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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If, as the allknowing MSM contended, Virginia schools weren't teaching critical race theory, and saying so was just a racist dogwhistle, who cares that GY just banned it being taught?[/quote]

2 options:

- CRT does not exist in VA schools, so you have ZERO to complain about the EO, or

- CRT-like curricula (such as the divisive 1619 Project) are indeed taught, so you and McAuliffe were lying and dishonest this whole time, not to mention, you were trying to spread hate in our schools.

Pick one.[/quote]

Here's the problem - look at the actual text of the order:

"...identify inherently divisive concepts, including concepts or ideas [b]related to[/b] Critical Race Theory..."

That isn't a ban on CRT, that is a loosely worded ban on teaching racial concepts.  That has a chilling effect on teaching history, which sometimes touches on very uncomfortable topics.  We know that they aren't going to go as big as banning something like the teaching of slavery, but what about more recent issues such as segregation/integration and redlining?  You absolutely cannot explain the current state of affairs in America without teaching that Black people were discriminated against for well over a century after the Civil War.  [/quote]

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