'1619 Project' creator says parents shouldn't decide what's being taught to their children in school



Nikole Hannah-Jones — the creator of the highly criticized "1619 Project" — proclaimed that parents shouldn't decide what's being taught to their children in school.

During a "Meet the Press" appearance on Sunday, Hannah-Jones opined on how much parents' should be allowed in shaping the curriculum of students. Her commentary was in reference to Republican Glenn Youngkin's victory in the Virginia gubernatorial race. Youngkin made education a cornerstone during his winning campaign and declared that critical race theory should not be part of the academic curriculum.

Host Chuck Todd asked, "The Virginia's governor's race was arguably decided on the strength of how influential should parents be on curriculum? How do we do this?"

"Well, I would say the governor's race in Virginia was decided based on the success of a right-wing propaganda campaign that told white parents that they needed to fight against their children being indoctrinated as race — as being called racists," Hannah-Jones replied without providing any evidence for her claim. "But that was a propaganda campaign."

"And I don't really understand this idea that parents should decide what's being taught," Hannah-Jones continued.

"I'm not a professional educator. I don't have a degree in social studies or science," she added. "We send our children to school because we want them to be taught by people who have an expertise in the subject area. And that is not my job."

Hannah-Jones then rushed to the defense of former Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, who proclaimed before losing the election, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."

Hannah-Jones stated, "When the governor or the candidate said that he didn't think parents should be deciding what's being taught in school, he was panned for that. But that's just the fact. This is why we send our children to school and don't homeschool because these are the professional educators who have the expertise to teach social studies, to teach history, to teach science, to teach literature. And I think we should leave that to the educators."

She conceded somewhat, "Yes, we should have some say."

"But school is not about simply confirming our world view," Hannah-Jones remarked. "Schools should teach us to question. They should teach us how to think, not what to think."

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The 1619 Project creator's comments ignited a firestorm of reactions on Twitter.

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY): "Far-left activists are trying to bully parents across America into silence, to advance a divisive, hate filled agenda seeking to indoctrinate and brainwash our children. Absolutely not! Parents need to be MORE involved in their kids’ education, not less."

Fox News contributor Rachel Campos-Duffy: "This woman and her dangerous ideas should be kept far away from our children. She knows nothing about education, parenting or history!"

RedState editor Jennifer Van Laar: "And you shouldn't be anywhere near any child."

Omri Ceren, national security advisor for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas): "She's not a professional historian either, and yet!"

Radio host Larry O'Connor: "This should be the #1 issue for voters going forward."

Radio host Mark Davis: "This is why these people must be stopped."

Last month, Hannah-Jones stressed how "important" it is for children to be taught stories from her "1619 Project."

"I think children, they are able to understand complex stories and nuanced histories and it is empowering to actually be taught a history that reflects the country that we see," Hannah-Jones said on "Good Morning America." "I think that it's so important for young people."

'Let them die!': PTA, NAACP official demonizes parents against critical race theory



Crowds gathered outside the Luther Jackson Middle School in Virginia, where concerned parents were rallying against critical race theory being taught to students in Fairfax County Public Schools. During Thursday's "Stop CRT Rally," a PTA and NAACP official spewed rhetoric against the parents, including proclaiming, "Let them die!"

An event flyer for the "Stop CRT Rally" stated: "It's not about race or equity, it's about a Communist Radical Takeover of America!" At the rally, there were counterprotests, including a diatribe delivered by federal employee Michelle Leete, who is also the vice president of training at the Virginia Parent-Teacher Association, vice president of communications for the Fairfax County PTA, and first vice president of the Fairfax County NAACP.

Leete lambasted anti-critical race theory parents, even going so far as to say, "Let them die!"

So let's meet and remain steadfast, steadfast, in speaking truth, tearing down double standards, and refuting double talk. Let's not allow any double downing on lies. Let's prepare our children for a world they deserve. Let's deny this off-key band of people that are anti-education, anti-teacher, anti-equity, anti-history, anti-racial reckoning, anti-opportunities, anti-help people, anti-diversity, anti-platform, anti-science, anti-change agent, anti-social justice, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-children, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-environment, anti-admissions policy change, anti-inclusion, anti-live-and-let-live people. Let them die. Don't let these uncomfortable people, don't let these uncomfortable people deter us from our bold march forward.

Asra Nomani, an education activist and vice president for strategy and investigations for the watchdog group Parents Defending Education, shared footage from the rally and counterprotest on Twitter.

