{"id":359193,"date":"2021-03-31T12:30:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=359193"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:30:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T16:30:55","slug":"gofundme-caves-to-activists-pulls-fundraiser-for-parent-group-fighting-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gofundme-caves-to-activists-pulls-fundraiser-for-parent-group-fighting-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"GoFundMe Caves To Activists, Pulls Fundraiser For Parent Group Fighting Critical Race Theory"},"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%2Fgofundme-caves-to-activists-pulls-fundraiser-for-parent-group-fighting-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=359193&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4782.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>GoFundMe, one of the largest crowdfunding platforms, removed a fundraiser connected to a parent group fighting against Virginia\u2019s Loudoun County Public School district\u2019s (LCPS) indoctrination campaign.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Scott Mineo runs the Parents Against Critical Theory (PACT) group, which aims to highlight the ongoing critical race theory campaign inside of LCPS. According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/gofundme-deactivates-page-run-by-virginia-parents-fighting-woke-curriculum\/\"><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>, Mineo started a GoFundMe page in mid-March after \u201canti-racist\u201d Loudoun County parents launched an intimidation campaign against PACT and other parent groups.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The fundraiser had garnered nearly $4,000 in just a few days. On March 22, a former Loudoun County School Board Equity Committee member urged the current committee members and the school board to report the fundraising page. Three days later, GoFundMe had caved to activists and removed Mineo\u2019s fundraiser.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In an email, GoFundMe said the fundraiser was considered \u201cprohibited conduct.\u201d The crowdfunding platform offered no other explanation, though similar to Amazon, its guidelines claim the company can remove any posts it deems \u201cunacceptable\u201d or offensive.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mineo told The Daily Wire that he believes GoFundMe caved to activist groups and the district\u2019s left-wing equity committee.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGoFundMe canceled my campaign because they are weak, afraid to push back, and are unwilling to reach out to the very people running campaigns they shut down because of hysterical activist groups or equity committees,\u201d Mineo said. \u201cWhat LCPS doesn\u2019t understand is that I\u2019m not going away and I will continue to expose their false narrative.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mineo said that the censoring has \u201cslowed things down a bit,\u201d but that he was able to create a new <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/stopcrt\"><span>fundraiser<\/span><\/a><span> on the GiveSendGo platform.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The initial fundraiser was a direct response to a Facebook group called \u201cAnti-Racist Parents of Loudoun County, which compiled a list of parents that disagree with the controversial critical race theory training.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/loudoun-teachers-target-parents-critical-race-theory-hacking\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><i><span>A group of current and former teachers and others in Loudoun County, Virginia, compiled a lengthy list of parents suspected of disagreeing with school system actions, including its teaching of controversial racial concepts \u2014 with a stated purpose in part to \u201cinfiltrate,\u201d use \u201chackers\u201d to silence parents\u2019 communications, and \u201cexpose these people publicly.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Members of a 624-member private Facebook group \u2026 named parents and plotted fundraising and other offline work.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Organizations tied to the school district have also threatened teachers and parents for speaking out against critical race theory curriculum. The district\u2019s Minority Student Achievement Advisory Council (MSAAC) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/after-enemies-list-school-body-pledges-to-silence-the-opposition\"><span>pledged<\/span><\/a><span> to \u201csilence the opposition,\u201d referring to parents who question the schools\u2019 adoption of critical theory.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MSAAC has also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/advisory-board-calls-on-virginia-school-district-to-dismiss-teachers-who-criticize-the-districts-equity-training\"><span>demanded<\/span><\/a><span> that teachers be dismissed from their jobs if they criticize the district\u2019s equity training. Kiara Jennings, who leads MSAAC, emailed the district\u2019s Superintendent, School Board Chair, Equity Committee, and the NAACP asking that teachers not be allowed to speak out against diversity training, even in private feedback surveys.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The district has spent a pretty penny on equity and diversity training thus far. Between 2018 and 2020, LCPS spent $<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/loudoun-county-schools-spend-hundreds-of-thousands-on-critical-race-theory\/\"><span>422,500<\/span><\/a><span> on training inspired by critical race theory.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GoFundMe, one of the largest crowdfunding platforms, removed a fundraiser connected to a parent group fighting against Virginia\u2019s Loudoun County Public School district\u2019s (LCPS) indoctrination campaign.\u00a0Scott Mineo runs the Parents &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311446,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4782.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GoFundMe Caves To Activists, Pulls Fundraiser For Parent Group Fighting Critical Race Theory","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-359193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4782.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GoFundMe Caves To Activists, Pulls Fundraiser For Parent Group Fighting Critical Race Theory","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359193","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}