Watkins's statements came during the district's virtual event titled "Equity ABAR Summit: If Not You Then Who?" 2021 May 28, Julia Marnin, “Twitter Outraged Over Teacher Telling Educators to Embrace Anti-Racist Thinking or Be Fired”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023:
Combining anti-racism and culturally relevant pedagogy with capitalist promotional content could lead some followers to believe that culturally relevant pedagogy is something that can be bought or consumed rather than engaged with intellectually. The high level of promotional content is not a problem only with ABAR influencers on Instagram, but a finding many who study teachers on social media have found across platforms. 2021 June 22, Jim Carlson, quoting Stephanie Schroeder, “In-school discussion about activism not consistent, research shows”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2021: