A form of reverse racism is not only dominating the national conversation but also quickly becoming a bedrock of teacher training and student academics. Critical race theory and woke education are sweeping schools. White teachers and students are labeled as racist and required to denounce their...
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One example of many comes from Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia, the 10th-largest school district in the United States. In August 2020, when the district should have been intently focused on equipping teachers with skills and best practices for online classroom learning, teacher training time was instead devoted to
critical race theory indoctrination. The district paid activist Ibram Kendi $20,000 for a one-hour training session (that’s $333.33 per minute). The one-hour training was only the beginning of the indoctrination. The district doled out another $24,000 to purchase his books for K-12 student required reading. Kendi’s
books promote a vast array of radical ideas in support of “anti-racism” — such as the assertion that “racial discrimination is not inherently racist” (only discrimination by whites against blacks is), the proposal of a constitutional amendment against any “racial disparity,” and the establishment of an authoritarian “Department of Antiracism” with the power to reject any local, state, or federal policy it deems would further racial inequities in society.
Fairfax County is not alone in its critical race theory teacher professional development. In December, during teacher training in
San Diego, white employees were told, “you are racist … upholding racist ideas, structures, and policies.” They were warned that they would experience “guilt, anger, apathy [and] closed-mindedness” due to their “white fragility.” Masquerading as anti-racism, critical race theory training makes blanket assertions about people based solely on their race — which is the very definition of racism.
Clearly, for Fairfax Country and San Diego, preparing teachers to indoctrinate their students on radical critical race theory concepts takes priority over getting teachers back in classrooms or training teachers in best practices for remote learning.