{"id":612299,"date":"2021-08-05T06:21:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=612299"},"modified":"2021-08-05T06:21:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:21:21","slug":"my-motherlandwas-ravaged-by-communism-iranian-immigrant-shreds-critical-race-theory-at-board-meeting-mic-yanked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-motherlandwas-ravaged-by-communism-iranian-immigrant-shreds-critical-race-theory-at-board-meeting-mic-yanked\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Motherland\u2026Was Ravaged By Communism!\u2019: Iranian Immigrant Shreds Critical Race Theory At Board Meeting, Mic Yanked"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fmy-motherlandwas-ravaged-by-communism-iranian-immigrant-shreds-critical-race-theory-at-board-meeting-mic-yanked%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=612299&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-1233449716-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An Iranian immigrant and mother of three says she was silenced at a Pennsylvania school board meeting after speaking out about Critical Race Theory \u2014 and now the school board president is facing calls to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Anita Edgarian told Fox &amp; Friends that she had \u201cno intention\u201d to speak at the meeting where parents, faculty, and administrators discussed the West Chester school district\u2019s efforts to incorporate \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d efforts \u2014 efforts that often involve aspects of Critical Race Theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[A]fter a long, daunting meeting and many remarks giving praise to the retiring superintendent, Jim Scanlon, she got up and expressed to the school board her concerns about critical race theory,\u201d Fox News said. \u201cDuring her allotted time to speak, she told them she grew up during the Iranian Revolution and witnessed her \u2018motherland\u2019 being \u2018ravaged by communism,&#8217;\u201d Fox reported.<\/p>\n<p>Edgarian suggested a parallel between the ideas of Communism and what was being taught under the guise of \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion,\u201d thought it is not clear that Critical Race Theory itself is under consideration for the district\u2019s curriculum \u2014 just that the superindendent refused to say.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><em>She accused Scanlon of creating divisions and \u201cleaving a mess.\u201d Furthermore, she described her home as \u201cthe International House of Pancakes,\u201d because her children\u2019s friends are diverse.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When she proceeded to ask whether or not teachers were being taught critical race theory, the West Chester school board president Chris McCune said, \u201cAnita, you\u2019re at time.\u201d She pushed back, \u201cNo, no,\u201d prompting him to angrily say, \u201cYes you are.\u201d McCune approached Edgarian at the podium, took the microphone, faced Anita, and told her to leave.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is shameful,\u201d McCune reportedly snapped. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a respectful meeting up until you. You bombarded up there, and now you want to monopolize the meeting. Not happening. You\u2019re gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edgarian told Fox that she wanted to know whether Critical Race Theory was being taught to children in the school district so she asked, pointedly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have friends on both sides of this aisle. Friends and, you know, close friends sometimes. And you know, so I don\u2019t want my kids to grow up feeling that they cannot talk to this person or that person. And I just wanted to know and, you know, the best thing is to come out and frankly ask the question,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Edgarian is hardly the first parent to voice concerns over Critical Race Theory. Although leftists and progressives, many of whom cite CRT, say the theory is high-level and taught only in certain law schools classes, it appears that CRT is, at least,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nonprofit-encourages-art-educators-to-teach-through-the-lens-of-critical-race-theory\"> informing how some school districts approach<\/a> issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and teachers are being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fairfax-school-district-sends-educators-powerpoint-on-how-to-implement-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom\">instructed on how to implement some aspects of CRT<\/a> in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>School districts, apparently concerned that individuals are questioning the curriculum, have repeatedly shut down district meetings and sparred with concerned parents. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pta-naacp-official-let-them-die-critical-race-theory\">one shocking case out of Virginia<\/a>, a PTA official appeared to say of concerned parents, \u201cLet them die!\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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Iranian immigrant and mother of three says she was silenced at a Pennsylvania school board meeting after speaking out about Critical Race Theory \u2014 and now the school board &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"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-612299","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\/612299","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=612299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}