"I listened, stunned, as Michelle Leete, an executive of the NAACP and the PTA, put a target on the backs of parents just because they have a different point of view," said Nomani, whose son recently graduated from Fairfax County Public Schools.

"What we heard tonight was hate speech, pure and simple. It was shocking that anyone would cheer and applaud a call to violence," Nomani told the Daily Wire, "Ironically, her hateful, intolerant words are a perfect illustration of the divisive ideology of critical race theory in action. In the name of tolerance, it preaches intolerance and is a betrayal of all values of humanity and decency."

Harry Jackson, who has three children in the Fairfax public school system and is president-elect of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Parent Teacher Student Association, told the Daily Wire, "I was in shock looking at the crowd, watching Ms. Leete pander to white liberals with her hateful rhetoric … Her call to violence against every kind of parent, including parents who oppose changes to admissions policies at schools like TJ, also reveal that she has a serious conflict of interest."

In May, Nomani delivered a stirring speech where she slammed the Fairfax County Public Schools board for pushing "anti-racism" propaganda.

"And then by the fall, every single one of you voted to remove the merit-based race-blind admissions test to TJ. And we pled with you, as Asians, as an immigrant (I came at the age of 4, I knew no English), and you didn't listen to us," Nomani scolded the school board.

Thomas Jefferson School for Science and Technology, ranked the top math school in the country, instituted a "merit lottery," where race became a factor in admissions and academic qualifications were a lesser determinant.

The Daily Mail reported that admissions data for the class of 2025 at the prestigious school shows that black students rose from 1% in 2021 to 7%, Hispanics grew from 3% to 11%, white students increased from 18% to 22%, but Asian students dropped from 73% to 54% because of the new standards.

Professor makes ‘average white’ student stand up in lecture, explains he has inherent 'benefit’ over black student no 'matter what he does'



A professor at Penn State University recently made an "average white" student stand up in front of a 700-person lecture hall and explained that he has an inherent "benefit" over any black student, regardless of his behavior.

What happened?

Dr. Sam Richards, a popular sociology professor at the Pennsylvania school, was attempting to demonstrate the effects of systemic racism last month when he executed the unusual classroom illustration.

"I just take the average white guy in class, whoever it is, it doesn't really matter," Richards said as he approached a section of students.

"Dude, this guy here. Stand up, bro. What's your name, bro?" the professor then asked telling a student named Russell to stand up and face the class.

"Look at Russell, right here, it doesn't matter what he does," Richards continued. "If I match him up with a black guy in class, or a brown guy, even ... who's just like him, has the same GPA, looks like him, walks like him, talks like him, acts in a similar way, has been involved in the same groups on campus, takes the same leadership positions, whatever it is ... and we send them into the same jobs ... Russell has a benefit of having white skin."

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— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) 1626109245.0

What else?

Only moments earlier, the professor brought a black student and a white student up in front of class before point-blank asking the white student what he thinks about his privilege.

"Bro, how does it feel knowing that [when] push comes to shove your skin's kind of nice?" Richards asked the student, putting him on the spot.

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— Mythinformed MKE (@MythinformedMKE) 1626093595.0

"I don't know, it makes me feel sad," the student answered.

The nonprofit group that posted clips of the lecture on Twitter, Mythinformed MKE, noted that "critical race theory pedagogy divides people and assigns worth based solely on race" and that while this lecture was given to a college class, similar teaching has entered into elementary school curricula.

The full lecture, which took place on June 30, can be viewed on YouTube.

Anything else?

Richards, who often discusses race relations at the university, is well known for his unorthodox teaching style. His classroom antics have resulted in a WPSU-Penn State television production known as "You Can't Say That."

Based on clips used in the show's trailer, Richards is well accustomed to espousing controversial views in outlandish ways. The ones highlighted in this article are only the tip of the iceberg.

In an interview last year with Onward State, Richards alleged that "people are not getting all the stories of people who are really peacefully assembling and just getting the s**t beat out of them by the police for no reason whatsoever."

"If that happens once it's a problem, but it's happening again and again. It should be disturbing to people," he added.

At least 30 school districts use children's book that teaches 'whiteness' is an evil contract with the devil



At least 30 public school districts from 15 different states teach about race using a children's book that claims "whiteness" is a contract with the devil, filmmaker and journalist Christopher Rufo reported this week.

What are the details?

The book, titled "Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness," was published in 2018 by Dottir Press and written by progressive children's author Anastasia Higginbotham.

