Daring to Teach the Racism Truth

The topic today is “Critical Race Theory,” or CRT, and the controversy surrounding the teaching of the true history of our country and its racist past.

White parents are rebelling, some red states and school districts are banning the teaching of CRT, and on social media the comments are vitriolic.

Several facebook groups have been established to protest CRT teaching, with total membership of those showing up with a CRT search at close to 10,000 people.

On one of those pages, called “Stop Critical Race Theory,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas posted this:

“Why are you so threatened by CRT? It’s just an academic exercise in thinking outside the mainstream!”

“Yea, well we don’t teach kids the earth is flat either. Why? Because it isn’t true. The earth isn’t flat, and our institutions aren’t secretly racist. Stop teaching CRT.”

Many of the comments and back and forth on this page were much more pointed and obviously racist than that. There were comments that expressed concern about the White race losing its majority status, perhaps revealing the true fears harbored by CRT opponents.

For example, on the site, “No Critical Race Theory in School,” John LaChance shared a post headlined:

“Blue-eyed Whites will be Extinct by 2087.”

Here’s part of that post:

“If you continue to abide race politics, you're the problem. If you allow yourself to be shamed for being white, you're the problem. Stop being an apologist for our glorious stand in history, which raised the living standards and prospects for all people in the world.

“Beginning with those who are blue-eyed, the White race is on the way to becoming extinct. We've been shamed into it. Soon, all White children will be fully indoctrinated in a school curriculum wrapped around "Critical Race Theory," whose bottom line reads: "Good riddance to White rubbish."

Good God! These people actually walk among us.

All of this is simply to introduce Stacy Fitzgerald, who just published a post on Not Fake News.biz entitled “Daring to Teach the Racism Truth.”

Here’s Stacy…