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There is a great tape circulating on the Internet where a black father, articulate, poised and educated, addresses a school board - presumably in a Michigan township - to say, “The Critical Race Theory is teaching that white people are bad. That's not true. That would teach my daughter that her mother is evil."
That’s right. Ian Rice is married to a white woman and, according to theBlaze.com, Ian lashed out at the school board, saying, “This board and this school district is failing," Rice told the assemblage.
"(Critical race theory) was never meant to be brought into grade schools, high schools - at all. It's actually taught in the collegiate atmosphere - and, more importantly, the legal portion of the collegiate atmosphere to see different laws through the lens of race ... from an ethical standpoint - not for grade schoolers and high schoolers."
He added that "the problem with bringing it to the high school and grade school level is we don't have the educators to properly teach these kids. Instead, they're using it as their own agenda to indoctrinate the kids to hate each other."
Rice also said he has two children in the district schools and – again from The Blaze, “To make matters worse, Rice told the school board that at one point a staff member pulled his daughter aside and said, 'Well, you're a minority, so you know better than to engage in certain things.'
The assertion drew some gasps from meeting attendees - but not as pointedly as when he added that when the incident was brought to the school's attention, nothing was done to the educator - but instead his daughter was "ridiculed."
"What is your criteria to educate the educators?" Rice asked the board. "And who are you to educate my children - or any of our children - in life issues? That's our job. Your job is to teach them math and science. Our job is to teach them about life."
He added that although there's still "a long way to go," racism and issues surrounding it are "nowhere near what they used to be decades ago."
"But I believe the people here don't look at me as a black man; they look at me as a man standing in front of you addressing the issue that we all are very passionate about," Rice said in conclusion, after which applause broke out in the room.
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HEY LEFTIES: WHY ISN’T CRT BEING TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS?
Popular radio host and columnist Larry O’Connor recently penned a piece on Townhall.com on July 9, 2021, that echoed my sentiments exactly:
By Larry O’Connor, writing for Townhall.com:
Have we finally found an important cultural issue that the Left and Right in America agree on? Can we all agree critical race theory has no business in our schools? It appears we agree on this...
I mean, unless the American Left is collectively lying through their teeth about it. The organized Left in academia, government employee unions, corporate-owned propaganda media and Kurt Schlichter's favorite "Cruise Ship Conservatives" are all bending over backward to vehemently deny that Critical Race Theory (CRT) has in any way influenced the curricula in America's government-run schools.
Here's the leader of the powerful teacher’s union flat-out denying CRT is taught in American schools: “CRT is not taught in K-12 schools. The right’s culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism, or discrimination as such to try to make it toxic. They’re bullying teachers to try and keep them from teaching the truth.”—Randi Weingarten.
Here's MSNBC's Joy Reid claiming that CRT is only taught in law schools. My favorite part is when she assures her viewers that CRT couldn't possibly be taught in public schools because "NBC has looked into everywhere." I mean, if you can't trust the brilliant and diligent reporters at NBC, who can you trust?
To be fair to the Cruise Shippers, they aren't necessarily denying CRT is in our school curricula; they just don't want you to do anything about it unless it involves hiring a lawyer (many of them are lawyers, you see how that works out for them?) and waiting many years until a court finally decides if that thing your child learned over the past several years should have been there or not.
Of course, the same people who are denying that CRT is part of our government schools are also using our tax dollars to hire race-baiters like Ibram X. Kendi to influence teachers about systemic racism, the inherent evil of whiteness, and well... what's the word for it? Oh yeah, Critical Race Theory.
So that kind of thing tends to undermine all of that crack reporting at NBC that Joy Reid vouches for.
But let's step back for a minute. I think there's a more important question that needs to be addressed by Joy and Randi and Ibram and the rest of them.
You see, we don't need to continue wasting our time proving that this insidious ideology is permeating the reading lists and curricula of our schools. It's obvious that it is. Just look at Chris Rufo's latest discovery:
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“SCOOP: At least 25 public school districts in 12 states are now teaching "Not My Idea," a book that claims "whiteness" is the devil, luring children with the promise of "stolen land (and) stolen riches." says Rufo, a writer and film maker. “Critical race theory is driving public education - and must be stopped.”
A book that depicts the devil (isn't that a religious figure, what's he doing in a public school?) making a bargain with white people to give them privilege and benefits in exchange for their whiteness. The message is not so subtle: Being white is evil since it is a gift from the devil.
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And, oh yeah, this book is recommended for second graders.
No, we don't need to prove this point anymore.
So, let's get to that more important point. Because I'd really like to hear Joy Reid and her team of reporters who can't find CRT in our schools answer a simple question.
Here's the question: Why aren't we teaching critical race theory in our schools?
I mean, all these denials suggest that liberals actually agree that it would be a bad thing for CRT to be part of our 5-year-old Kindergarten classes, right?
Why go out of your way denying (and spend all those NBC investigative resources looking for) CRT in our schools if you didn't agree that CRT is poison?
So, can we get Ms. Weingarten or Ms. Reid or all our pals on the Lido Deck to tell us if they even think there's something wrong with CRT or not?
Hey, Joy Reid, if one of your amazing NBC investigators found CRT in a curriculum for 5th graders in Manhattan, would that be a bad thing? Is there anything wrong with CRT? Should teachers not be influenced by CRT when they influence our 7-year-olds all day without any real accountability, or any alternate viewpoints allowed in their classrooms?
I'd love to hear an answer to those questions, wouldn't you?
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Larry O'Connor hosts The Larry O'Connor Show, the politics/pop-culture and lifestyle talk show heard daily from 3-6 p.m. on WMAL FM in Washington DC and from 10 a.m.-noon on KABC in Los Angeles. He appears regularly on Fox News on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Fox News at Night with Shannon Bream, Varney and Company and was a regular on the cult hit Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld. His writing has appeared on Hot Air, The Federalist, Washington Free Beacon, IJ Review and Andrew Breitbart's original websites Big Hollywood, Big Government & BreitbartTV.