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Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 08:25 AM Mar 2022

hypocrite Ted Cruz... his daughters attend a pricey anti-racist school like the one he attacked

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/us/ted-cruz-antiracist-school.html

Mr. Cruz said during the hearing that the curriculum of Georgetown Day, an expensive private school in Northwest Washington where Judge Jackson is one of 23 members of the board of trustees, was “filled and overflowing with critical race theory.” Critical race theory is an academic concept that Republicans have increasingly used as a vague, catchall term to criticize how educators infuse ideas about racism and inequality into curriculum.

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St. John’s School, where Mr. Cruz’s daughters are students, is also an elite institution, with annual tuition topping $32,000, according to its website. And leaders there have advocated a similar antiracist stance.

In June 2020, shortly after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer who pinned Mr. Floyd’s neck under his knee, setting off protests across the country, school leaders wrote to the community about their approach.

“St. John’s, as an institution, must be antiracist and eliminate racism of any type — including institutional racism — within our school community and beyond,” wrote Mark Desjardins, then the school’s headmaster, and John Moody, the chairman of the board of trustees.

A statement on community and inclusion, approved by the board in 2018, says the school ensures “cultural intelligence and proficiency” for all community members. It also incorporates “cultural proficiency, diversity, global awareness and inclusivity into all facets” of the curriculum.
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hypocrite Ted Cruz... his daughters attend a pricey anti-racist school like the one he attacked (Original Post) Demovictory9 Mar 2022 OP
The children's book that he attacked, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #1
Ted's daughter has probably checked it out and no harm to herself Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #2
Republicans are hypocrites. Always. yardwork Mar 2022 #3
The poor bastard is A Compleat Republican Achilleaze Mar 2022 #4
Glad to see Cruz doesn't have his kids in a KKK endorsed school. He, like trump, knows it's easy Hoyt Mar 2022 #5
I don't think Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 #6

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. The poor bastard is A Compleat Republican
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 08:55 AM
Mar 2022

Lies, hypocrisy, exploitation, bullshit, greed, pretend piety, scum-sucking "ethics" etc., etc. etc.

The eyes tell the story, dear old wizzened Grandmammy Achilleaze used to mutter from her blessed cracked lips as she shook another cigarette out of her pack of Camels, and fired it up with mighty huffs and puffs.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. Glad to see Cruz doesn't have his kids in a KKK endorsed school. He, like trump, knows it's easy
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 10:08 AM
Mar 2022

to attract the rube vote with the right trigger messages.

Jilly_in_VA

(9,941 posts)
6. I don't think
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 11:05 AM
Mar 2022

he really pays any attention to what or where his daughters are learning. He might sign the checks (although maybe Heidi does that, she seems to do everything else for them) but I doubt he does much else. And judging from any public appearances I've seen of the family, the girls appear to loathe him. As what right-minded child wouldn't?

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