Australian education system for not teaching Western civilization. He argued that schools have adopted a "cultural left" approach that treats all cultures as equal and dismisses the uniqueness of Western civilization. Donnelly said that education should be "committed to rationality and truth" and that the curriculum should "stress and respect the past." He also criticized the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), suggesting it should be shut down and control devolved.