Q&A Of The Day – Florida’s Proposed Rule To Ban CRT In Our Schools - Part 1
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Today’s entry: I remember hearing our Governor stating he would not allow CRT to be taught in our schools yet BLM is on the district’s website as well as other biased racial sources. When you click on the BLM tile it takes you to a Brain pop video (a digital educational platform the district uses) which talks about the movement, protesting, and George Floyd). Parents were also sent a letter with the District's equity statement on it which had the words "white advantage" in it. The Board is having a meeting this week to discuss whether or not to remove the "white advantage" words but keep all the other equity language only after parents spoke of the blatant discrimination (which goes against school board policy). Who holds the school district accountable? So far the Governor hasn't or the FLDOE. If nothing is done and this is fully implemented, I will have no choice but to pull my 3 kids out of the system.
Bottom Line: I’ll start by answering the easiest question you presented. It’s ultimately up to us to hold our school districts accountable. We pay the taxes that pay for these schools, and we elect the school board members who set policy. We need to do better, and we need broader engagement from the entire community – not just a handful of especially concerned parents. I’m hoping the overt effort to introduce racism into our schools (the use of the term/concept of white advantage) and Marxism (the use of the term/concept equity) is a turning point in this regard. As I mentioned yesterday, imagine Trump rally level enthusiasm and engagement aimed at achieving constructive improvements with our school districts. Now, it’s not a coincidence that Black Lives Matter propaganda is on the School District’s website coinciding with the timing of the introduction of Critical Race Theory. They’re congruent.
Black Lives Matter was founded on Marxism. In fact, until late last year they had it explicitly on their website. It was conveniently dropped by BLM on their site after many of us directed attention to what they really were and are about. Likewise, Critical Race Theory is rooted in Marxism. Wednesday’s special Palm Beach County School District meeting to consider revising the District’s mission statement has been narrowly focused on the use of the term, white advantage. That’s short-sided. The entire statement tells a much more pervasive story: dismantling structures rooted in white advantage and transforming our system by hearing and elevating under-represented voices, sharing power, recognizing and eliminating bias, and redistributing resources to provide equitable outcomes. Dismantling structures, transforming our system, sharing power, redistributing resources, providing equitable outcomes – each of those are Marxist principals. There’s a much bigger picture happening here. You can remove the verbiage “white advantage” and still be left with the Marxist agenda intact. That’s why it’s critical that all of it is removed and why when given the opportunity, the existing school board members are voted out.
You raised another point and question which many have recently asked about as well. Wasn’t Critical Race Theory already banned in Florida? Where’s Governor DeSantis on this? I’ll address that topic in the second part of today’s Q&A.
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