{"id":552576,"date":"2021-06-04T13:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552576"},"modified":"2021-06-04T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:21:33","slug":"mont-attorney-gen-austin-knudsen-most-critical-race-theory-activities-are-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mont-attorney-gen-austin-knudsen-most-critical-race-theory-activities-are-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mont. Attorney Gen. Austin Knudsen: most critical race theory activities are illegal"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmont-attorney-gen-austin-knudsen-most-critical-race-theory-activities-are-illegal%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=552576&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 id=\"attachment_2417756\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2417756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mont. Attorney Gen. Austin Knudsen stands in the center of legislators in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo\/Matt Volz)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:11 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 4, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The attorney general of Montana has legally determined that most critical race theory activities violate civil rights. On Thursday, Austin Knudsen issued a binding <a href=\"https:\/\/dojmt.gov\/attorney-general-knudsen-issues-binding-opinion-on-critical-race-theory\/\">Attorney General\u2019s Opinion<\/a> stating, \u201ccommitting racial discrimination in the name of ending racial discrimination is both illogical and illegal.\u201d He went on to add that forcing students to admit their so-called privilege and assigning blame to one race goes against the Fourteenth Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing in this Attorney General\u2019s Opinion will restrict expressive activities protected under the First Amendment, including academic freedom or political student speech. For more information and to view the full AGO, click here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a1wO9FCHiI\">https:\/\/t.co\/a1wO9FCHiI<\/a> (6\/6)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Austin Knudsen (@MTAGKnudsen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MTAGKnudsen\/status\/1397960970908028930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Numerous parents have been voicing their concerns about CRT being taught in the classroom, which has led the state\u2019s Superintendent of Public Instruction Elise Arntzen to request Knudson\u2019s legal opinion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe listen very carefully to families and to our school systems,\u201d she expressed. \u201cCritical race theory brings in discrimination\u2026it brings in a discussion based on economics, based on the color of your skin, based on things that really have nothing to do with Montana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The attorney general also warned that schools embracing discriminatory teachings such as CRT could lose funding.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/las-vegas-pd-fbi-offering-10k-for-info-on-boy-found-dead-near-highway\/\">Las Vegas PD, FBI Offering $10K For Info. On Boy Found Dead Near Highway<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mont. Attorney Gen. Austin Knudsen stands in the center of legislators in Helena, Mont. (AP Photo\/Matt Volz) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 10:11 AM PT \u2013 Friday, June 4, 2021 The attorney general &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279229,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552576","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\/552576","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=552576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}