Cruz attacks Jackson for 'critical race theory' -- but sends his own daughters to learn it

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/23/cruz-jackson-hearing-critical-race-theory-school/

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Sen. Ted Cruz seldom overlooks a chance to be underhanded, and, sure enough, the Texas Republican led the effort to imbue this week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings with the latest effort by the right to make White America fear Black America.

Cruz attempted to tie Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the high court, to the supposed menace of “critical race theory” — because, he said, this theory is taught at the private school where she serves on the board (and where she sent her daughters).

“If you look at the Georgetown Day School’s curriculum, it is filled and overflowing with critical race theory,” Cruz alleged, holding up books he said the school has on reading lists, including “Stamped (for Kids): Racism, Antiracism and You,” by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds. “It is an astonishing book,” charged Cruz, who had found it “offensive” that President Biden had promised to nominate a Black woman to the court. “On Page 33, it asks the question, ‘Can we send White people back to Europe?’ … Are you comfortable with these ideas being taught to children as young as 4?”

Georgetown Day School, in the nation’s capital, does indeed take a strong “anti-racism” approach. So does St. John’s School, the private school in Houston where, as the New Republic’s Timothy Noah noted, Cruz sends his daughters.

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[czarjak]

1. Tell us, Ted, since your White Supremacy is so awesome...

Will Black Lives Matter ever matter to you?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. My older two kids went to St. John's School

It is an interesting place. I was at a college event for one of my kids and the facility at St. John's bragged about rejecting George W. Bush and Jeb Bush because they were too stupid to cut it at this school. This is in front of the Yale dean of admissions who admitted that W and Jeb were admitted as legacies.

The books in question are at St. John's

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