2. Going back 70 years, fights over public education have been the main fuel of right wing popular mobilization. Nothing gets the lizard brain in fight mode quite like fear over children being supposedly threatened: desegregation, prayer, sex ed, gay teachers, trans kids etc.
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3. The New York Times had a good piece yesterday showing how putative battles over CRT are really about a larger, more amorphous set of fears. Much of this is about catering to the anxieties about the changing demographics of America.pic.twitter.com/ErSXeyeaoF
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4. There's a school of liberal thought that says these cultural wars are just a distraction & liberals can defuse by denouncing CRT. My thoughts on why this won't work & will only entrench mythology:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/critical-race-theory-as-a-bogeyman?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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So it's not Cathode Ray Tubes they're worked up about?
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They've been sitting right in front of them for far too long?
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It's possible that whites genuinely are not comfortable with the idea of their children being taught that their ancestors/country are racists.
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The fatal flaw in that program is its name. If the program was just called The History of American Civil Rights or something more generic, it would be less controversial.
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the content of critical race theory is irrelevant. it is not a program it is a legal framework that most human beings will never encounter in their entire educational careers. the fight is not about the name or it’s content and that’s been apparent from day one
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