Shocking scoop from the Intercept on white people’s racist War on Critical Race Theory:
Parents — mostly white — have been storming school board meetings across the state of Georgia over the last few weeks, heeding a call by conservative demagogues to fight against “critical race theory” being taught in schools. https://t.co/VrAGelPLOL
— The Intercept (@theintercept) June 7, 2021
George Chidi writes:
Parents — mostly white — have been storming school board meetings across the state over the last few weeks, heeding a call by conservative demagogues to fight against “critical race theory” being taught in schools. Gov. Brian Kemp wrote a letter to the state board of education last month, calling critical race theory a “divisive, anti-American agenda” which “has no place in Georgia classrooms.” Kemp echoes a wave of protests across the country over the last two months, from rich Virginia suburbanites launching a campaign to oust the state school board to a disrupted meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, with parents protesting mask mandates — unmasked, of course — along with critical race theory.
In practice, these white parents haven’t been railing against the arcane legal theory but against the idea that students should be taught that racism is a real, current problem created by longstanding structural inequality. Local school board meetings have devolved into vitriolic shouting matches, with boards looking for ways to control public comment afterward.
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Kemp and others have begun to implicitly draw a connection between the eroding defense of white supremacy among white voters and their own political futures by describing anti-racist education initiatives as inherently political. Basically, they’re saying the quiet part out loud.
Ackshually, they’re saying the loud part out loud: Critical Race Theory is inherently racist and makes no secret of it.
And any parent, white or otherwise, should have a problem with that.
All races should fight this crap! Nothing good comes from teaching hate of any kind against anyone!
— SC (@ChathamSherrill) June 7, 2021
Wait, you mean the white people “critical race theory” falsely treats as universally racist have problems with that being taught in school?
WHOA. https://t.co/YF6bLQKob4
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 7, 2021
It is sad that anyone would read the lies you write.
CRT is literally racism and teaching hate.
Wake up.
— TJefferson1985 (@Jefferson1985T) June 7, 2021
"We demand to be able to try and make white kids hate themselves and feel personally responsible for things they didnt do."
— IronSuit (@iron_suit) June 7, 2021
Stupid parents and their attempts at raising their children https://t.co/U2gifE9qkU
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 7, 2021
Alternate headline:
Parents – including people of color – have been storming school board meetings across GA to demand that their kids receive a proper education instead of being indoctrinated.
There. FIFY. https://t.co/FKFo3nryRc
— Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) June 7, 2021
>mostly white
>mostly
I'm guessing this means non-whites were well-represented proportionally, otherwise you would have mentioned that— Sunset Ride (@RideSunset) June 7, 2021
Really?
Because I have seen brown parents,black parents and biracial parents speaking out against it as well…
— THE Farmer's Wife (@THCfarmersWife) June 7, 2021
"mostly white"
So even non-whites are against this bullshit.
— Óscar Echeverría Díaz 5.0 (@scarEcheverraD2) June 7, 2021
Thank you "parents — mostly white —" for your service! https://t.co/0Aq8qURY4i
— Pedro L. Gonzalez (@emeriticus) June 7, 2021
And rightly so.
— cyrano jones (@jmtham651) June 7, 2021
Good parents!
— Dr. Raymond Voetsek 🇿🇦 (@DrVoetsek) June 7, 2021
This sounds excellent!
— Chris (@ChrisLi56522750) June 7, 2021
Awesome, thanks for keeping us updated on this excellent decision!
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 7, 2021
— Dave (@Wolffmann85) June 7, 2021
You know, it’s all starting to make sense now:
I can see why @ggreenwald regrets founding the Intercept.
— The Better Chrissy (@cam5442) June 7, 2021
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