CRT is bad news for Democrats
Critical race theory (CRT) and education in the United States as a whole is shaping up to be a huge campaign issue for 2022 and 2024. And that's terrible news for Democrats. Recent polling backs up this perspective.
Exhibit A: A recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found 61 percent of registered voters said children should not be taught that America is “structurally racist.”
Exhibit B: A YouGov-Economist poll says almost 6-in-10 American voters have an unfavorable view of critical race theory.
But hold on a minute: Many in traditional media, along with representatives of teacher unions, have said that CRT is not being taught in American schools; that it is a myth similar to the current Republicans-want-to-defund-the-police kind of myth. Here's Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, on July 6....
Fast forward to just days later, and now we're being told by Weingarten not only that CRT is being taught in schools, but also that millions of dollars have been lined up to fight inevitable legal battles to ensure it stays....
So, while we focus on CRT in our schools and teach children as young as five years old to see others through a racial prism, to judge others by the color of one's skin rather than the content of their character (which would only serve to divide this country further for generations to come), we’ll continue to lag behind the rest of the world in the key areas of reading, math and science, where the U.S. ranks 25th.
First in math, of course, is China. Ireland is 11th; Australia, 21st. And the U.S. – with more resources and technology poured into education than almost any other country -- sits in 25th place. But don’t blame the teachers, for the most part — blame the teacher union leaders as well as the public officials, including the president, who fail to stand up to them.
Know this: Parents aren’t taking this anymore. Look at school board recall efforts, for example; it’s a huge indicator of how parents are responding to CRT being taught in their children’s schools.
Already, there have been more than 50 school board recall efforts this year — and we’re barely halfway through 2021.
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The Parent Rebellion is real and it is not good news for Democrats who support the teachers' unions. The unions have lost the trust of the parents of the students. CRT has been the catalyst for this change. It will shape elections from local school boards to the Congress.
See:
Oklahoma BANS Critical Race Theory from schools and threatens to revoke licenses of teachers who promote it a week after head of national teachers union said they will sue states over crackdown on lessons
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