Trump’s 1776 Commission to Reassemble, Tackle Critical Race Theory in History Education

Epoch Times ^ | 05/24,2021 | GQ Pan

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Members of the 1776 Commission, which President Joe Biden disbanded on his first day in White House, are reportedly set to meet again with a renewed focus on combating the teaching of U.S. history based on the Marxist critical race theory.

The advisory commission was established by the Trump administration in November 2020 to celebrate and promote the principles enshrined in the nation’s founding documents. It is commonly seen as a response to The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, which argues that the United States was founded as, and remains today, a racist nation.

Nearly four months after its dissolution, the commission regained attention when a leading member spoke against a Biden administration’s proposal to prioritize funding education programs that promote the 1619 Project and critical race theory, an ideology rooted in Marxist class struggle but with an emphasis on race, with the goal of dismantling all institutions of American society, which it deems as tools of racial oppression.

“The Proposed Rule should be withdrawn, just as individual states, which actually have the authority over the nation’s K-12 educational system, should oppose race-based pedagogy as part of their curricula and even if attempted to be imposed by the federal government,” Matthew Spalding, the executive director of the 1776 Commission, wrote in a letter to the Education Department.

“On behalf of my fellow Commissioners, I submit and draw your attention to Appendix III of The 1776 Report,” Spalding added. The appendix explains why race-focused narratives like the 1619 Project and critical race theory are “fundamentally incompatible” with the principles of the Declaration of Independence, which connects liberty-loving Americans everywhere regardless of their race.

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The commission’s first and last report, commonly referred to as the 1776 Report, was taken down after Biden’s inauguration. It can still be found on the publicly archived Trump White House and Hillsdale College websites.

[Little Ray]

What brave folks!
They will, no doubt, be attacked from all sides.

[goodnesswins]

You still part of this, LS?

[upchuck]

Hallelujah! Needs to be done. But, unfortunately, will not be publicized as it should be.

[LS]

No. They moved me to the Board of Education Sciences, a 4-year position from which I couldn’t be fired, but unfortunately that meant I had to fill out the financial disclosures, and that meant I had a conflict of interest cuz I run a web-based curriculum company. So I resigned.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[TBP]

Excellent!