{"id":467893,"date":"2021-05-03T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T20:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=467893"},"modified":"2021-05-03T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T20:06:03","slug":"gop-sweeps-in-texas-election-as-city-revolts-against-biden-backed-critical-race-theory-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sweeps-in-texas-election-as-city-revolts-against-biden-backed-critical-race-theory-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sweeps In Texas Election As City Revolts Against Biden-Backed Critical Race Theory In Schools"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgop-sweeps-in-texas-election-as-city-revolts-against-biden-backed-critical-race-theory-in-schools%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=467893&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\/05\/Joe-Biden.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Republicans in Southlake, Texas, a community northwest of Dallas, swept local elections and took over the school board as voters rebelled against a proposal to instate critical race theory in school curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one side, progressives argued that curriculum and disciplinary changes were needed to make all children feel safe and welcome in Carroll, a mostly white but quickly diversifying school district,\u201d NBC News reported. \u201cOn the other, conservatives in Southlake rejected the school diversity plan as an effort to indoctrinate students with a far-left ideology that, according to some, would institutionalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/texas-school-district-shames-white-students-as-part-of-cultural-competence-parents-enraged\">discrimination against white children<\/a> and those with conservative Christian values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southlakestyle.com\/community\/city\/southlake-may-2021-election-results-are-in\/\">blew out<\/a> Democrats by a roughly 70% to 30% margin to take two spots and control of the Carroll Independent School District board, two city council seats, and the Southlake mayor\u2019s seat. The election results, finalized Sunday, showed a ballooning voter turnout about 3-times larger than past local elections.<\/p>\n<p>The landslide for conservative Republicans came nine months after progressives on the school board introduced a plan to instate critical race theory in the local school curriculum and force educators to take diversity training and other so-called anti-racism courses.<\/p>\n<p>The election \u201cwas a referendum on those who put personal politics and divisive philosophies ahead of Carroll ISD students and families, and their common American heritage and Texas values,\u201d Southlake attorney Hannah Smith, who beat local business consultant Ed Hernandez for a spot on the school board, told NBC News in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe voters have come together in record-breaking numbers to restore unity,\u201d Smith said. \u201cBy a landslide vote, they don\u2019t want racially divisive critical race theory taught to their children or forced on their teachers. Voters agreed with my positive vision of our community and its future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden and other progressive Democratic lawmakers are pushing schools to adopt critical race theory curriculum, which teaches that inequality is a result of systemic racism. The New York Times\u2019 \u201c1619 Project\u201d is arguably the best-known example of critical race theory applied to the study of U.S. history. The project argues that slavery continues to infect almost every institution in the United States, resulting in systemic racism against black Americans and other minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration is pushing schools to bring critical race theory curriculum into their classrooms. Last month, the Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-education-department-wants-to-prioritize-critical-race-theory-and-1619-project-in-school-curriculum\">proposed<\/a> a rule that school districts that adopt critical race theory, the \u201c1619 Project,\u201d and other so-called \u201canti-racism\u201d studies would be prioritized for federal loans and grants.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. historians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/historians-shred-nyt-1619-project-claiming-slavery-defines-america\">lodged<\/a> numerous complaints about the \u201c1619 Project,\u201d which claims the true founding of the U.S. should be marked at the moment the first slave ship arrived in America in 1619.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was disturbed by what seemed like a very unbalanced, one-sided account, which lacked context and perspective on the complexity of slavery, which was clearly, obviously, not an exclusively American institution, but existed throughout history,\u201d Princeton University\u2019s James McPherson said in 2019. \u201cAnd slavery in the United States was only a small part of a larger world process that unfolded over many centuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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