{"id":571580,"date":"2021-06-23T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=571580"},"modified":"2021-06-23T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T15:52:26","slug":"here-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/here-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Here Are 5 Ways The Media Is Trying To Mislead You On 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\">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%2Fhere-are-5-ways-the-media-is-trying-to-mislead-you-on-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=571580&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\/06\/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>A year ago, the media declared a \u201cracial reckoning,\u201d and Democrats began promoting Critical Race Theory in every agency they controlled. But parents revolted as they began to learn about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/limbaugh-unfair-charges-systemic-racism-david-limbaugh\">anti-American<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofopportunity.michiganradio.org\/post\/why-all-white-people-are-racist-cant-handle-being-called-racist-theory-white-fragility\">racial-determinist<\/a> views being promoted in some school districts. Now that polls show a majority of Americans have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/democrats-overwhelmingly-support-racist-critical-race-theory-while-rest-of-u-s-soundly-rejects-it-poll\">negative view<\/a> of Critical Race Theory, the media have engaged in a variety of tactics to gaslight the American people into disengaging, reconsidering, or diverting their gaze while public schools teach CRT to the next generation.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>CRT Doesn\u2019t Exist<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Faced with the unpopularity of their dominant intellectual theory, several leftists have strongly implied that there is no such thing as CRT, and that it\u2019s entirely a creation of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>CRT is nothing but \u201canother right-wing conspiracy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/terry-mcauliffe-virginia-parents-critical-race-theory-right-wing-conspiracy\">said<\/a> Terry McAuliffe, the former governor and current Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia. \u201cThis is totally made up by Donald Trump and [Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate] Glenn Youngkin. This is who they are. It\u2019s a conspiracy theory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Todd seemed to join the ranks of Critical Race Theory deniers on the June 20 \u201cSunday Meet the Press\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/liberal-media-scream-chuck-todd-calls-parent-led-opposition-to-critical-race-theory-fake\">saying<\/a>, \u201cIt\u2019s manufactured, and then sort of seems to have been lit, the fire was lit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attempting to dismiss a decades-old theory detailed by numerous academic scholars proved difficult, so many shifted gears.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Banning CRT Means No One Will Learn About Slavery<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Since several states have banned public schools from teaching curricula based on Critical Race Theory, some myth-makers claimed the bills would forbid teachers from instructing students about racism, Jim Crow, or slavery.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-reidout-6-17-21-n1271278\">said<\/a> on the June 17 edition of \u201cThe ReidOut\u201d that \u201cRepublicans claim they support the holiday [of Juneteeth] while simultaneously passing laws to make sure your kids can\u2019t learn about it in school.\u201d She repeated the allegation a day later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2021\/06\/18\/joy_reid_juneteenth_could_face_pushback_battle_like_critical_race_theory.html\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p><em>While Juneteenth will now be commemorated nationwide, there\u2019s a catch: In some red states, it could soon be illegal to teach what the holiday is about. That\u2019s because Republican state legislatures in a dozen states are now aiming to dictate how historical and modern racism in America are taught. That includes the state of Texas, where Juneteenth was first celebrated. Governor Abbott signed a law this week intended to ban Critical Race Theory from being taught in public schools, even though it\u2019s not being taught in any K-12 curriculums anywhere, including in Texas.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Heartless Republican lawmakers could actually put innocent school teachers in danger, claimed Chuck Todd. He argued that teachers now wonder, \u201cCan they not teach American history correctly? There\u2019s a real fear among civics teachers that they are going to the front lines, and the Tucker Carlsons of the world will character assassinate them,\u201d on the <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2021\/06\/panicked-media-escalates-disinformation-war-against-critical-race-theory-opponents\/\">June 15<\/a> episode of \u201cMTP Daily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reality, Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flrules.org\/gateway\/ruleNo.asp?id=6A-1.094124\">regulations<\/a> signed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis specify that educators \u201cmay not suppress or distort significant historical events, such as the Holocaust, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction, the civil rights movement and the contributions of women, African American and Hispanic people to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong>CRT Exists, But Only In Law Schools<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Joy Reid again muddied the waters when she claimed CRT is never taught in K-12 schools, only in the nation\u2019s law schools. \u201cI hate to have to reiterate this every time we talk about this,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-reidout-6-10-21-n1270437\">said<\/a> on June 10. \u201cThere\u2019s no teaching of it in elementary school. It\u2019s in law school.