Some preliminary thoughts as I prepare my speech for the ALEC Annual Meeting....
"NEA will research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list of resources and recommendations for state affiliates, locals, and individual educators"...
"Perpetuating this bankrupt ideology in real life leads to perverse discrimination, disempowerment and victimhood by virtue of race."...
"The Washington Post has attempted to smear me with five verifiably false claims. I call on the editors to issue an immediate correction and retract all of the false statements," Rufo said in a thread documenting the false claims....
Coming to a school and job training near you: "understanding your whiteness and the ways that white supremacy benefits you is an important part of becoming self-aware."...
"This [CRT] issue is like something that was created out of thin air by a couple of producers at right-wing media outlets and all of a sudden, now school boards all across the country are dealing with something they did not know was an issue,"...
Some things left on the cutting room floor: "Focus on the traditional values of the American Civil Rights Movement, treating each individual equally without regard to race. Focus on the dignity of the individual, not collective racial or ethnic characteristics. Equality is the goal."...
My interview on the Can We Talk About It podcast with Debi Ghate....
Dr. William F. Tate IV, who becomes the first Black university president in the SEC, was not included in the initial list of eight semifinalists published by the special committee appointed to interview candidates for the position....
"Montana law does not tolerate schools, other government entities, or employers implementing CRT and antiracist programming in a way that treats individuals differently on the basis of race or that creates a racially hostile environment.”...
"incorporates the historically inaccurate and ideologically-driven 1619 Project and the discriminatory and misleadingly titled Critical Race Theory concept of “anti-racism” which actually is neo-racist as commonly used."...
My appearance on the Freeborn & Liberty Podcast: "There are real consequences to this movement that we're seeing, which is a combination of cancel culture, Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and just mean-spiritedness of the type that people can be very cruel to each other when...
Wenyuan Wu: "A cheap reboot in the woke camp is to dissociate their ground efforts from CRT. This unsolicited reaction is a non-denial denial and a demonstration of our effectiveness."...
Law seeks to insure "dignity and nondiscrimination in public education"...
