{"id":1474413,"date":"2022-05-13T12:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1474413"},"modified":"2022-05-13T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T16:44:57","slug":"add-homeschooling-to-list-of-things-the-left-says-is-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/add-homeschooling-to-list-of-things-the-left-says-is-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Add Homeschooling To List Of Things The Left Says Is Racist"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fadd-homeschooling-to-list-of-things-the-left-says-is-racist%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=1474413&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\/05\/Untitled-design-21.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A leftist professor wants you to know that you\u2019re partaking in racism if you homeschool your kids, the latest aspect of American culture that the Left has now declared racist.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/schools-are-under-attack-america-s-religious-right-n1295340?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma\">ran a column<\/a> arguing that people who partake in homeschooling are actually helping to end public school and re-segregate society \u2014 even if they\u2019re doing it unknowingly.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1524876338607316999?s=20&#038;t=wlXYPt1Wv0UVjNJY5GPI2Q\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cIt may seem harmless, but the insidious racism of the American religious right\u2019s obsession with homeschooling speaks volumes,\u201d while linking to the article written by University of Pennsylvania Professor Anthea Butler.<\/p>\n<p>Butler claims that actor Kirk Cameron is continuing a racist legacy through his new homeschooling documentary that encourages parents to take their kids out of government-run schools because of poor education and attempts to indoctrinate students through Critical Race Theory and radical gender ideology lessons in many school districts across America.<\/p>\n<p>Butler argues that because a man named Rousas Rushdoony, a Christian preacher, was instrumental in the fundamentalist movement that allegedly was against forced integration and supported homeschooling as a way to segregate the population, then Cameron, too, is advancing that goal.<\/p>\n<p>That argument is not exactly new. In 2017, writer David French directly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2017\/07\/government-school-describes-public-schools-valid-term-racism-charge-unfounded\/\">rebuked<\/a> the idea that Rushdoony had anything to do with most Evangelical Christians\u2019 decision to keep their child out of public school. French noted that leftists associate Christians and pro-school choice Americans with men like Rushdoony because they cannot defend failing public education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFaced with the difficult task of defending a failing system and limiting parental choice, all too many defenders of government schools fall back on name-calling, conspiracy theories, and their own anti-Christian bigotries,\u201d French wrote. \u201cBut they can cite Rushdoony all they want. It doesn\u2019t make him relevant. It doesn\u2019t make public schools better. And it certainly doesn\u2019t invalidate the good and decent effort to use greater competition to improve education for everyone \u2014 white and black alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Butler falls into that line of argument. \u201cCameron\u2019s documentary promoting homeschooling is not an aberration; it is part of a larger project about dismantling the public education system in the United States,\u201d Butler argued in her column. The professor further claimed that some homeschooling materials today appear to be inspired by Rushdoony, but she does not make any direct link between the man nor cite specific books used by Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>Butler, who also served as the co-chair of Catholics for Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign, acknowledges that homeschooling is on the rise, including among black Americans and other minorities.<\/p>\n<p>To that extent, she warns that \u201cparents unfamiliar with the existing networks of homeschooling run the danger of being drawn into Christian conservative networks and theocratic teaching.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Butler never explains how current homeschooling promotes racism besides the fact that folks like Cameron don\u2019t express fealty to progressive talking points. At best, her main point is that some fringe man from back in the day may or may not have inspired materials that could possibly be used in your homeschooling group.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time a leftist has used that tactic. They often find minor evidence that racist individuals partake in somewhat similar behavior \u2014 albeit for different purposes \u2014 and use that smear to condemn entire virtues, hobbies, and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Keep in mind that progressives have also argued that you are participating in racism if you take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/pandemic-fitness-trends-have-gone-extreme-literally-n1292463\">staying<\/a> physically fit seriously, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/07\/white-christian-america-needs-moral-awakening\/614641\/\">believe<\/a> in Christianity, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/op-eds\/smithsonian-institution-explains-that-rationality-hard-work-are-racist\/\">believe<\/a> in rationality and hard work, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raceforward.org\/press\/statements\/attack-transgender-community-attack-racial-justice\">believe<\/a> men can\u2019t be women, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/think\/opinion\/trump-s-border-wall-was-never-just-about-security-it-ncna952011\">believe<\/a> in strong borders, <a href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/local\/black-lives-matter-utah-hold-to-claim-flying-american-flag-is-racist-with-one-condition\">display<\/a> the American flag, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/msnbc-host-joy-reid-says-parents-who-dont-want-critical-race-theory-taught-schools-are-racists-1588967\">oppose<\/a> Critical Race Theory.<\/p>\n<p>Now, homeschooling can be added to that list as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A leftist professor wants you to know that you\u2019re partaking in racism if you homeschool your kids, the latest aspect of American culture that the Left has now declared racist.On<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1482879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1482879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}