{"id":1395182,"date":"2022-03-22T22:29:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T02:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1395182"},"modified":"2022-03-22T22:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T02:29:42","slug":"biden-nominee-serves-on-board-of-dc-school-promoting-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-serves-on-board-of-dc-school-promoting-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Nominee Serves On Board Of DC School Promoting Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fbiden-nominee-serves-on-board-of-dc-school-promoting-critical-race-theory%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=1395182&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-22-at-4.17.34-PM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on the board of an elite Washington, D.C. school promoting Critical Race Theory (CRT).<\/p>\n<p>Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz highlighted Jackson\u2019s relationship with the Georgetown Day School when she appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, asking Jackson, \u201cwhat does critical race theory mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jackson defined CRT as an \u201cacademic theory that is about the ways in which race interacts with various institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The theory holds that America is fundamentally racist and teaches adherents to view every person and interaction through the lens of race.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson defines Critical Race Theory as an &#8220;academic theory that is about the ways in which race interacts with various institutions.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LGhlFpMQcy\">pic.twitter.com\/LGhlFpMQcy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaryMargOlohan\/status\/1506347587049336835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jackson\u2019s questionnaire for the Senate Judiciary Committee also states that she has been a member of the Georgetown Day School board of trustees since 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ketanji-brown-jackson-board-school-critical-race-theory\">Fox News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She has also been a member of the elite DC school\u2019s community for almost a decade, according to the publication. The school charges upwards of $40,000 in tuition.<\/p>\n<p>In the Winter 2019\/2020 edition of Georgetown Day School\u2019s magazine, Fox reported, Jackson said that \u201csince becoming part of the GDS community seven years ago,\u201d both she and her husband \u201chave witnessed the transformative power of a rigorous progressive education that is dedicated to fostering critical thinking, independence, and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown Day School\u2019s board of trustees is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gds.org\/academics\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion\/anti-racism-action-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">involved<\/a>\u00a0in the execution of the school\u2019s \u201canti-racism action plan.\u201d That plan focuses on updating\u00a0\u201ccurrent language around community expectations\u201d as well as studying \u201canti-racist work\u201d to \u201cinform potential governance changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe at GDS have been engaging across the community to further define and deepen our commitments to being an anti-racist institution and staying true to our founding mission,\u201d the school\u2019s website says. \u201cWe have identified a path forward for the institution, and we want to transparently share how we have performed in meeting our commitments for the 2020-21 school year and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school recommends a variety of \u201canti-racist resources,\u201d Fox reported, including Ibram X. Kendi\u2019s book \u201cHow To Be An Anti-Racist,\u201d \u201cCritical Race Theory\u201d by Richard Delgado, Peggy McIntosh\u2019s \u201cWhite Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,\u201d and a Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw video entitled \u201cThe Urgency of Intersectionality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow To Be An Anti-Racist\u201d author Kendi is a CRT proponent who has called to make\u00a0\u201cracist ideas by public officials\u201d unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Georgetown Day School <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBjTzN8JxZQ\/\">promoted a forum<\/a> that included Kendi in a June 2020 Instagram post, calling him one of the\u00a0\u201cmega-stars in the fight for racial equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school also conducted a \u201csegregation simulation to give [their] students a tiny peek at the emotional psychological impact of segregation,\u201d mandates \u201cannual anti-racism education for all faculty\/staff,\u201d and provides \u201cprofessional development funds\u201d to \u201csupport registration for and travel to professional conferences, including conferences focusing on diversity equity, and inclusion,\u201d Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 President Joe Biden\u2019s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson serves on the board of an elite Washington, D.C. school promoting Critical Race Theory (CRT).Republican Texas Sen. 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