Posted on 11/21/2021 3:58:01 PM PST by DFG
Newly elected Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome Sears went toe-to-toe with a CNN host who said that Critical Race Theory was not taught in schools, saying that it has been woven into the curriculum for years.
On Sunday morning, Dana Bash quizzed Sears - the first woman the first woman to become Lt. Governor and first woman of color elected to a statewide office in Virginia - on CNN's State of the Union.
At one point during the interview, Bash said that CRT was not being taught in schools, at which point Sears interrupted her, saying: 'No, no, no it is part of the curriculum.'
Sears, who previously served on Virginia's board of education, continued: 'It's weaved in and out of the curriculum. In 2015, former governor, who was just defeated, McAuliffe, his state board of education had information on how to teach it, so it's weaved in. So you know, it's semantics, but it's weaved in.'
Critical Race Theory was a decisive issue in the recent Governor's race between Glenn Youngkin and Democrate Terry McAuliffe, with parents fed up with the state's woke school boards who don't want their children to be taught that they're bad or good depending on their race.
The use of critical race theory, or CRT, in education has been criticized for its message that the US is built on racism with skin color determining the social, economic, and political differences between each.
Advocates say its teaching is necessary to underline how deeply racism pervades society, critics say it is divisive and paints everyone as a victim or oppressor, with multiple Virginia school board meetings making headlines after parents were filmed clashing with staff over the decision to teach it.
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I looked up my kids’ College Advisory person at their high school, and ran across some research paper they did on getting minority kids to college, from several years ago, and it cited a 2005 academic work on the “Critical Race Theory” contribution to the subject.
The statement that CRT can’t possibly be present in public schools because it’s a post-graduate level subject is essentially a lie, because the statement is deliberately intended to mislead parents into thinking that CRT has nothing to do with what is being taught.
It has a whole lot to do with what is being taught. To say that CRT is not being taught in public schools is like saying that post-graduate Christian theology is not being taught in Sunday School. It’s true, but it misses the point, which as Sears correctly says, it is “weaved” [woven?] in to the curriculum.
The Democrats and media go from telling us how “great” CRT is, to denying that ever existed? No loyalty there lol. I remember some local TV “expert” saying Oklahoma schools needed to teach CRT because students couldn’t make it in college without it.
The NEA communist front will just change CRT’s name, like the milling companies always do that cheap cat food. Whether they call it Sportsman, Coats & Tails, Ranch Cat, or Sidekick, the cats still won’t eat it.
CRT : Marxist racism
To paraphrase The Wall: we can’t discuss race unless we agree to use their Marxist comprehension of race! How can we discuss race without their Marxist comprehension?!?
THAT is an excellent observation. Republicans need to use that whenever the media or Dems mention CRT.
She is very articulate and authentic. We have so many great black messengers, including Byron Donalds, Herschel Walker, Jim Craig, Larry Elder, etc. I think they’re sharp because they’re constantly put on the defensive within their community. I’m puzzled that they seem to have little impact on black voters. I hope that can change.
Sears is a clean and articulate black lady. So you know she’s good.
This makes sense to some people.
I love the way Winsome answered the CNN woman, when she tried to trap her with the infrastructure bill question. The part about the catch in the broadband section, which means that southwest VA will not get the funding for broadband, is probably something the liberals don't want publicized too much.
Throughout the interview the CNN woman looked liked she had eaten a rotten egg.
She might have a good laugh about “Gunny Winsome”.
Very good interview. Winsome handled the questions very well, including the traps.
Then when liberal 'elite parents complained they were told there were NO Bibles in the school... Later white liberal 'elites' discovered they had been tagged as domestic terrorists for confronting the 'powers that be'...and the FBI was tagging them.
I suspect the principles of CRT have been quietly woven into curricula ever since Obama hired Ayers, a Communist, as Secretary of Education.
. . . especially the media mob posing as journalists.
But the divisive nature of CRT is woven into everything.
Absolutely.
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