Legal Insurrection by William A. Jacobson 7/5/2021
Attacks on parents and groups opposing CRT in K-12 follow closely the messaging scripts and tactics prepared by the 300-group Future of Learning coalition CRT Messaging Guide. And deep in the mix was the largest teachers union in the nation, the National Education Association.For the past several weeks, mainstream media and K-12 school and teachers union officials have been in a frenzy asserting that Critical Race Theory (CRT) does not really exist outside of legal and higher ed academia, that CRT is not taught in K-12, that parents protesting against CRT are billionaire-backed astroturf, and that opponents can’t even define what CRT is.
The opposition to CRT, we’ve been told, seeks to bar teaching
historical truths and
even “banning conversations about racism.” The messaging has been remarkably consistent, and erupted in the media in mid-June 2021, as we documented in two posts:
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Media Panics Over Mounting Opposition to Critical Race Theory (June 15, 2021)
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Panicked Media Escalates Disinformation War Against Critical Race Theory Opponents (June 17, 2021)
Was this media and activist frenzy organic, or itself astroturf?
Maybe it’s just coincidence, but shortly before the mid-June frenzy, a large coalition of over 300 progressive educational and union groups, over a dozen major left-leaning foundations and a parade of affiliated “influencers,” rolled out a CRT Messaging Guide with talking points identical to those repeated almost daily by teachers unions, in major newspapers, on MSNBC and CNN, and in digital media.
Whether the Message Guide was a script being read from, or simply reflected a coalescing of tactics and talking points, its appearance reflects how organized the messaging against parents has become.
Read the Messaging Guide below. It will all sound very, very, familiar.
NEA Comes Out Openly For CRTMore:
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/union-linked-coalition-scripts-messaging-to-counter-parental-pushback-against-critical-race-theory/
