WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In a recently approved plan designed to “fight back against anti-CRT rhetoric,” the nation’s largest teachers union has committed to advancing critical race theory in schools across the country. The move comes as over half of all U.S. states have moved to suppress or ban CRT in schools, and is a startling contradiction of claims that the theory is not being taught at the K-12 level at all.
The National Education Association (NEA) approved “New Business Item 39” to promote the teaching of critical race theory throughout the U.S., despite backlash against the theory which many consider to be racist in itself.
“The teachers union has made critical race theory its #1 priority—and want[s] to implement it nationwide,” tweeted Christopher Rufo, a conservative writer and filmmaker who has worked to bring the threat of critical race theory into public consciousness.
According to Rufo, “critical race theory isn’t an exercise in promoting racial sensitivity or understanding history. It’s a radical ideology that seeks to use race as a means of moral, social and political revolution.”
Rufo said the NEA, which represents 3 million employees, boasts a $350 million annual budget, and has “an army of
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