Newspaper Censors Op-Ed on Critical Race Theory from Kansas Attorney General
Katherine Hamilton 12 Jul 2021
When the Kansas City Star published a biting column against sitting Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt for his signing of the “1776 Pledge,” they did not allow him to defend his position in a follow-up op-ed.
Schmidt penned a concise piece about how his opposition to Critical Race Theory fueled his decision to sign the “1776 Pledge to Save Our Schools”, which former President Donald Trump commissioned to help combat the “1619 Project.” The “1619 Project” is a collection of articles written by New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, in which Jones asserts the United States was founded on the institution of slavery as well as the “legalized discrimination against black Americans.”
After Schmidt submitted his article to the opinion editor of the Kansas City Star, he was told the publication would not accept a “straw man argument,” according to internal emails obtained by Breitbart News.
“Should we lie to our kids, or tell them the truth?” began the Star‘s column, Dave Helling wrote. Helling proceeded to argue that the “1776 Pledge,” which Kansas gubernatorial candidates Derek Schmidt and Jeff Colyer signed, is not an accurate depiction of United States history.
Heller contrasted the report’s doctrine of teaching founding principles of liberty and equality with the fact that the man who wrote those words, Thomas Jefferson, rejected liberty and equality in his own life.
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