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CHRIS RUFO: The White Backlash That Wasn’t: Opposition to critical race theory is broad and bipartisan.

 

Over the past year, the left-leaning media has peddled the narrative that an emotional constellation of “white resentment,” “white fragility,” “white rage,” and “white fear” drives opposition to critical race theory in America’s public schools. Now NBC News claims it can prove it.

 

In a long story featuring analysis of demographic data, NBC News reporter Tyler Kingkade and data editor Nigel Chiwaya claim that the parent uprisings against critical race theory, which have occurred in more than 200 school districts across the country, are a “backlash” against “rapid demographic change” and “the exposure of white students to students of color.” Or, to put it bluntly, it’s the ugly reaction of white racism in the face of rapidly integrating schools. As left-leaning Slate concluded, NBC’s reporting proves that fear of “white replacement” and the desire to “protect whiteness” motivate the anti-critical race theory movement.

 

There is only one problem: NBC’s analysis is nonsense. The report, like the left-wing narrative about critical race theory more generally, fails both statistically and imaginatively. NBC News builds its narrative on the claim that “many of the school districts facing backlash over equity initiatives are diversifying faster than the national average.” The report provides data for 33 school districts, which undermine its argument in two ways: first, one-third of these districts have diversified slower, rather than faster, than the national average; and second, according to NBC News’ own reporting, there have been anti-critical race theory protests in at least 220 school districts nationwide, which means that NBC failed even to analyze 85 percent of the evidence.

 

But the NBC report, like almost all mainstream media coverage, fails an even greater imaginative test: these publications cannot imagine a world outside the framing of the 1960s civil rights era, comparing opposition to critical race theory with racial segregation, Jim Crow, and the Ku Klux Klan. NBC suggests darkly that these communities “have long segregated their schools” to exclude blacks, while the Slate piece makes a more explicit comparison between parent protesters and “Louisiana’s White League,” “racist mass shooters,” and the “Capitol insurrectionists.”

 

These comparisons fall apart after the most basic examination. Parents in Loudoun and Fairfax County, Virginia, whom the NBC News report cast in a negative light, aren’t old-line racists and segregationists but educated, affluent, and diverse citizens in the elite suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C. Contrary to the narrative about white families lashing out against an influx of black students, Loudoun County has roughly the same proportion of blacks as it did 20 years ago; the highest rate of population growth has been among Asians and Latinos, who, according to a recent Rasmussen poll, oppose critical race theory by a two-to-one margin—the same as white voters. In nearby Fairfax County, the leader of the parent opposition is an Indian-American woman, Asra Nomani, who has blasted critical race theory for reducing academic standards and discriminating against high-performing Asians.


NBC News’s misleading report is part of a broader campaign to confuse the public about critical race theory.

 

Critical race theory is just a form of intellectual toxic waste, dumped on society by Big Education. Since we hear a lot about various industries’ negative externalities, maybe it’s time to look at Higher Ed the same way.

 

And of course NBC and the rest of the media are trying to confuse the public. Keeping the public from realizing what’s being done to them has become their #1 mission.

 

https://www.city-journal.org/parents-critical-race-theory-is-divisive-and-dangerous

 

 

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Conservative Koch network disavows critical race theory bans

By THOMAS BEAUMONTtoday

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, is shown at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. As conservative political groups mobilize to ban what they call critical race theory in schools, one prominent backer of Republican causes and candidates is notably absent. Leaders in the network built by the billionaire Koch family say they oppose government bans and efforts to recall school board members over teaching about race and history in schools.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As conservative political groups mobilize to ban in schools what they call critical race theory, one prominent backer of Republican causes and candidates is notably absent.

Leaders in the network built by the billionaire Koch family say they oppose government bans over teaching about race and history in schools. While they note they don’t agree with the ideas at the center of the fight, they argue the government bans, now enacted in 11 states, stifle debate essential to democracy.

“Using government to ban ideas, even those we disagree with, is also counter to core American principles — the principles that help drive social progress,” said Evan Feinberg, executive director of the Koch-affiliated Stand Together Foundation.

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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:

https://apnews.com/article/iowa-philanthropy-evan-feinberg-f2680a1c7c1f84c8f69d63eaa631908a

 

Conservative Koch network disavows critical race theory bans

By THOMAS BEAUMONTtoday

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Charles Koch, chief executive officer of Koch Industries, is shown at The Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colo. As conservative political groups mobilize to ban what they call critical race theory in schools, one prominent backer of Republican causes and candidates is notably absent. Leaders in the network built by the billionaire Koch family say they oppose government bans and efforts to recall school board members over teaching about race and history in schools.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As conservative political groups mobilize to ban in schools what they call critical race theory, one prominent backer of Republican causes and candidates is notably absent.

