2021 VA Governors race

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Anonymous wrote:I am so disturbed by people having a conniption over teaching the truth about our difficult history. Our history has been so ridiculously whitewashed over the years. WTF is wrong with you? Our country will never become a more perfect union if we don't know what brought us here.

+1 Here’s a page from a 1956 Virginia history textbook that was still in use in the 1980s. "Men in the South wanted laws that would help them on their plantations."

It's easy to see how somebody who was taught this in school could be frightened by the strawman version of CRT constructed by right wing media. But, we shouldn't craft policy based on their ignorance.

"Here’s a page from a 1956 Virginia history textbook that was still in use in the 1980s."

We need a citation for this statement.

[Anonymous]

I don’t really care what was taught in the 70s and 80s in VA. That’s not what being taught now. I do support teaching history from the perspective of a variety of sources. But it’s not my understanding that that is what critical race theory is. I do agree with the critique that CRT can have the unintended consequence of being antisemitic and anti-asian and I believe that is probably true & I don’t like that.

[Anonymous]

In honestly thought that if there was going to be an education issue in this campaign, it would be the proposal to end advanced math. Not this crap.

VA Republicans don’t seem capable of learning. There was George Allen’s “macaca moment”. Last election it was the racist MS-13 and immigration campaign. This time it seems like they want to go back to that racist well once again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In honestly thought that if there was going to be an education issue in this campaign, it would be the proposal to end advanced math. Not this crap.

VA Republicans don’t seem capable of learning. There was George Allen’s “macaca moment”. Last election it was the racist MS-13 and immigration campaign. This time it seems like they want to go back to that racist well once again.

It's almost as if Republicans know how profoundly unpopular their policy positions are, so they contrive some culture war wedge issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really care what was taught in the 70s and 80s in VA. That’s not what being taught now. I do support teaching history from the perspective of a variety of sources. But it’s not my understanding that that is what critical race theory is. I do agree with the critique that CRT can have the unintended consequence of being antisemitic and anti-asian and I believe that is probably true & I don’t like that.

Whatever critical race theory is, it is not taught in public schools in VA. So you have nothing to worry about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In honestly thought that if there was going to be an education issue in this campaign, it would be the proposal to end advanced math. Not this crap.

VA Republicans don’t seem capable of learning. There was George Allen’s “macaca moment”. Last election it was the racist MS-13 and immigration campaign. This time it seems like they want to go back to that racist well once again.

It's almost as if Republicans know how profoundly unpopular their policy positions are, so they contrive some culture war wedge issues.

But the lesson should be that VA voters don’t like racists. If Republicans would learn that lesson, they could have a chance. My guess is that they probably feel that going racist might be their only chance. It’s a sure sign that Youngkin is desperate since he’s fully embraced this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am so disturbed by people having a conniption over teaching the truth about our difficult history. Our history has been so ridiculously whitewashed over the years. WTF is wrong with you? Our country will never become a more perfect union if we don't know what brought us here.

+1 Here’s a page from a 1956 Virginia history textbook that was still in use in the 1980s. "Men in the South wanted laws that would help them on their plantations."

It's easy to see how somebody who was taught this in school could be frightened by the strawman version of CRT constructed by right wing media. But, we shouldn't craft policy based on their ignorance.

"Here’s a page from a 1956 Virginia history textbook that was still in use in the 1980s."

We need a citation for this statement.

Quote the part of this article that it was taught in the 80's. I couldn't find it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t really care what was taught in the 70s and 80s in VA. That’s not what being taught now. I do support teaching history from the perspective of a variety of sources. But it’s not my understanding that that is what critical race theory is. I do agree with the critique that CRT can have the unintended consequence of being antisemitic and anti-asian and I believe that is probably true & I don’t like that.

Whatever critical race theory is, it is not taught in public schools in VA. So you have nothing to worry about.

Wrong.

For example, Fight for Schools PAC, an anti-CRT group in Loudoun, obtained an invoice showing that the district's diversity consultancy billed it for "Coaching support for LCPS leaders - follow up meetings focused on Critical Race Theory Development May 2020." That was billed at $625 per hour for five hours, or $3,750. LCPS did not respond to a request for comment on this.

An email obtained by Fox News also revealed the district's former superintendent, Eric Williams, acknowledging that its practices align with CRT.

"While LCPS has not adopted CRT, some of the principles related to race as a social construct and the sharing of stories of racism, racialized oppression, etc. that we are encouraging through the Action Plan to Combat Systemic Racism, in some of our professional learning modules, and our use of instructional resources on the Social Justice standards, do align with the ideology of CRT," he said (emphasis his).

More recently, school board member Beth Barts acknowledged that portions of CRT "probably" influenced the district's policies.

"When you look at critical race theory and you understand that critical race theory examines how racism is embedded not just in laws, but in policy as well," she said earlier this month. "And then you look at our equity committee, and you look at the mission of the equity committee. And the mission of the equity committee is to … make sure that our policies aren't biased and they are not discriminatory – and they're inclusive of all. So, while we are not teaching critical race theory necessarily in classrooms, I will say probably that there are portions of critical race theory that we may be applying when we give the lens to look at some of our policies."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In honestly thought that if there was going to be an education issue in this campaign, it would be the proposal to end advanced math. Not this crap.

VA Republicans don’t seem capable of learning. There was George Allen’s “macaca moment”. Last election it was the racist MS-13 and immigration campaign. This time it seems like they want to go back to that racist well once again.

