ABSTRACT
Authoritarian populist religious conservatives are extremely worried about the relationship between schools and the body and about sexuality. They are worried about the relationship between schooling and what they perceive as the traditional family. God-given, as are relations of gender and age. God has put men in dominant positions of authority and has decreed that religious authority must supersede public policy. The divisions of race and gender have always been used by dominant groups in the United States—and elsewhere—to prevent “decentered unities” from developing that might challenge hegemonic powers. This has also worked to interrupt alliances within progressive communities as well. People are classed and sexed/gendered and raced and regioned all at the same time. Partially progressive discussions of race, sex/gender, disability, environment, and class dynamics and histories had found their way into the curriculum after decades of effort. Class was often racialized and many radical movements grew up around issues of the intersection of class and race.