Leaders in the network built by the billionaire Koch family say they oppose government bans over teaching about race and history in schools. While they note they don’t agree with the ideas at the center of the fight, they argue the government bans, now enacted in 11 states, stifle debate essential to democracy.

“Using government to ban ideas, even those we disagree with, is also counter to core American principles — the principles that help drive social progress,” said Evan Feinberg, executive director of the Koch-affiliated Stand Together Foundation.

There’s a HUGE difference between discussing and promoting a theory. The opposition is to the promotion of the ‘theory’.  You only have to look to the acronym itself…. the “T” stands for theory. It’s not complicated.

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2 hours ago, BillStime said:

 

 

False narrative.

 

NO ONE is opposed to teaching about slavery or civil rights history......that is NOT what Critical Race THEORY is.

 

 

 

Here is a REAL occurrence.

 

 

COWARDS!

National School Boards Association asks Biden admin to look into angry parents as ‘domestic terrorism’ and ‘hate crimes’

 

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2021/10/01/cowards-national-school-boards-association-asks-biden-admin-to-look-into-angry-parents-as-domestic-terrorism-and-hate-crimes/

 

 

 

 

CNN, who labeled BLM/Antifa rioters as ‘mostly peaceful,’ gladly indulges NSBA president painting concerned parents as domestic terrorists

 

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/10/01/cnn-who-labeled-blm-antifa-rioters-as-mostly-peaceful-gladly-indulges-nsba-president-painting-concerned-parents-as-domestic-terrorists-video/

 

 

 

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23 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

False narrative.

 

NO ONE is opposed to teaching about slavery or civil rights history......that is NOT what Critical Race THEORY is.

 

 

 

Here is a REAL occurrence.

 

 

COWARDS!

National School Boards Association asks Biden admin to look into angry parents as ‘domestic terrorism’ and ‘hate crimes’

 

https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2021/10/01/cowards-national-school-boards-association-asks-biden-admin-to-look-into-angry-parents-as-domestic-terrorism-and-hate-crimes/

 

 

 

 

CNN, who labeled BLM/Antifa rioters as ‘mostly peaceful,’ gladly indulges NSBA president painting concerned parents as domestic terrorists

 

https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2021/10/01/cnn-who-labeled-blm-antifa-rioters-as-mostly-peaceful-gladly-indulges-nsba-president-painting-concerned-parents-as-domestic-terrorists-video/

 

 

 

 

Say's the guy who is most invested in a specific narrative:

 

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The Battle Against Critical Race Theory Takes a Major Turn

 

 

Critical Race Theory and various other forms of racial essentialism have become pervasive in the political, educational, and business world over the last several years. But unlike past cultural battles, perhaps stoked by the shift on the right brought about by the Donald Trump era, conservatives have actually sought to fight back. As I wrote several months ago, I believe progress is being made, and a new report shows a major turn in the battle.

 

 

 

It’s amazing what you can accomplish, even as a conservative when you actually choose to organize and fight against the cultural rot of the left. While it may not be the worst thing an employer can do, forcing employees to be indoctrinated into racial essentialism that teaches that white people are inherently oppressive is pretty high up on the list of moral rot.

 

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2021/10/04/the-battle-against-critical-race-theory-takes-a-major-turn-n451677

 

 

 

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16 minutes ago, aristocrat said:

 

Meh...I don’t know...kinda seems like a red herring...almost like they are trying to soften the “blow back” they’ve been receiving from calling parents domestic terrorists...Unfortunately, the damage is already done, and the Feds are still involved in keeping tabs on people...I don’t see this issue going away any time soon...

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15 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

Meh...I don’t know...kinda seems like a red herring...almost like they are trying to soften the “blow back” they’ve been receiving from calling parents domestic terrorists...Unfortunately, the damage is already done, and the Feds are still involved in keeping tabs on people...I don’t see this issue going away any time soon...

Oops didn’t mean to call you domestic terrorists… really?? 

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27 minutes ago, Buffalo Timmy said:

So it is a "fantasy" that my child has to wear a mask to school against my wishes and against state law? What is wrong with you that you believe this crap? Oh right I don't deserve rights.

 

Rights? You're biching about masks while your cult takes away voting rights, gay rights, reproduction rights? 

 

Do you argue with stop signs? Speed Limits? No shoes no service?

 

Your masters want you focused exactly on this... follow the money

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