But you can never underestimate the desire of those in political circles to attack a problem that doesn’t exist, especially if it will buy them support - or at least get the mob to look the other way. They voted 11-2 to say schools ought not teach kids that anyone is “inherently racist, sexist or oppressive,” is responsible for past acts by folks who looked like them, and that no one “should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race or sex.”Īs it turns out, it doesn’t seem like there was any overt effort by many school districts (or even any) to go all CRT. ![]() This month, the state school board fended off the looming threat of critical race theory. To them, the program was nothing but a Trojan horse to sneak in racial scapegoating and resentment. The school district tried to push back, saying it was simply hiring an administrator to oversee “social and emotion learning” and “diversity, equity and inclusion.”Ĭherokee’s school superintendent, Brian Hightower, told a crowd in a meeting that students needed “social and emotional learning” because of increasing rates of depression and suicide. Next thing you know, the kids won’t just be carrying their books home from school, they’ll also be lugging their newly created white guilt. ![]() ![]() ![]() The specter of critical race theory landed hard last month in Cherokee County, where a roomful of angry (mostly white) folks came to express their abject horror at their kids being indoctrinated with this “extreme and dangerous ideology.” Their fear is that teachers will be heaping psychological baggage on their young charges, painting white people as exploiters, colonizers and all around meanies. REPORTER There are no ░░░░░░░░ apples out there White ░░░░░░░░ make my blood boil ░░░░░░░░ you say there are ░░░░░░░░ good apples out there ░░░░░░░░ do you what kind ░░░░░░░░ claim are you making ░░░░░░░░ I m talking about ░░░░░░░░ have this idea that ░░░░░░░░ is something that if ░░░░░░░░ re consciously racist or ░░░░░░░░ you re a Klan ░░░░░░░░ and I m sort ░░░░░░░░ making the claim that ░░░░░░░░ is something that is ░░░░░░░░ and it is actually ░░░░░░░░ everyone and everyone uses ░░░░░░░░ words systemic they re ░░░░░░░░ you know I know ░░░░░░░░ racism is systemic and ░░░░░░░░ individually when you call ░░░░░░░░ out they ll be ░░░░░░░░ well it s not ░░░░░░░░ you can t say ░░░░░░░░ So there s a ░░░░░░░░ between use of the ░░░░░░░░ systemic and saying that ░░░░░░░░ is everywhere but the ░░░░░░░░ you point it out ░░░░░░░░ they re sort of ░░░░░░░░ disown their own violence ░░░░░░░░ racism REPORTER Would it ░░░░░░░░ fair to say based ░░░░░░░░ your expertise that white ░░░░░░░░ are psychopathic KHILANANI I ░░░░░░░░ I think so Yeah ░░░░░░░░ mean I think that ░░░░░░░░ s many lies that ░░░░░░░░ I didn t get ░░░░░░░░ that part because what ░░░░░░░░ delivered was only part ░░░░░░░░ a first series of ░░░░░░░░ but the way that ░░░░░░░░ of lying that white ░░░░░░░░ do that has started ░░░░░░░░ colonials and we re ░░░░░░░░ used to it REPORTER ░░░░░░░░ kind of lies KHILANANI ░░░░░░░░ as every time you ░░░░░░░░ Every time that you ░░░░░░░░ a country you loot ░░░░░░░░ say you ve discovered ░░░░░░░░ I mean this is ░░░░░░░░ level of lies is ░░░░░░░░ part of history We ░░░░░░░░ t say that we ░░░░░░░░ all these people we ░░░░░░░░ rid of all the ░░░░░░░░ Americans we say we ░░░░░░░░ America You don t ░░░░░░░░ about the level of ░░░░░░░░ you don t talk ░░░░░░░░ the level of what ░░░░░░░░ occurred You wipe the ░░░░░░░░ clean You sanitize the ░░░░░░░░ and you actually got ░░░░░░░░ along the way you ░░░░░░░░ trying to go to ░░░░░░░░ and then you say ░░░░░░░░ discovered something And this ░░░░░░░░ of discovery is everywhere ░░░░░░░░ ve discovered vegetarianism You ░░░░░░░░ you ve discovered yoga ░░░░░░░░ ve discovered everything is ░░░░░░░░ discovery and it s ░░░░░░░░ actually stolen.Governor Shotgun, who is better than me at gauging this emotion, last month jumped into the newest cause and urged the state’s Board of Education to take “immediate steps to ensure that critical race theory and its dangerous ideology do not take root in our state standards and curriculum.”
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