It follows the story of a young white girl who wrestles with the issue of race after seeing a news report of a police officer shooting and killing an unarmed black man. The child tries to get answers from her white family members, but they either remain silent or make excuses. So she sets out on an educational quest herself, first discovering the harmful reality of white supremacy in America and then resolving to dismantle it.

Based solely on the plot, the book — though certainly hamfisted and partisan — might not be considered all that radical. But what's particularly troubling are the downright racist insinuations made about white people that are sprinkled throughout.

One such insinuation occurs toward the end of the book when the author writes, "Whiteness is a bad deal ... it always was," in response to a picture of the devil holding out "a contract binding you to whiteness."

In case there were any questions about the identity of the devilish character, the author added, "Dude, we can see your pointy tail."

Here is the full list of public school districts that are teaching "Not My Idea," which traffics in the noxious pri… https://t.co/HUrj2aI0km

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) 1625762398.0

According to the whiteness contract, signees are promised "stolen lands," "stolen riches," and "special favors." In return, whiteness gets to "mess endlessly with the lives of ... all fellow humans of color for the purpose of profit" — oh, and "your soul."

What else?

In the book's foreword, Higginbotham claims that she wrote the book to help her own white children "dismantle white supremacy."

Watch below as a YouTube personality reads through the entire book. The part about the whiteness contract with the devil comes up at the 11:23 mark.

Not My Idea - A Book About Whiteness - a picture book read by a dad - Seriously Read A Book! www.youtube.com

"You can be white without signing onto whiteness," the author claims.

Anything else?

According to Rufo, the school districts that have adopted the book into their curricula have done so by scheduling read-alouds in class, asking parents to read the book to their children, or including the book in recommended reading lists.

Rufo noted that in doing so, the school districts are trafficking "the noxious principles of race essentialism, collective guilt, and anti-whiteness" into classrooms.

He also pointed out that that the idea of "whiteness" as a form of "stolen land and riches" is derived from "one of critical race theory's founding texts, 'Whiteness As Property,' authored by Cheryl Harris in 1993."

"They've directly adapted CRT for elementary schools," he argued.

Sen. John Kennedy slams critical race theory: 'Dumb as a bag of hair'



Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Tuesday in his characteristic folksy style that critical race theory is "dumb as a bag of hair" while commenting on the National Education Association's recent pledge to "fight back" against opponents of teaching the theory in schools.

"Critical race theory is a fairy tale promoted by many — not all, but many of my Democratic colleagues including the Biden White House," Kennedy said. "Critical race theory teaches that America is totally screwed, we need to just tear it down and start over. Critical race theory teaches that the primary reason that America was founded was to maintain white supremacy. Not freedom. Not rule of law. Not equal opportunity. Not personal responsibility. But white supremacy.

"Critical race theory also teaches that non-black Americans are racist, that they don't much like black people whether those non-black Americans realize it or not," he continued. "That's why critical race theory also teaches that white children are born bad. It teaches that black children are born trapped, there's almost no hope for them. It's a very fatalistic point of view.

"In my judgment critical race theory is cynical, ahistorical, sophomoric, insipid, and dumb as a bag of hair," the senator added.

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— Citizens for Renewing America (@amrenewcitizen) 1625589000.0

National controversy over critical race theory has erupted in recent years as parents have become aware of what their children are being taught in school and don't like it. Viral videos showing parents getting into heated confrontations with officials at school board meetings have made national headlines and opened a new front in the culture wars.

Critical race theory is a worldview that claims the laws, institutions, and social conventions of American society are historically rooted in the racist oppression of black people and other marginalized groups and cannot be rightly understood apart from their connection to injustice. Failure to recognize how this supposed structural racism continues to disadvantage minority Americans is equated with implicit support for these "racist" systems, and those who do not fight to overturn unjust systems and unjust outcomes are counted as "racists."

To be an "anti-racist," white people must acknowledge their "privilege," the alleged advantages they hold as members of American society based on the color of their skin, and support laws that would treat people unequally to create "equity" by redistributing resources in a manner that is favorable to historically disadvantaged groups.

Proponents of critical race theory, such as the NEA, claim it is an inclusive worldview that will teach children how to identify correct injustices caused by oppression. Critics like Kennedy say it is a racist philosophy that ignores the progress toward equality and justice American society has made since its founding and calls for equity by means of injustice.

