GOP attacks on Critical Race Theory aren’t just a reiteration of Nazi history, but American history.
The KKK was one of the major factors behind American compulsory public education.
During the civil rights era, white supremacists were also at the forefront of private schools.
Contrary to stereotypes, the first and second Klans were society’s elites - north and south.
Education control was and is always a key aim for white supremacists.
For the KKK’s ‘Americanism,’ that meant a 100% Anglo Saxon Protestant Christian curriculum.
Plus ça change.
Biden’s DOJ and the GOP attacks on Critical Race Theory meet in the history of white supremacy.
Religious exemptions to discriminate also underpinned the rise of private schools during the Civil Rights era because of segregation.
Education has always been a battlefield.
Why is Critical Race Theory under attack? Straight white Christian male identity politics.
They’ve long feared loss of power and know it’s coming. Demographic change demands inclusion.
Education shapes the next generation, the battleground where the nation is redefined.
The roots of homeschooling also lie in white supremacist and Christian nationalist history.
The KKK wanted public education on a foundation of Anglo-Saxon, nativist, Protestant identity
During Civil Rights, segregation meant backlash via whites-only private schools.
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Racist groups led the charge for both public and private schools - to protect not just white supremacy but:
Christian white supremacy.
During the 80s-90s ‘Culture War,’ that aim manifested in anti-LGBTQ private schools and universities that banned interracial dating.
Homeschooling as a movement took off during the Culture Wars among the same Christian nationalist network of actors that also championed…
… white supremacist educational initiatives.
Public, private, homeschooling: all are rooted in white Christian nationalist supremacy.
“History is written by the winners.”
That’s precisely why Critical Race Theory and the 1619 project are under attack.
We’re hearing the beginning death rattle of white, Christian male supremacy - and they know they’re losing, too.
/that’s all
PS
If you wonder how educational networks help solidify and perpetuate GOP Christian hegemony:
Look no further than the Christian right’s pipeline of homeschool to GOP halls of power.
nytimes.com/2004/03/08/us/…
I get why people compare Critical Race Theory opposition to Nazi Germany, but:
Racist, discriminatory educational initiatives are all-American, and underpin the very rise of public, private, and homeschool education here.
It’s already *actual* history, not merely comparison.
Ted Cruz says Critical Race Theory is ‘as racist’ as Klansmen in white sheets,’ which is funny because:
The KKK’s racism is why we have compulsory public education in the first place (scroll up), which @tedcruz would know if…
…he’d studied CRT. 💅🏽
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