\u201d Similarly, on June 21, she interviewed one of the intellectual pioneers of CRT, Kimberl\u00e9 Crenshaw, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/transcripts\/transcript-reidout-6-21-21-n1271811\">said<\/a>, \u201cClassic critical race theory is a law school course.\u201d When the CRT-influenced 1619 Project\u2019s Nikole Hannah-Jones won the Pulitzer Prize, the Pulitzer Center <a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzercenter.org\/blog\/nikole-hannah-jones-wins-pulitzer-prize-1619-project\">noted<\/a> that it had \u201cconnected\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzercenter.org\/lesson-plan-grouping\/1619-project-curriculum\">curricula<\/a>\u00a0based on the work of Hannah-Jones and her collaborators to some 4,500 classrooms since August 2019\u201d and that \u201c[t]ens of thousands of students in all 50 states engaged with the curricular resources,\u201d which are still available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzercenter.org\/lesson-plan-grouping\/1619-project-curriculum\">award agency\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Backlash Is Not Grassroots; It\u2019s Led By National Conservative Organizations<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Unable to deny that CRT exists and that it infests a growing number of elementary schools, its opponents then claimed that the parents expressing tearful opposition in school board meetings nationwide are a mirage: The opposition is <em>really<\/em> being led by deep-pocketed conservative think tanks. In an NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/critical-race-theory-invades-school-boards-help-conservative-groups-n1270794\">story<\/a> dated June 15, journalists said that school districts are \u201calmost held hostage\u201d as local parents follow \u201cthe playbook of seasoned GOP activists.\u201d One of its authors, Brandy Zadrozny, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/06\/18\/nbc-journalist-furious-that-critical-race-theory-critics-are-doing-better-journalism-than-she-is\/\">claimed<\/a> on MSNBC that the Heritage Foundation, and ALEC, and other \u201cnational and just hyper- and fast-growing local organizations \u2026 use onerous public records requests \u2026 and then that is used to, sort of, frame, again, the school board as paying for CRT. Which, again, is just not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.2054380664653\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did you ever think we would see so-called \u201creporters\u201d like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrandyZadrozny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrandyZadrozny<\/a> bemoaning FREEDOM OF INFORMATION and demanding the public only believes the official government line on everything?<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THIS state propagandist who sounds like a valley girl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7Jvox2r5me\">pic.twitter.com\/7Jvox2r5me<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\/status\/1405630097583972354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In reality, parents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out\">all racial backgrounds<\/a> have risen up to denounce CRT: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mom-claims-she-not-racist-124015192.html\">White parents<\/a> because they do not want their children to be told they are inherently racist because of their skin color; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-black-father-explodes-at-critical-race-theory-during-school-board-meeting\">black parents<\/a> because they do not want their children taught that they are oppressed and incapable of succeeding without massive political changes to the system.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lying About Anti-CRT Activists<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Manhattan Institute\u2019s Christopher Rufo has uncovered much of the worst racially themed CRT sensitivity training at work and curricula in the schools, putting a target on his back. The Washington Post published an article on June 19 targeting Rufo as the puppet master behind anti-CRT activism, beginning with then-President Donald Trump\u2019s executive order banning such training for the federal workforce. The article was so riddled with errors that the Post ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/washington-post-issues-clarifications-to-story-trying-to-discredit-christopher-rufo-and-critical-race-theory-critics\">retraction<\/a> within 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>These sorts of denials and character assassination reveal a political establishment deeply worried that it\u2019s losing its most critical tool in advancing its government-expanding agenda, despite its ironclad grip on the legacy media. For that, conservatives should take a bow \u2014 then put their shoulders right back to the grindstone. The fight to preserve America has only begun.<\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><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\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A year ago, the media declared a \u201cracial reckoning,\u201d and Democrats began promoting Critical Race Theory in every agency they controlled. 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