"America is not a racist country. We have racists in it, just like everywhere else. But most Americans, black and white, think a whole lot more about character than they do about race, they believe in equality," Kennedy told Fox News.

"Most Americans understand that to a bear, we all taste like chicken."

CNN's Don Lemon scolds parents who oppose critical race theory: ‘Stop making it about you’



CNN anchor Don Lemon recently lectured parents around the country who are voicing opposition to the implementation of critical race theory into their children's K-12 curricula, telling them to "stop making it about you."

What happened?

Lemon made the comments during CNN's nightly handoff between "Cuomo Prime Time" and "Don Lemon Tonight," when he and fellow anchor Chris Cuomo were musing about the significance of designating Juneteenth as a national holiday and the topic of critical race theory came up.

The two anchors couldn't resist the urge to scold the "privileged" conservatives who dare reject the premise that America is fundamentally and systemically racist and who'd rather their children not be taught that they are either victims or oppressors.

"That's the idea ... that's the whole thing about what privilege," said Lemon during the exchange. "People don't like to have their pleasure interrupted, their peace interrupted. And so, people think that it should be the way it should be because they have been taught that in this country."

"But, you know," Lemon continued, "telling people, having people come to the realization, especially ancestors [descendants] of slaves, that they were enslaved, and that they were beaten and they were sold, that they weren't able to accrue wealth, they weren't able to go to school, weren't able to go vote ... you think that makes them feel good?"

"So, the folks on the other side, stop making it about you," he exclaimed. "Be curious instead of judgmental, that's all."

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What else?

Lemon's comments were immediately met with backlash from critics online.

The Washington Examiner's Tsar Becket Adams said, "it doesn't get more 'about you' than what happens to your own children, adding "a person with kids would know that."

Conservative commentator Stephen L. Miller added, "Don Lemon a millionaire telling parents who have kids in the public school system to get over their privilege is just perfection."

"This is so dishonest," blasted the Daily Wire's Andrew Klavan. "CRT = Racism & Marxism. It's not history. The history of slavery is already taught. I'm glad [Lemon] said this privately on [CNN] instead of in public where someone might hear him."

Anything else?

Critical race theory, or CRT, has persisted as a hot-button issue in America over the last several months as parents have become aware of how teaching based off the progressive ideology has trickled into their children's classrooms.

In response, several Republican-controlled state legislatures have passed laws prohibiting CRT teaching in public schools.

The theory, despite what Lemon and Cuomo suggest, is not simply the teaching of American slavery in public school classrooms. It is an ideology that asserts race is a socially constructed tool used by white people to oppress and exploit people of color. Adherents of the theory believe that the U.S. law and and its legal and societal institutions are inherently racist.

Trump pens op-ed ripping into critical race theory: 'Teaching even one child these divisive messages would verge on psychological abuse'



Former President Donald Trump said this week that critical race theory is not far from inflicting psychological abuse on children.

He made the remarks in a lengthy editorial, which ran Friday on the RealClearPolitics website.

What are the details?

In the missive, Trump blasted President Joe Biden for embracing critical race theory and said that anyone who would subject a child or young person to the teaching borders on inflicting "psychological abuse."

The piece titled, "A Plan to Get Divisive & Radical Theories Out of Our Schools," noted that Biden has done nothing in his presidency thus far beyond "divide our country by race and gender."

"There is no clearer example than the Biden administration's new effort aimed at indoctrinating America's schoolchildren with some of the most toxic and anti-American theories ever conceived," the former president wrote. "It is vital for Americans to understand what this initiative would do, what drives it and, most importantly, how we can stop it."

Trump pointed out that he believes the left is insistent on casting America's history in a negative light — even if they have to brainwash innocent children in order to do so.

"In classrooms across the nation, students are being subjected to a new curriculum designed to brainwash them with the ridiculous left-wing dogma known as 'critical race theory,'" he wrote. "The key fact about this twisted doctrine is that it is completely antithetical to everything that normal Americans of any color would wish to teach their children."

Trump said that instead of children learning about America as "the greatest, most tolerant, and most generous nation in history," they are learning that America is "systemically evil and that the hearts of our people are full of hatred and malice."

"Far from advancing the beautiful dream of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — that our children should 'not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character' — the left's vile new theory preaches that judging people by the color of their skin is actually a good idea," Trump added. "Teaching even one child these divisive messages would verge on psychological abuse. Indoctrinating generations of children with these extreme ideas is not just immoral — it is a program for national suicide."

