{"id":525245,"date":"2021-05-19T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=525245"},"modified":"2021-05-19T10:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T14:51:08","slug":"don-lemon-tonight-critical-race-theory-is-more-patriotic-than-patriotism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/don-lemon-tonight-critical-race-theory-is-more-patriotic-than-patriotism\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Lemon Tonight: Critical Race Theory \u2018Is More Patriotic\u2019 Than Patriotism"},"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\">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%2Fdon-lemon-tonight-critical-race-theory-is-more-patriotic-than-patriotism%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=525245&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\/GettyImages-1275325153.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Don Lemon launched the first episode of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/don-lemon-reports-fake-news-about-himself\">newly renamed<\/a>\u00a0CNN show with guests who claimed that \u201ccritical race theory is not anti-patriotic; in fact, it is more patriotic than those who are opposed to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They also likened parents who oppose teaching their children controversial and divisive race-based theories to \u201cabusive\u201d men who beat their wives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe majority of people who are probably commentating on what critical race theory is, don\u2019t have an understanding of it,\u201d said Ashley Allison, a CNN contributor and <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/blog\/author\/ashley-allison\">former member<\/a> of the Obama administration\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2009\/10\/valerie-jarretts-ministry-of-culture\/\">Office of Public Engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cmany\u201d of \u201cthe elected officials that are pushing\u201d patriotic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/as-tennessee-bans-critical-race-theory-educators-alternate-between-pledging-to-break-law-and-denying-crt-was-ever-in-schools\">race-neutral educational laws<\/a> \u201chave an understanding of\u201d CRT and are \u201cafraid of it,\u201d Allison warned. \u201cThey use these tropes to incite chaos.\u201d Princeton African American Studies professor Imani Perry agreed that opposition to CRT is just the \u201cpost-Trump era way of inciting anxiety, fear, and actually trying to sort of [create] illicit hostility towards\u201d left-wing \u201cprogress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lemon\u2019s team of experts told CNN that CRT merely wants to include more people in the dialogue. \u201cCritical race theory just says that we have to expand the story to tell everyone\u2019s perspective \u2026 so that we don\u2019t repeat some of the mistakes of our past,\u201d Allison said.<\/p>\n<p>The show featured one of the supposed founders of critical race theory: Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw. After calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 negative description of CRT \u201cfalse and slanderous,\u201d Crenshaw said that <em>ackshually<\/em>, CRT is more patriotic than patriotism:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>Critical race theory just says let\u2019s pay attention to what has happened in this country, and how what has happened in his country is continuing to create differential outcomes, so we can become that country that we say we are. So, <strong>critical race theory is not anti-patriotic; in fact, it is more patriotic than those who are opposed to it, because we believe in the Thirteenth, and the Fourteenth, and the Fifteenth Amendment[s]<\/strong>. We believe in the promises of equality, and we know we can\u2019t get there if we can\u2019t confront and talk honestly about inequality.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Crenshaw did not specify how opponents of CRT disbelieve in the <a href=\"https:\/\/constitutioncenter.org\/learn\/educational-resources\/historical-documents\/the-reconstruction-amendments\">Reconstruction Amendments<\/a>, which ended slavery, granted black Americans U.S. citizenship, and recognized black Americans\u2019 right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of CRT, Allison said, claim that \u201cif you teach critical race theory, then you don\u2019t love America,\u201d but they need a more exalted vision. According to Ashley Allison, real patriotism means having the courage to say America sucks:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"16\">\n<p><em>But really, the courage to teach critical race theory is saying to America that despite removing indigenous people from their land, despite enslaving black people and having them build this country for free; despite saying give me your poor, you know, all the folks come to the shore to breathe for free except for those coming from the Southern border; despite a former president who uses racist names and helps increase hate crimes that are going against Asian-Americans \u2014 despite that, critical race theory says if we look it in its evil eye, the Original Sin of this country and even some of its most recent sins, that we love America enough to move beyond it, because we can find solutions to end the hate and the discrimination. \u2026 People who are pushing critical race theory really love America despite the pain it has caused. and say that if we can work together there is something better and she can reach her greatest ideals.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans\u201d and \u201cconservatives\u201d oppose CRT, \u201cbecause they don\u2019t have this love for the country that people who want to tell the whole story do,\u201d said Allison.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, parents who object to having their children indoctrinated in the controversial new creed of CRT are sort of like perpetrators of domestic violence. \u201cIt\u2019s like an abusive relationship,\u201d Allison said. \u201cIf it doesn\u2019t go [their] way, then they are going to negotiate\u201d (which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/so-happy-together\/201703\/negotiate-don-t-compromise\">not<\/a>, in fact, a sign of an abusive relationship).<\/p>\n<p>The misinformation and attempt to redefine critical theory as patriotism conflict with CRT\u2019s core tenants, according to its founders, as we shall see.<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=XYLvOAIt6vA&#038;start=1757&#038;feature=oembed\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=XYLvOAIt6vA&amp;start=1757&amp;feature=oembed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>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\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>member<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Lemon launched the first episode of his\u00a0newly renamed\u00a0CNN show with guests who claimed that \u201ccritical race theory is not anti-patriotic; in fact, it is more patriotic than those who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278538,"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\/05\/GettyImages-1275325153.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Don Lemon Tonight: Critical Race Theory \u2018Is More Patriotic\u2019 Than Patriotism","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1275325153.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Don Lemon Tonight: Critical Race Theory \u2018Is More Patriotic\u2019 Than Patriotism","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525245","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=525245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}