{"id":1141961,"date":"2021-12-22T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141961"},"modified":"2021-12-22T12:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:19:41","slug":"swing-district-dem-calls-opposition-to-critical-race-theory-a-racist-dog-whistle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-district-dem-calls-opposition-to-critical-race-theory-a-racist-dog-whistle\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing District Dem Calls Opposition to Critical Race Theory a \u2018Racist Dog Whistle\u2019"},"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\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswing-district-dem-calls-opposition-to-critical-race-theory-a-racist-dog-whistle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1141961&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Rep. Elaine Luria&#8217;s district swung for anti-CRT Glenn Youngkin<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GettyImages-1234242925_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tRep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.) \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/alex-nester\/\" title=\"Posts by Alex Nester\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Alex Nester<\/a> \u2022 December 22, 2021 12:10 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Virginia Democrat Elaine Luria wrote off concerns about teaching critical race theory in schools to a group of business leaders, calling all criticism of the controversial subject a &#8220;racist dog whistle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The congresswoman last week told the Democratic Business Council of Northern Virginia that debates about critical race theory have &#8220;drifted away&#8221; from the classroom and grown &#8220;to symbolize everything to do with parent\u2019s frustrations with schools.&#8221; Still, Luria claims that attacks on critical race theory have always &#8220;clearly had overtones of being a racist dog whistle.&#8221;<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>The comments come just months after voters in her swing district voted for Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, whose platform included eliminating critical race theory from the classroom. Luria\u2019s messaging could leave her vulnerable in the 2022 midterm elections, when Republicans hope to leverage critical race theory to oust swing district Democrats. Critical race theory was the deciding issue in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial election, when Youngkin\u2019s opposition to the radical curricula helped him defeat former Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe. In October, McAuliffe <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-parents-concerned-about-crt-using-racist-dog-whistle-to-create-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused<\/a> parents who opposed critical race theory of using a &#8220;racist \u2026 dog whistle&#8221; to &#8220;create divisions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Luria\u2019s district, which President Joe Biden narrowly won in 2020, voted for Youngkin by an 8-point margin.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats deny that critical race theory is taught in schools and claim parents who oppose it are racist. But more than 40 percent of teachers <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/report-40-percent-of-teachers-say-civics-education-should-focus-on-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support <\/a>including critical race theory in K-12 civics education.<\/p>\n<p>Many Virginia schools have embraced &#8220;woke&#8221; curriculum. Loudoun County Public Schools last year <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/gofundme-deactivates-page-run-by-virginia-parents-fighting-woke-curriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopted<\/a> a &#8220;Culturally Responsive Framework&#8221; that pushed teachers to include the central tenets of critical race theory in their lessons. Henrico County Public Schools has <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/incidents\/affinity-groups-equity-ambassadors-gender-identity-and-blm-in-henrico-county-public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">segregated<\/a> teachers into &#8220;affinity groups&#8221; to learn about the &#8220;impact of privilege on White educators.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Critical race theory is not the only issue where Luria tows her party\u2019s line. The representative opposes school choice, which Democrats and their teachers\u2019 union allies claim siphons resources from public schools.<\/p>\n<p>But while Luria slammed voucher programs and charter schools on the campaign trail, she attempted to start a private Montessori high school. State corporation filings list Luria as the president of Tidewater Montessori High School, Inc., from at least 2015 to 2019, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/elaine-luria-rails-against-school-choice-she-once-was-president-of-a-private-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2018, Luria has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&amp;committee_id=C00664375&amp;contributor_name=C00003251&amp;contributor_name=C00028860&amp;contributor_name=C00489815\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received<\/a> $37,000 in donations from the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, the nation\u2019s two largest teachers&#8217; unions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Rep. Elaine Luria&#8217;s district swung for anti-CRT Glenn Youngkin  Rep. 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