Biden, Trump said, couldn't care less, and endorsed this very notion in a rule published in the Federal Register "aimed at inflicting a critical race theory-inspired curriculum on American schoolchildren."

"The rule," the former president wrote, "explicitly cites the New York Times' discredited '1619 Project' as a motivation. The Times has described the goal of its endeavor as the 're-education' of the American people, and the project even includes a lesson plan that encourages students to practice 'erasing' parts of the Declaration of Independence."

Trump said that the only way to avoid losing America as a both a beacon of hope and a country itself is to push back and loudly make demands for change.

"[M]ost Americans oppose this insanity," he noted. "The left has only gotten away with it until this point because not enough parents have been paying attention and speaking up.

"But that is quickly changing," Trump added.

What does he suggest?

The former president said that all parents and concerned citizens should step up and demand every state legislature to pass a ban on taxpayer dollars going to school district or workplaces that teach critical race theory.

"It needs to happen everywhere," he insisted, "and Congress should seek to institute a federal ban through legislation as well."

Trump also said that each state should be responsible to create its own 1776 Commission to hold public schools and boards to standards that ensure American children are receiving a "patriotic, pro-American education" — and "not being taught that the United States is an evil nation."

The former president also said that parents need to push for transparency within their children's curricula and refuse to stand down, even if they have to file public records request to obtain the information.

Trump also said that concerned Americans need to mobilize to keep civics lessons truthful and avoid contorting lessons "into a vehicle for political indoctrination" — and if parents are unable to effect change, they should be permitted to get an automatic school choice voucher to take their children's education elsewhere.

"The government has no right to brainwash students with controversial ideologies against their parents' will," he added.

"Make no mistake: The motive behind all of this left-wing lunacy is to discredit and eliminate the greatest obstacles to the fundamental transformation of America. To succeed with their extreme agenda, radicals know they must abolish our attachment to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and most of all, Americans' very identity as a free, proud, and self-governing people. The left knows that if they can dissolve our national memory and identity, they can gain the total political control they crave," he continued.

"A nation is only as strong as its spirit," he concluded. "For our children, we must act before it is too late."

Black father and daughter go viral with video denouncing critical race theory



A video posted on social media by a black father and his young daughter dismissing critical race theory and encouraging others to respect one another regardless of their race has garnered more than 1 million views online.

The viral video, first posted by Kory Yeshua on his TikTok channel, has drawn viral interest for its lighthearted yet pointed rebuke of critical race theory, an ideology which re-examines society through a racial lens and presumes that race is a constructed concept used primarily to exploit people of color. Proponents of the ideology largely espouse that America and its foundational institutions are inherently racist.

In the video, Yeshua is seen sitting with his daughter and telling her that she "can be anything in this world" that she wants to be.

"Yeah, and it doesn't matter if you're black or white or any color," his daughter responds with a smile.

"How we treat people is based on who they are and not what color they are," Yeshua goes on to say, his daughter adding, "and if they're nice and smart."

"See, this is how children think right here," Yeshua says with a smile before noting, "Critical race theory wants to end that, [but] not with my children, it's not gonna happen."

"My baby is going to know that no matter what she wants to be in life, all she has to do is work hard and she can become that," he goes on to say.

His daughter then jumps in, exclaiming: "Work hard! Even if you don't know anyone, you can make a friend."

After smiling and laughing at his daughter's comment, Yeshua adds, "Yeah, you can make friends no matter what color they are. So we need to stop CRT point-blank. Period. Children do not see skin color, man, they love everybody."

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— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) 1622573455.0

The video was posted on Yeshua's TikTok account on May 19 and has garnered more than 20,000 views on the platform. Yeshua's channel, which boasts over 270,000 followers, features hundreds of videos of the commentator promoting conservative values and criticizing leftist movements such as Black Lives Matter.

Then on Tuesday, conservative filmmaker Robby Starbuck posted the video on Twitter with the caption, "One of the best videos opposing Critical Race Theory that you'll ever see." The video caught fire shortly after Starbuck's posting and is now rapidly circulating on the internet.

Critical race theory has become a hot-button political issue in America in recent months as school boards and educational institutions across the country have moved to implement the ideology into curricula.

That movement has prompted dozens of Republican legislatures to advance measures banning critical race theory and other similar teachings from public school classrooms.

Oklahoma Gov. Stitt kicked off state-backed race commission for daring to ban critical race theory



Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill earlier this month prohibiting his state's public-school teachers and administrators from teaching and implementing critical race theory that says American society is inherently racist and designed to perpetuate discrimination.

