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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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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Don't forget evolution.
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Can someone tell me if progressive historians at the turn of the last century (say Charles Beard) who in different ways showed the lofty ideals of the Founders for what they were caused the same ire when they became mainstream and made their way into the curricula?
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Isn't the whole Hofstadter/Schlessinger Consensus school a direct repudiation of Beard and the other class oriented historians of the thirties. Plus there was that whole red scare that cleaned out the academies and public schools.
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Like there weren't gay kids in the 60's before they took over the school boards and fucked up the curricula to exclude critical thinking or anything that might lead them to question the authority of their parents or the church.
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And of course The Betsy Devos Glee Club: "All together now: Privatize it so parents can choose"
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