A growing number of American parents are coming together to find solutions to protect their children and to stop the spread of the quasi-Marxist Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools.
In their view, this heresy is poisoning the school environment and is the real culprit rather than the cure for the problem. On the other side, school officials are either in denial or remaining silent.
“Critical race theory,” has reached into academia, the entertainment industry, government and corporations. It redefines American history as a struggle between the “oppressors” (whites) and the “oppressed” (everyone else), in the same way that Marxism reduces human history to “bourgeoisie This is similar to Marxism’s reduction of human history to a struggle between the “bourgeoisie” and the “proletariat”. The institutions that emerge in predominantly white societies are also labeled as “systemic” or “structural” racists.
For a long time, parents were unaware of the spread of “critical race theory” in schools because it was cloaked in various guises, such as “equity,” “anti-racism,” or “culturally responsive. “or culturally responsive. This theory has even spawned a whole new industry: a group of speakers, trainers, and consultants who are paid to diagnose “systemic discrimination” in organizations, prescribe remedies based on “critical race theory,” and assist in its implementation for years to come. Assist in implementation.
Judgments of “systemic racism” are often based on differences between groups, such as lower grade point averages for black students or higher rates of detention.
Some scholars have pointed out that the criteria for such judgments are ambiguous.
Wilfred Reilly, an associate professor of political science at Kentucky State University, specializes in empirical testing of political theory. He says, “Every system you can think of produces some difference between race, gender or class …… a difference that convinces radicals that all is racism.”
Once parents find out what “critical race theory” really is, most of them don’t agree.
In Loudon County, Virginia, a group called Parents Against Critical Theory (PACT) has caught the attention of the media.
Beginning in June 2020, local parents began rallying to demand the reopening of schools closed by the Communist virus. However, it was the distance learning implemented by the local school district that allowed parents to get a glimpse into the content of their children’s classes and, as a result, uncovered some troubling issues.
One parent revealed, “We saw what our children were learning, and it completely shifted our demands from asking for the school to reopen to ‘Oh my God, why are we sending our kids back to a school like this?'” The parent asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation.
She added, “Basically, it’s simply unacceptable that they [the school] categorize children by race to determine what quality of education they will receive.”
She said her own child would not attend that school again.
Loudoun County Public Schools spokesman Wayde Byard denied this, saying the school does not determine the quality, level or resources of education based on skin color.
“Our goal is to ensure educational equity in accordance with the Virginia Department of Education’s syllabus: educational equity is achieved when we do not prejudge a student’s learning outcomes based on race, gender, zip code number, ability, socioeconomic status or home language,” he said by email.
“As a school division, we are committed to ensuring that every student in Loudoun Public Schools can succeed.”
Another parent was shocked when she heard her daughter ask if she was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Apparently, this child had heard the concept in class, but was still very confused about what the KKK was. The parent just had to explain to the child that joining this organization was a bad thing. The parent said that the KKK was founded a century ago by Democrats and is virtually non-existent today, but the child was completely unaware of this.
Bard said the district “does not comment on incidents like this” and that information about the matter, whether from the student or teacher side, is confidential.
The mother learned from her own children that the teacher told the class that students could go to the parade without attending school as long as they were 14 years old and had parental permission.
Although the school denied the claim, the parent said she did not believe the school.
She said, “No matter what they say, I’m bound to believe my daughter more.”
A video posted on the Internet shows a teacher asking a student to pay attention to a racially diverse lesson during a distance learning session and accusing the student of “intentional boycotting.
And Bard, a public school spokesman, said the video was “edited to be a small part of an entire class and does not accurately reflect the context in which these conversations took place.”
Another student was told that he would be considered absent if he did not present his “values” during the pre-class period. His mother told The Epoch Times that her child told herself he was worried about being bullied or questioned by others if he spoke out about his beliefs. Ultimately, the mother negotiated with the school administration and reached an agreement that her son would not be required to participate in the before-school program.
Scott Mineo, founder of PACT (Parents Against Critical Theory Group), told, “We’ve been banging the drum for almost nine or 10 months now before we slowly started getting parents’ attention.”
According to the district, “critical race theory” is not used in the schools.
“There is no philosophy or theory that (the district) is instilling in students or staff,” Bard said.
But he acknowledged that the district has implemented a “culturally responsive instructional framework. According to parents, the essence of this framework is “critical race theory.
Mineo said, “They’re just lying to the community.”
In the Framework document, Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Eric Williams is quoted as saying, “The Loudoun County School District calls on all students, staff, families and other community members to work together to dismantle white supremacy, systemic racism, hateful language, and any discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation or ability. sexual orientation or ability in any act of discrimination.”
Parents said such teaching is counterproductive.
One parent said, “They are instilling theories that will not help reduce racism at all, but instead create a toxic atmosphere.”
Although the movement to resist “critical race theory” began locally, it has garnered responses from across the United States.
“We’ve received letters, prayers, thanks and donations from all over the country,” he said.
In recent months, other similar organizations have emerged, such as the Parents Defending Education Coalition, founded earlier this year by civil liberties advocate Nicole Neily. Education.
On the group’s website, it reads, “In recent years, activists have begun targeting public, private and charter schools across the country, promoting their toxic new curriculum and also brutally dividing our children into groups based on race, ethnicity, religion and gender.” The website calls on parents to rally and “resist the madness in our schools.”
In New York City, a teacher and a parent at two elite schools have already spoken out against the use of “critical race theory” in teaching. In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has said the state is developing a civics curriculum that will explicitly exclude “critical race theory.
Meanwhile, the other side is also moving aggressively. According to the Daily Wire, a group of parents, teachers and school officials in Loudoun County has formed and has begun discussing how to create a blacklist of “uncooperative parents” to infiltrate each other’s organizations and even “recruit hackers to bring down each other’s Web sites or to redirect links to them. or relink to sites that lean toward racial theory.
Currently, the GoFundMe crowdfunding page for Parents Against Critical Theory (PACT) has been shut down by the platform. However, the group quickly set up a new fundraising page on GiveSendGo and has already raised $13,000.
Mineo said the resistance has made parents “redouble their efforts.
He says “critical race theory” is full of jargon, and it can be unpleasant for parents to try to wrap their heads around it. His focus, however, is on resisting the behaviors that arise from Critical Race Theory, not on the theory itself.
What matters, he says, “is how it [critical race theory] manifests itself and who will be responsible for it.”
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