Phony right-wing outrage about Critical Race Theory (CRT)

harrisl585 Racism June 20, 2021June 20, 2021 1 Minute

Republican politicians and right-wing media can’t attack Biden because he is popular. Their supporters don’t hate him because he is a white man unlike Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. They don’t attack his policies because they are popular, too.

Instead, they stoke the culture wars – Dr. Seuss, Mr. Potato Head, and now CRT. CRT is not taught in K-12 schools. It’s an undergraduate/graduate school level subject. However, talking about it inflames the white nationalist Republican base.

I’ve been trying not to wade into this much bc I hate being reactive to foolishness, but it’s annoying as hell being a Black woman lawyer taught by a number of preeminent Critical Race Theory pioneers and see it butchered like this, from every end of the ideological spectrum.
— Malaika Jabali (@MalaikaJabali) June 20, 2021

I love how so many aspects of how CRT is covered actually proves the premise of CRT. This reporter had not known of it before this controversy, hence it must have been “obscure” and only recently “discovered” by people that matter
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) June 19, 2021

President Donald Trump was watching Fox News one evening last summer when Christopher Rufo appeared, complaining about critical race theory.

The next day, Trump demanded action. Here's how Rufo's complaint came to dominate conservative politics. https://t.co/aJRjQPzHZB
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2021

Wisconsin congressman introduces bill to ban critical race theory in D.C. schools https://t.co/eeqCb4bm2e
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 19, 2021

Debunking the lies about Critical Race Theory – a timely essay by the historian @arielagross https://t.co/sYj4JhMymu
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) June 18, 2021

Dear White People, Critical Race Theory doesn’t mean you are a horrible person. It means you benefit from racism and we need to explain how. Now if you oppose people talking about Critical Race Theory *that* does mean you’re a horrible person. This isn’t hard stuff.
— Young Daddy (@Toure) June 18, 2021

For the life of me I can’t figure out why these people have jumped on critical race theory as the ultimate boogeyman. Few people knew about it and even fewer studied it. All I can come up with is that it *sounds* offensive to them.
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) June 18, 2021

This is how they made Sharia into a non-existent threat and problem. Same playbook. https://t.co/pxSkVk1gH6
— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) June 17, 2021

Fox’s anti-“critical race theory” parents are also GOP activists | ⁦@mmfa⁩ https://t.co/4SvAI1wOjz
— David I. Ramadan (@DavidIRamadan) June 17, 2021

The new red scare https://t.co/YhSdo9CmFX
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) June 20, 2021

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