{"id":1653856,"date":"2022-09-22T17:09:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1653856"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:09:32","slug":"maines-education-department-calls-maga-colorblindness-and-columbus-day-forms-of-covert-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maines-education-department-calls-maga-colorblindness-and-columbus-day-forms-of-covert-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine\u2019s Education Department Calls \u2018MAGA,\u2019 \u2018Colorblindness,\u2019 And \u2018Columbus Day\u2019 Forms Of Covert Racism"},"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\">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%2Fmaines-education-department-calls-maga-colorblindness-and-columbus-day-forms-of-covert-racism%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=1653856&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><\/div>\n<p>The Education Department of Maine\u2019s Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is referring to the slogan \u201cMake America Great Again\u201d (MAGA), as a form of covert racism, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>In an instructional webinar video for students and teachers discovered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/09\/21\/maine-democrat-gov-mills-education-program-teaches-that-maga-is-covert-racism-white-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a>, a slideshow presentation titled \u201cRacism is a Virus\u201d lists out several terms, phrases, and actions that individuals should associate with racism and white supremacy. In addition to \u201cMAGA,\u201d the phrase made famous by former President Donald Trump and his supporters, the slideshow lists \u201cCalling the police on black people,\u201d \u201cAll Lives Matter,\u201d \u201canti-immigration policies,\u201d \u201cpaternalism,\u201d \u201cmeritocracy myth,\u201d \u201ccolorblindness,\u201d and \u201cColumbus Day\u201d as a few of the examples of racism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe video comes as part of a slideshow, or \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/learnwithmoose.maine.gov\/module\/139\/what-extent-my-community-welcoming-and-inclusive\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">module<\/a>,\u2019 recommended by the state Education Department\u2019s Maine Online Opportunities for Sustained Education (MOOSE) for high school-aged students,\u201d the Breitbart report reads. \u201cSlide 15 of the module offers resources for students, which include only a few links, two of them being to Black Lives Matter\u2019s and GLAAD\u2019s websites.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report later goes on to reveal a separate MOOSE module geared towards high schoolers that includes an instructional video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learnwithmoose.maine.gov\/module\/178\/what-does-positive-change-mean-context-community-and-how-does-it-happen\/step\/174.0.1\/root-cause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRoot Cause,\u201d which \u201cteaches about \u2018power, privilege, and oppression.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could be talking about how white people have power over people of color, and it\u2019s important to know that this is a system set up intentionally to deny people equal access to opportunities,\u201d instructor and Portland Public Schools employee Andrea Levinsky says in the \u201cRoot Cause\u201d video. \u201cI also wanted to add that you don\u2019t need all of the privileged identities to have privilege. So, for example, I\u2019m white, so I have white privilege, but I\u2019m also a woman, so I don\u2019t experience privilege with being a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Breitbart, MOOSE \u201coffers numerous modules as part of [Mills\u2019] taxpayer-funded education plan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/news\/us-department-education-approves-maines-plan-use-american-rescue-plan-funds-support-k-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced<\/a>\u00a0in September 2021,\u201d with the Democrat governor saying that it was created to address \u201cthe academic impact of lost instructional time\u201d after\u00a0she \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/covid19\/timeline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recommended <\/a>shutting down in-person learning in schools for months in 2020 as a response to coronavirus case surges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The branding of \u201cMAGA\u201d as racist by Mills\u2019 Education Department isn\u2019t a new concept, but rather falls in lockstep with the same language used by President Joe Biden to paint his political opposition as domestic enemies to the United States. During a Sept. 1 tirade that can only be described as demonic, the president repeatedly accused Donald Trump and \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d of undermining democracy and the very fabric of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/02\/in-speech-walkback-biden-now-admits-hes-the-real-threat-to-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mills is currently engaged in a tight reelection battle against former Maine governor and GOP gubernatorial candidate Paul LePage, who recently launched his own \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/govlepage.com\/studentplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parents Bill of Rights<\/a>\u201d to ensure parents\u2019 involvement in their children\u2019s education. While unreliable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2022\/governor\/me\/maine_governor_lepage_vs_mills-7623.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling<\/a> used by the left-leaning corporate media to manipulate public opinion has shown Mills consistently leading her Republican opponent, the race is still very competitive heading into November.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Education Department of Maine\u2019s Democrat Gov. 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