Now, because of his move to enact the law, NBC News said, Gov. Stitt has been booted from a state-backed commission set up to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, the single worst incident of racial violence in U.S. history.

Last week, Phil Armstrong, director of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, said he sent a letter to Stitt sharing the commission's disappointment that the governor not only signed the bill into law but also did not join the commission for a special meeting to discuss the new law.

The ban, according to its chief sponsor, state Rep. Kevin West (R), does not "stop the teaching of history or anything currently in our Oklahoma education standards, including curriculum that shows historical examples of racism or genocide," KJRH-TV reported. “This bill simply says that teachers can't force a student to answer that they are inherently racist or sexist or that they must feel personally responsible for things perpetrated in the past by people of a similar race or gender."

The bill's proponents repeatedly said the bill would in no way preclude teaching about the Tulsa massacre.

But according to Armstrong and the rest of the commission, the new law will impact teaching on the horrific event by blocking any "exploration of the underlying causative factors" and therefore "chills the ability of educators to teach students."

Armstrong and his team also had a real problem with Stitt saying a ban on critical race theory was justified because the state's policies should bring Oklahomans together, "not rip us apart." Stitt argued that the new law "encourages honest and tough conversations" by making Martin Luther King Jr.'s concepts part of state code.

"How does this law bring us together and codify the concepts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?" Armstrong asked. "How do you reconcile your membership on the Centennial Commission with your support of a law that is fundamentally contrary to the mission of reconciliation and restoration?"

The commission's letter concluded by saying that Stitt's signing of the bill shows that he doesn't really want to be a part of the group and told the governor that if he didn't respond, they would consider that "as a further disavowal of the stated goals of the Centennial Commission and an official resignation from its membership."

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— Greenwood Rising (@GreenwoodRising) 1620768868.0

Apparently, Stitt didn't respond, because the commission said in a new statement that it "agreed through consensus to part ways with Governor Stitt," NBC News reported.

The group added that that though it "is disheartened to part ways with Governor Stitt, we are thankful for the things accomplished together," adding, "No elected officials, nor representatives of elected officials, were involved in this decision," according to NBC News.

The governor's office told the outlet that Stitt didn't know about his ouster until the commission issued its statement.

Stitt spokeswoman Carly Atchison said the governor's role "has been purely ceremonial and he had not been invited to attend a meeting until this week."

GOP legislatures across the country move to ban critical race theory from classrooms



Republican-controlled legislatures in at least half a dozen states have either already passed legislation or are currently advancing measures that would ban or limit the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, the Hill reported Wednesday, calling the collective push "a new front in the culture wars that is likely to expand far more broadly in the coming years."

What are the details?

Idaho became the first state in the country to prohibit teaching of the progressive theory, which re-examines the makeup of society through a racial lens and is based on the premise that race is a socially constructed concept used to oppress and exploit people of color. Proponents of the theory believe that America is inherently racist and that racism is embedded within the country's institutions.

Idaho's bill, signed into law last week by Republican Gov. Brad Little, bans educators and institutions from forcing students to "affirm, adopt, or adhere" to any teaching that professes that any particular race "is inherently superior or inferior" or "inherently responsible for actions committed in the past."

Tennessee's state legislature followed shortly, passing a law this week that bans teaching that "one race or sex is superior," that "any individuals are inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive because of their race or sex," or that "the United States is fundamentally racist or sexist."

In Oklahoma, a bill banning critical race theory has reportedly passed through both legislative chambers and is now heading to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt's desk to be signed.

Similar legislation has been introduced in states such as Texas, Arizona, and Arkansas and is reportedly being considered in Utah and West Virginia.

What else?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed in March to purge his state's schools of "wacko theories" such as critical race theory, adding, "Teaching kids to hate their country and to hate each other is not worth one red cent of taxpayer money."

The outspoken conservative governor took a more active approach to the issue by introducing a $106 million proposal to promote civics literacy and civics education in public schools.

Under the proposal, teachers who complete civics training would be eligible for a $3,000 bonus.

Anything else?

The push to eradicate critical race theory from schools in comes in response to educators across the country recently plugging the woke ideology into curricula amid the ongoing national debate over racial injustice.

As just one example, TheBlaze reported earlier this year on a newly implemented curriculum into public schools in Buffalo, New York, which taught that "all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism" and that American society was designed for the "impoverishment of people of color and enrichment of white people."