This is The Left's Handbook to Deal With Parent-Pushback on Critical Race Theory - Granite Grok

This is The Left’s Handbook to Deal With Parent-Pushback on Critical Race Theory

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A coalition of 300 groups and 20 foundations lead by the National Education Association have produced a guidebook. It provides messaging on how to address pushback against Critical Race Theory.

 

Maybe it’s just coincidence, but shortly before the mid-June frenzy, a large coalition of over 300 progressive educational and union groups, over a dozen major left-leaning foundations, and a parade of affiliated “influencers,” rolled out a CRT Messaging Guide with talking points identical to those repeated almost daily by teachers unions, in major newspapers, on MSNBC and CNN, and in digital media.

Whether the Message Guide was a script being read from, or simply reflected a coalescing of tactics and talking points, its appearance reflects how organized the messaging against parents has become.

 

 

I saved (screengrabbed and converted) a local PDF copy of the guide here. Please read it, follow the links, download a copy, and share it. This is the establishment plan for pushing back against opposition to CRT by parents, concerned taxpayers, even legislators, and the media.

Related: Update: More NH Teachers Sign Pledge to Break the Law and Teach Critical Race Theory (CRT)

And yes, you will find that a lot of the comments we posted by teachers claiming they will teach CRT despite laws prohibiting race-shaming and discrimination drew the language in those comments from the guide.

To give you a taste, here are a few examples of the messaging shifts they suggest.

Shift From: Values of patriotism, colorblindness, race neutrality, American exceptionalism, “unity,” individualism, Capitalism, meritocracy

Shift To: Interdependence, collective responsibility, diversity, empathy, belonging, curiosity, pragmatism, ingenuity

Shift From: Overarching anti-CRT stance as presented in this Heritage Foundation report – “Critical race theory is a grave threat to the American way of life.”

Shift To: Students are ready for systems and institutions to change. Trust students to talk about what’s happening in the world around them.

Shift From: “Divisive Concepts” / False unity

Shift To: Our bonds, as society and individuals, are built through truth and conversation. Lies and misinformation are what will deepen the divide.

Shift From: Teaching about race and politics in schools is “indoctrination.”

Shift To: We can’t deny students from having access to information about issues that affect their daily lives.

Shift From: Fears such as “CRT inflicts emotional and psychological harm” / makes children feel bad about being White; turns White children into “bad guys”; decenters White history

Shift To: The U.S. is stronger because of its incredible diversity, and so are our classrooms. Young people are ingenious and capable of learning about different races, cultures, and histories in the classroom.

 

There’s more. A lot more. Links, quotes, other resources. Read it.

This is well funded and deeply entrenched. The National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, sits at the head of this massive collation.

This is a hill they are prepared to die on, and they’ve recruited an army with deep pockets and a lot of reach.

This should only solidify our resolve to continue pushing back, knowing that when they start to talk, we know where those words originated from their commitment to impose institutional systemic race shaming on future generations of kids. And to inculcate the bureaucratic and corporatist structure in this worldview.

 

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