The Biden administration and numerous progressives are pushing the critical race theory (CRT). Now, Republicans are pushing back with legislation that opposes Biden’s rule to teach American children to make judgments according to skin color. Three Republican representatives introduced legislation: Rep. Burgess Owens (Utah), Rep. Chip Roy (Texas), and Rep. Dan Bishop (North Carolina).
According to Fred Lucas, Owens
introduced two measures to respond to Biden’s proposal to fund critical race theory
in the schools. “One of the proposals by Owens … is a bill that would prohibit
teaching of critical race theory within federal institutions…. The other is a
resolution highlighting the dangers of teaching critical race theory in U.S.
schools and decrying the ‘damaging philosophy within this prejudicial
ideological tool.’”
Burgess has strong feelings about CRT
because he “grew up attending segregated schools in the Jim Crow South … when
people were treated differently based on the color of their skin.” He added the
following in his public statement:
Critical race theory preserves this way of
thinking and undermines civil rights, constitutionally guaranteed equal
protection before the law, and U.S. institutions at large. This is the United
States of America, and no one should ever be subjected to the discrimination that
our laws so clearly prohibit.
Roy’s legislation – titled Combating
Racist Teaching in Schools Act (CRT Act) – proposes the blocking of “federal
tax dollars from going to schools that teach critical race theory.” The bill
includes “any elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher
education.”
Critical race theory, like all its racist
derivations, is a direct affront to our core values as Americans….
No one in America – be they students,
servicemen and women, government employees, or anyone – should be indoctrinated
to hate our country, its founding, or our fellow citizens. Worse yet is its
pernicious demands to “divvy us up by race” and perpetuate the lie that we
should be treated differently by virtue of our skin color. There is no room for
state-sanctioned racism anywhere in our society, and we must oppose it with all
our might….
As Americans we believe that all are
created equal by God Almighty, regardless of their skin color. That
self-evident truth, and the American promise that comes with it, are worth
fighting for.
The first legislation proposed by
Bishop – titled Stop CRT Act – would “prevent federal funds from paying for
teaching critical race theory.” Roy’s second bill – titled Combatting Racist
Training in the Military Act – would “block teaching critical race theory to
the nation’s armed forces.” He explained the following in a public statement:
Critical race theory is a poison to the
psyche of our nation. This destructive ideology has no place in America’s
institutions, and the bills I’m introducing will help ensure that our
government isn’t spending resources on promoting it.
There is need for such legislation
because the teaching of critical race theory is widespread in our nation.
Anyone who opposes CRT can be punished, such as Lt. Col Matthew Lohmeier, who
was the commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air
Force Base Colorado. He was relieved of duty because he criticized military
training in critical race theory. In fact, “the entire Defense Department, with
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s approval, promoted a similar reading list,
supposedly to combat suspected extremism in the ranks.”
Bishop stated that Biden and the
radical left are “pushing this neo-Marxist propaganda into our classrooms,
places of work, and even the military.” He stated that “Legislators on every
level must fight back against this insidious effort to undermine the truths
about our nation’s founding with everything we’ve got.”
Lucas wrote that local school
districts across the nation are implementing the teaching of CRT in their
schools and gave the following examples.
·
Public
schools in Evanston, Illinois, promoted the book “Not My Idea: A Book About
Whiteness,” with one school asking parents to discuss the book with their
children at home. Among other things, the book argues that “whiteness is a bad
deal” and “always was,” and that “you can be white without signing onto
whiteness.” …
·
In
Cupertino, California, educators required third graders to deconstruct their racial
identities and then rank themselves according to their “power
and privilege.”
·
An
advisory board in Loudoun County, Virginia, called for teachers to be dismissed if
they opposed the school district’s “equity training” inspired by critical race
theory.
·
In
Buffalo, New York, the school district applied
critical race theory to an “emancipation curriculum” telling students that “all
white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism.” The district
eliminated the line after it stirred controversy.
·
In
Louisiana, the Orleans Parish Board of
Education adopted a resolution that says “our country’s racist
history” is “still pervasive in today’s systems.” The resolution also calls the
nation “an unjust systemic racist America.”
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