The 1776 Commission reconvened Monday to voice opposition to a federal regulation pushing schools to promote critical race theory, and to call for states and localities to establish their own similar panels to promote accurate American history.
Critical race theory may be the Democrat left’s filthiest, ugliest big lie. It defines America as inherently and irredeemably bigoted, denounces all whites as racial oppressors, and diminishes all blacks as racially oppressed victims. Lies, lies, lies. The third lie is the worst.
The Vermont Senate finished the 2021 legislative session Friday much the way it began, focusing on social justice themes, including one resolution condemning anti-Asian hate, and another marking the anniversary of the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.
Blacks make up 1.4% of Vermonters and 0.8% of all Vermont Covid deaths (2 total). 94.2% of Vermont is white, but white Vermonters make up 96.1% of Covid deaths. Yes, black Vermonters are more likely to contract Covid, but nearly half as likely as whites to die from Covid if they do.
The vile, ahistorical teachings of critical race theory should be consigned to the ashbin of history, not taught in schools. Like other forms of Marxism, critical race theory teaches young minds to see the world as divided into two categories: oppressors and their victims.
During Monday’s meeting committee members additionally emphasized the importance of — and discussed methods for — identifying and interrupting biases in the hiring process to create a more level playing field for people of all class backgrounds and racial and gender identities.
As in many states, this controversial ideology is seeping into Vermont’s curricula. Cady’s case is instructive of the coercive pressure exerted by CRT radicals against those who dare question the hasty implementation of this novel, race-based “theory.”
Has there been progress in correcting the injustice of what took place on the shores of Virginia in 1619? Yes, but it was not accomplished by having classes on indoctrination defining Critical Race Theory.
Violent crime surged in several U.S. cities that saw massive Black Live Matter and anti-police protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death last summer. The number of murders alone increased by 36.7% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Chris Smith is a social studies teacher at CVU and the advisor for CVU’s Social Justice Alliance. “We’re excited to have another advocate for social justice and my hope is that this forces the community to take this stuff seriously,” said Smith.
A group of conservatives and Republican state leaders is pushing back after the Biden administration tied federal education funding to adopting critical race theory teachings in schools’ curriculum. “Critical race theory is basically teaching people to hate our country, hate each other. It’s divisive and it’s basically an identity politics version of Marxism.”
Hutchinson effectively approved SB 627 Monday, “an act to prohibit the propagation of divisive concepts” and “to review state entity training materials.” The legislation bans state agencies from teaching “divisive concepts” including anything saying that the U.S. is fundamentally sexist or racist.