{"id":585521,"date":"2021-07-07T16:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=585521"},"modified":"2021-07-07T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:51:00","slug":"watch-teacher-union-prez-claims-crt-is-not-taught-in-k-12-schools-anti-crt-activists-are-bullying-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-teacher-union-prez-claims-crt-is-not-taught-in-k-12-schools-anti-crt-activists-are-bullying-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Teacher Union Prez Claims CRT Is Not Taught In K-12 Schools, Anti-CRT Activists Are \u2018Bullying Teachers\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwatch-teacher-union-prez-claims-crt-is-not-taught-in-k-12-schools-anti-crt-activists-are-bullying-teachers%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=585521&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\/07\/Randi-Weingarten.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The president of the nation\u2019s second-largest teachers union claimed that critical race theory is not being taught in public K-12 institutions and blamed anti-CRT activists for \u201cbullying teachers\u201d from \u201cteaching students accurate history.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During a press conference with American Federation of Teachers (AFT) members, President Randi Weingarten said that critical race theory is a theory used only in law school and colleges to \u201canalyze whether systemic racism exists.\u201d She denied that public schools and K-12 institutions writ large were pushing critical race theory one students.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Watch:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.369636963696\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AFT President Randi Weingarten:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCritical Race Theory is not taught in elementary schools or middle schools or high schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCulture warriors\u201d are \u201cbullying teachers and trying to stop us from teaching accurate history.\u201d<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PISmLc9iNc\">pic.twitter.com\/PISmLc9iNc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1412827828954013697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><i><span>Critical race theory is not taught in elementary schools, or middle schools, or high schools. It\u2019s a method of examination taught in law school and in college that helps analyze whether systemic racism exists, and in particular, whether it has an effect on law and public policy. Culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism, or discrimination as CRT to try to make it toxic. They\u2019re bullying teachers and trying to stop us from teaching students accurate history.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Weingarten blamed the \u201cbullying\u201d on \u201cculture warriors\u201d who wish to \u201csuppress the truth.\u201d She vowed to defend members who get in trouble \u201cfor teaching honest history,\u201d and noted that the AFT has a legal defense fund.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTeaching the truth is not radical or wrong,\u201d Weingarten <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aft.org\/news\/weingarten-shares-vision-safe-welcoming-school-year\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cDistorting history and threatening educators for teaching the truth is what is truly radical and wrong.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In May, AFT tweeted out that it does not believe that critical race theory is \u201cdivisive.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCritical race theory isn\u2019t \u2018divisive,\u2019\u201d the union tweeted. \u201cIt\u2019s an irreplaceable lens with which we can view our difficult history.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Critical race theory isn\u2019t \u201cdivisive.\u201d It\u2019s an irreplaceable lens with which we can view our difficult history. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FKpcUme33V\">https:\/\/t.co\/FKpcUme33V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFT (@AFTunion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFTunion\/status\/1392087091618648066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Weingarten\u2019s comments come after the nation\u2019s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), passed \u2014 and then <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nations-largest-teachers-union-scrubs-website-of-pledge-to-teach-critical-race-theory\"><span>removed<\/span><\/a><span> \u2014 a business item that pledged to teach critical race theory in all 50 states across 14,000 school districts.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nations-largest-teachers-union-says-it-will-teach-critical-race-theory-in-all-50-states-1400-school-districts\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><i><span>The NEA pledged to \u201cshare and publicize\u201d information already available on critical race theory (CRT) \u2014 what it is and what it is not.\u201d There will also be a team of staffers dedicated to providing members with information about how to \u201cfight back against anti-CRT rhetoric; and share information with other NEA members as well as their community members.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In what the NEA claims to be the inclusion of \u201caccurate and honest teaching,\u201d it vowed to \u201coppose attempts to ban critical race theory\u201d and the New York Times\u2019 \u201c1619 Project,\u201d which has been scrutinized by historians as ahistorical.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Following backlash from national media outlets and Democratic colleagues who claim that critical race theory is merely a figment of Republican\u2019s imagination, the NEA scrubbed its website of the agenda item.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Virginia\u2019s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said that critical race theory is \u201canother right-wing conspiracy theory\u201d that was \u201ctotally made up by Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mainstream media, particularly MSNBC, have perpetuated the idea that critical race theory is a hoax as well. Anchor Joy Reid accused Manhattan Institute scholar and leading anti-CRT activist Chris Rufo of \u201cmaking up your own thing, labeling it something that already existed as a name, slapped that brand name on it, and turned it into a successful political strategy.\u201d<\/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>The president of the nation\u2019s second-largest teachers union claimed that critical race theory is not being taught in public K-12 institutions and blamed anti-CRT activists for \u201cbullying teachers\u201d from \u201cteaching &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314203,"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\/07\/Randi-Weingarten.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Teacher Union Prez Claims CRT Is Not Taught In K-12 Schools, Anti-CRT Activists Are \u2018Bullying Teachers\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-585521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Randi-Weingarten.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Teacher Union Prez Claims CRT Is Not Taught In K-12 Schools, Anti-CRT Activists Are \u2018Bullying Teachers\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585521","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=585521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}