In Salem, Oregon, a teacher by the name of Dean Wright was arrested at his place of work and is currently under investigation. According to FreeOregon: “It is reported that he said he ‘mistakenly’ sent the nude pictures to a student that were intended for another person. To that I ask in what world is it okay to have nude selfies on your phone alongside STUDENT cell phone numbers? Is there any explanation that makes this okay?”

To answer that question: No.

According to Wright’s LinkedIn, he has been teaching for five years and is currently the seventh grade English Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Judson Middle School. According to social media posts unearthed by Libs of TikTok and intrepid reporter Andy Ngo, Wright has bought into the very worst practices of our current education system.

Namely, he openly teaches critical race theory and has his students reading books like Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism and You that features authors like CRT provocateur Ibram X. Kendi. Wright also boasts on social media that he is proudest of teaching his students about gender pronouns. He took to social media with comments about Florida’s anti-grooming bill, saying: “Waking up and going on TikTok to find thousands of videos of students protesting the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is heartbreaking. Students are out here fighting for their right to exist in public education.”

Seems like an eduactivist-ideologue eager to indoctrinate the next impressionable generation. And yet, he allegedly sent a nude to a high school-aged student. The image circulated on social media prompting his boss, Principal Alicia Kruska, to send a letter to parents saying that she had “received a report of an inappropriate image believed to be a staff member being shared on social media” and that “it is believed that this image has been viewed by some students.”

Wright has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of the investigation.

There are two ways to view this. First, if we give Wright the benefit of the doubt that this was an accident, it is one for which he will pay dearly. His incriminating image has been blasted online, and there is no way he will (or should) be trusted to be with students anymore. Being a teacher is a high calling, and protecting the student in your care is paramount (arguably, he’s already violated that high calling with his CRT and LGBTQ+ agenda). He should lose his job.

The second viewpoint is that he is exactly what he appears to be: A groomer using his connections with children to prey on them for his own gratification.

This is exactly the nightmare that parents fear with their children. Not only are the students being made more vulnerable with an ideology that proclaims the only identity that matters is your sexual identity, but it leaves them open for predators to take advantage of their confusion that the groomers created in the first place.

Only time will tell if justice will be served on this matter.