CRT is itself, racist. Republicans are working to make sure racist curriculum is NOT taught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really care what was taught in the 70s and 80s in VA. That’s not what being taught now. I do support teaching history from the perspective of a variety of sources. But it’s not my understanding that that is what critical race theory is. I do agree with the critique that CRT can have the unintended consequence of being antisemitic and anti-asian and I believe that is probably true & I don’t like that.

Whatever critical race theory is, it is not taught in public schools in VA. So you have nothing to worry about.

Wrong.

For example, Fight for Schools PAC, an anti-CRT group in Loudoun, obtained an invoice showing that the district's diversity consultancy billed it for "Coaching support for LCPS leaders - follow up meetings focused on Critical Race Theory Development May 2020." That was billed at $625 per hour for five hours, or $3,750. LCPS did not respond to a request for comment on this.

An email obtained by Fox News also revealed the district's former superintendent, Eric Williams, acknowledging that its practices align with CRT.

"While LCPS has not adopted CRT, some of the principles related to race as a social construct and the sharing of stories of racism, racialized oppression, etc. that we are encouraging through the Action Plan to Combat Systemic Racism, in some of our professional learning modules, and our use of instructional resources on the Social Justice standards, do align with the ideology of CRT," he said (emphasis his).

More recently, school board member Beth Barts acknowledged that portions of CRT "probably" influenced the district's policies.

"When you look at critical race theory and you understand that critical race theory examines how racism is embedded not just in laws, but in policy as well," she said earlier this month. "And then you look at our equity committee, and you look at the mission of the equity committee. And the mission of the equity committee is to … make sure that our policies aren't biased and they are not discriminatory – and they're inclusive of all. So, while we are not teaching critical race theory necessarily in classrooms, I will say probably that there are portions of critical race theory that we may be applying when we give the lens to look at some of our policies."

I sure hope that it wasn't Virginia's public schools that failed you so profoundly that you cannot tell the difference between teaching CRT in school and teaching CRT to administrators.

[Anonymous]

'culturally responsive curriculum'

[Anonymous]

The state Senate is currently 21-19, but looking at the results in 2019, it could very easily have been 27-13 Democrat.
It is important to have a Republican governor to prevent the high tax rates we see in Oregon, California, and other Democrat run states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t really care what was taught in the 70s and 80s in VA. That’s not what being taught now. I do support teaching history from the perspective of a variety of sources. But it’s not my understanding that that is what critical race theory is. I do agree with the critique that CRT can have the unintended consequence of being antisemitic and anti-asian and I believe that is probably true & I don’t like that.

Whatever critical race theory is, it is not taught in public schools in VA. So you have nothing to worry about.

Wrong.

For example, Fight for Schools PAC, an anti-CRT group in Loudoun, obtained an invoice showing that the district's diversity consultancy billed it for "Coaching support for LCPS leaders - follow up meetings focused on Critical Race Theory Development May 2020." That was billed at $625 per hour for five hours, or $3,750. LCPS did not respond to a request for comment on this.

An email obtained by Fox News also revealed the district's former superintendent, Eric Williams, acknowledging that its practices align with CRT.

"While LCPS has not adopted CRT, some of the principles related to race as a social construct and the sharing of stories of racism, racialized oppression, etc. that we are encouraging through the Action Plan to Combat Systemic Racism, in some of our professional learning modules, and our use of instructional resources on the Social Justice standards, do align with the ideology of CRT," he said (emphasis his).

More recently, school board member Beth Barts acknowledged that portions of CRT "probably" influenced the district's policies.

"When you look at critical race theory and you understand that critical race theory examines how racism is embedded not just in laws, but in policy as well," she said earlier this month. "And then you look at our equity committee, and you look at the mission of the equity committee. And the mission of the equity committee is to … make sure that our policies aren't biased and they are not discriminatory – and they're inclusive of all. So, while we are not teaching critical race theory necessarily in classrooms, I will say probably that there are portions of critical race theory that we may be applying when we give the lens to look at some of our policies."

So the diversity trainer for LCPS talked about Critical Race Theory to principles? I thought the claim is that it was being taught in classrooms? What does diversity training for principles have to do with curriculum? The teaching is done to common core standards.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps if you had a kid in LCPS you would know more about what is being taught. Monday advisory in middle school, they bring out the equity discussion.

[Anonymous]

The thing is, no one actually knows the actual content of the CRT or CRT-like material that is being taught or is being proposed to be taught to our kids. Parents should be shown a video of the exact lessons that would be shown to our kids. This is the only way we can all have a productive conversation. Does anyone even really know what we're all arguing about anyway?!

I mean, as a minority, I think it would be good to have a more balanced history curriculum and race sensitivity lessons. However, that doesn't mean CRT or CRT-based lessons is the way to get us there. From what I know about CRT, it's a divisive ideology that is made up of a lot of ideas that I don't agree with. I don't agree with calling things like punctuality, perfectionism, math, etc...as characteristics of white supremacy. These are universal characteristics held my many people of all races and are important qualities to building a civilization and being productive. Also, it implies that non-whites don't have these qualities, and that's insulting and racist. Some do, some don't, in all races. Also I think it's really damaging to a black child's soul to tell them they're oppressed, and to a white child's soul to tell them they are oppressors. This type of indoctrination is meant to divide our society. It doesn't belong in our classrooms. Parents should just have the option to teach it at home if they agree with it.