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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jun 2021

    1. Currently, the most energized mobilization on the American political right centers around fighting critical race theory (CRT) in education. The passion this arouses is all the more heated because almost no one knows what CRT is or how it relates to education.

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jun 2021

        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. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jun 2021

        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. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Jun 2021

        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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      2. Charming Bastard‏ @StarlingBuchan1 2 Jun 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        So it's not Cathode Ray Tubes they're worked up about?

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      3. Rhys Needham‏ @Rhys_Needham 2 Jun 2021
        Replying to @StarlingBuchan1 @HeerJeet

        They've been sitting right in front of them for far too long?

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      2. O‏ @Last1OfTheBest 2 Jun 2021
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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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      1. Will Crain‏ @WillCrain2 2 Jun 2021
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        https://inthesetimes.com/article/politics-woke-cancel-culture-socialism-critical-race-theory …

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      2. Randi Doeker‏ @rbdoeker 2 Jun 2021
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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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      3. here for the gimmies, ghosts & dims‏ @KetracelBlack 2 Jun 2021
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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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