The War Over Reality and Control: Critical Race Theory As An Opening For Fascist Power

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Jared Yates Sexton
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Honestly, I don't know how to stress this enough.

The GOP's assault on education and history is a fascist attack based in Nazi ideology and is obsessed with power, control, and the protection of murderous white supremacy.

We're in incredible danger.

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The War Over Reality and Control: Critical Race Theory As An Opening For Fascist Power
Governor Ron DeSantis opened a Florida Board of Education meeting on Thursday by voicing his opposition to critical race theory, painting it as an effort to teach America’s students that “the country...
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9:26 AM · Jun 11, 2021

https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-war-over-reality-and-control

Governor Ron DeSantis opened a Florida Board of Education meeting on Thursday by voicing his opposition to critical race theory, painting it as an effort to teach America’s students that “the country is rotten and that our institutions are illegitimate.” Following his lead, the members of the board, having been appointed by DeSantis, unanimously agreed to ban the concept from Floridian classrooms.

Critical race theory (CRT) is the new cause du jour for the Republican Party, leading to public condemnations, endless segments on Fox News, and now a Donald Trump-focused think-tank flooding the country with how-to manuals on running for local schoolboards by whipping up baseless paranoia with the express purpose of banning any teaching. It is, to put it simply, an agreed upon strategy by the entire Right to seize control of education in order to further defend white supremacy. They are attempting to undermine any effort to understand actual, real history, and, by extension, any effort there is to change the course of history.

And it’s working. By opening up a new front for the culture wars, and by playing upon fears of ascending demographics, developing pluralism, and an ascendant class of people of color, women, and LGBTQ Americans, the Right is undermining actual education and information in order to re-install ignorance and reboot support for its flagging political project.

Make no mistake. This is not posturing. This is something much, much larger.

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