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That's a lot of discussion and analysis to add to a weekend project especially in today's media environment where stuff like QAnon sprouts new memes and conspir
by rtkwe 6y ago
That's a lot of discussion and analysis to add to a weekend project especially in today's media environment where stuff like QAnon sprouts new memes and conspiracies every day.
In this specific case Trump is grousing about non whitewashed version of American history that include education about slavery in the US, treatment of Indian/Indigenous tribes, etc etc. and generally anything that questions America/Capitalism/Traditional Gender Roles/etc. In short close to anything vaguely progressive happening in schools counts as "radical indoctrination" for some fragments of the right side of American politics.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoTrump is a bad messenger, but no, it has nothing to do with whitewashing. You should look into how insane “critical race theory” and garbage like the 1619 project are trying to rewrite history. It’s absolutely indoctrination for a very specific agenda that most reasonable people would never agree with. Nobody opposes teaching an accurate reading of history, good and bad. They do oppose someone telling white people, and only white people, that they are inherently racist and bear responsibility for atrocities of the past to which they had no connection. They also oppose separating the white people and telling them that they are not allowed to speak because they are racist, and if they deny being racist, that is more evidence of their racism. This is the garbage that Robin DiAngelo spews in the inexplicably popular “White Fragility” book upon which much of the CRT training is based.