{"id":1082294,"date":"2021-12-03T23:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T04:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1082294"},"modified":"2021-12-03T23:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T04:13:40","slug":"teen-vogue-crt-opposition-closely-mirrors-past-anti-integration-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teen-vogue-crt-opposition-closely-mirrors-past-anti-integration-fights\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Vogue: CRT Opposition \u2018Closely Mirrors\u2019 Past Anti-Integration Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/segregation-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>The current opposition to Critical Race Theory (CRT) education in schools is the same \u201ckind of reactionary pushback in education\u201d that was experienced during anti-integration resistance in the 50s and 60s by \u201cwhite Southern lawmakers and parents,\u201d according to a recent <\/span><i><span>Teen Vogue<\/span><\/i><span> op-ed that claimed educators are \u201cbeing silenced\u201d as conservative policymakers seek to \u201cprevent students from learning about racial inequality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenvogue.com\/story\/critical-race-theory-massive-resistance\"><span>essay<\/span><\/a><span> titled \u201cCritical Race Theory Fights Resemble Anti-Integration Fights,\u201d Janel George, an Associate Professor of Law and the founding director of the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy (REELP) Clinic at Georgetown University, promotes CRT education while suggesting the current fight against it \u201cmirrors\u201d the opposition to integration during the last century.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The op-ed begins with George, who teaches about \u201cracial inequality\u201d to graduate students, explaining how education on the subject can help with understanding its current manifestations throughout society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEducation that includes the history of racial inequality in America can help us to understand how it shows up in society now,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, according to George, some policymakers \u201care seeking to prevent the teaching of racial inequality in public schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cAs of November, 28 states have introduced bills or taken other steps to restrict how teachers can discuss racism or sexism, according to an analysis by Education Week,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis response appears to be a backlash to the international outcry over systemic racism ignited by the murder of George Floyd and of President Joe Biden\u2019s efforts to promote racial equity,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, she claimed, opposition to such education is nothing new.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe U.S. has experienced this kind of reactionary pushback before,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIn fact, it closely mirrors the virulent response from white Southern lawmakers and parents who were opposed to school integration in the 1950s and 1960s.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDecades after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that separate could not be equal, educators trying to teach students about this history are being silenced,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Accusing \u201ctoday\u2019s lawmakers\u201d of depicting CRT as teaching \u201cwhite children to think of themselves as oppressors\u201d while portraying America as an \u201cinherently racist country,\u201d George claimed it does neither.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2026 does not teach that individuals are inherently racist or that one race is superior,\u201d she wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>In fact, she added, \u201c[m]any critical race theorists actually recognize that race is not biologically real but that perceptions of someone\u2019s race can impact how they are treated in society.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stating that CRT can teach \u201ca lot about racial inequality,\u201d George noted that critical race \u201ctheorists\u201d recognize that systems can \u201ccreate, reproduce, and even deepen racial inequality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSo, while individuals can have racist beliefs, it is when those beliefs are incorporated into laws, policies, and practices that racial inequality is created and maintained,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWhat CRT can teach us is how to recognize the ways that laws, policies, or practices can contribute to racial inequality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>As an example, George highlighted \u201creal estate practices\u201d that \u201ccreated racially segregated neighborhoods\u201d and, as a result, \u201cracially segregated schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.teenvogue.com\/photos\/61a90581e37def7ab4d0eb17\/master\/w_1600,c_limit\/Screen%20Shot%202021-12-02%20at%209.41.45%20AM.png\">claimed<\/a> a \u201cdirect line\u201d existed between the \u201cMassive Resistance\u201d strategy against school integration in the 50s and 60s to \u201ccurrent anti-CRT efforts,\u201d through conservative legislatures, vocal parent-led organizations and demonstrations, and \u201claws introduced to cut off funds to schools and districts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The example she provided of such a law today was a section in South Carolina\u2019s recent budget which insists state funds can\u2019t be used to teach \u201cthat certain races or sexes are superior to others, or that individuals have certain traits, experiences, or responsibilities because of their race or sex.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling opposition to CRT a representation of the \u201cbacklash to the 2020 racial reckoning and the presidential election,\u201d George accused policymakers of hiding their true intent behind intentionally misleading wording.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese policymakers are also using civil rights language, claiming that they want to \u2018prevent any teaching that one race is superior to another\u2019 (which sounds good, right?), but what they really want is to prevent students from learning about racial inequality,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Though it can be \u201cpainful and uncomfortable,\u201d George argued that discussing racial inequality was a necessity \u201cif we ever hope to eliminate it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPretending that racial inequality does not exist, or trying to avoid talking about it, will not make it go away,\u201d she concluded. \u201cThrough CRT, we can better understand how racial inequality is produced and we can work to eliminate it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The battle over CRT in schools has resulted in nationwide tension in recent months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The theory, which is promoted by many on the left, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/13\/pollak-critical-race-theory-explained\/\"><span>claims<\/span><\/a><span> that American institutions \u2014 the government, economy, and culture \u2014 are based on racial hierarchy and aim at maintaining the dominance of white people, and even that which appears race-neutral is, on closer inspection, rooted in racism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As a result, it urges reform in virtually all of the country\u2019s institutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The theory\u2019s architects have argued that the U.S. was founded on theft of land and labor, with federal law maintaining the unequal treatment of citizens by their race.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CRT advocates have also expressed the belief that race is culturally invented, not biological.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, a whistleblowing middle school teacher <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/the-media\/2021\/11\/14\/whistleblower-teacher-warns-crt-absolutely-everywhere-schools-soon-we-wont-recognize-country\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> she faces a \u201cculture of intimidation\u201d after being forbidden to teach \u2014 despite a shortage in teachers \u2014 due to her exposing her school district\u2019s \u201cradicalized\u201d CRT curriculum, which is manifest \u201cabsolutely everywhere\u201d throughout the school\u2019s culture as well as its reading materials.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She warned it was causing \u201cgreat harm and racial divide and hostility between children\u201d and that the country will soon be unrecognizable if it is not stopped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition, Professor Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw, a CRT co-founder, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/10\/crt-co-founder-children-should-learn-u-s-ground-is-soaked-in-blood-of-theft\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> for youth to \u201cunderstand the ground upon which we stand is ground that\u2019s soaked in blood of theft,\u201d while warning of the outcome if the \u201cother side gets its way,\u201d declaring \u201cthe road to authoritarianism will be paved through white supremacy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Earlier last month, a Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) educator and administrator in the largest school district in Indiana <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/education\/2021\/11\/05\/indiana-stem-admin-when-we-tell-you-crt-isnt-taught-in-our-schools-were-lying\/\"><span>addressed<\/span><\/a><span> parents in a video in which he asserted when school officials say they are not teaching CRT, \u201cwe\u2019re lying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In June, a former Democrat congressional candidate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/23\/black-democrat-denounces-crt-says-party-working-overtime-to-keep-race-ideology-alive\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> on Americans to listen to black parents who oppose CRT \u201cindoctrination\u201d in schools, while calling on black Americans to reject the Democrat Party\u2019s race narrative and, instead, realize \u201cthat their skin color is not a barrier to their progress,\u201d adding that Democrats use race to galvanize black electorate support though many black Americans actually \u201chave conservative ideals.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current opposition to Critical Race Theory (CRT) education in schools is the same \u201ckind of reactionary pushback in education\u201d that was experienced during anti-integration resistance in the 50s and 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