Objections to new equity plans are not the sole province of conservatives but extend to many moderate and independent voters
An immigrant who came to the United States from the Soviet Union, she is a registered Democrat from San Mateo County, Calif. And she’s alarmed over her state’s new model ethnic studies curriculum, which cites critical race theory as a “key theoretical framework and pedagogy.”
"That's another right-wing conspiracy. This is totally made up by Donald Trump and [Republican candidate for governor] Glenn Youngkin," Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said in June. A man holds up a sign opposing critical race theory during a May 25 protest in Reno, Nev. | Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP
Polling suggests that the majority of voters still aren’t aware of critical race theory. But as the current debate escalates, activists and Republican officeholders are succeeding in giving voters a negative impression of it. As of mid-June, fully a third of voters told pollsters from the firm YouGov they hadn’t heard of critical race theory, and only a third of voters said they’d both heard of it and had a good idea of its meaning.
The parent — who asked to not be named because of the heated politics in Novi — said she has in the past voted for Democrats, but she considers her daughter’s ideas “radical.” She and other parents formed an anonymous group to question the school board. “Even people you helped think that because you have a ‘D’ after your name you should be recalled,” Reaser said,
Asked about the critical race theory debate in Virginia, state Democratic Party spokesperson Grant Fox pointed the finger back at Youngkin, the gubernatorial candidate, who has recently spent significant time campaigning against it. “My children will never be taught to be ashamed of or apologize for who they are because of their skin color,” one parent told the school board during the meeting.
There is also a larger moral obligation, especially on the heels of 2020’s Black Lives Matter movement, to preserve racial progress, said Jin Hee Lee, senior deputy litigation director for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Bartning now runs the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, or FAIR, which aims to provide alternative education about race and corporate DEI trainings that do not utilize ideas like anti-racism that have become popular in recent years. Bartning avoids discussion of politics, and FAIR’s board of advisers purposefully includes Democrats such as Harvard University professor Steven Pinker, a donor to Biden’s presidential campaign.
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