January 1, Leftist Academics Push Critical Race Theory on Toddlers, Parents Fight Back

Academics and activists have joined forces to create a guide for teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) to young children, asserting that kids exhibit racial bias from as young as three years old.

The guide, titled “Reflections on Children’s Racial Learning,” was created by a leftist organization called EmbraceRace and includes contributions from professors at prominent universities such as the University of North Carolina and Wake Forest University. These academics encourage parents to engage in “courageous conversations about race” with their toddlers.

The guide contends that “children will ‘naturally’ grow up to be non-racist adults only when they live in a non-racist society. Until then, adults must guide children’s anti-racist development.”

It also states that “by about 3-4 years old … white children generally show clear pro-White biases.”

EmbraceRace, the organization behind the guide, claims that “children’s racial sensibilities begin to form in infancy” and that kids “develop racial and other biases by kindergarten.”

Parent’s rights activists have criticized the guide, opposing the politicization of education.

Michele Exner, the Senior Adviser at Parents Defending Education, a grassroots organization opposed to Critical Race Theory and gender theory in America’s schools, said:

“At three-and four-years-old, children should be learning their numbers, letters, and basic social skills, not racially charged content that is being pushed on them by radical organizations looking to enrich themselves through race-baiting.”

The push to teach CRT to young children comes amid a wider national battle over the ideology and its presence in American schools. Conservative activists and politicians have mounted opposition to the ideology, barring schools from teaching it in at least 18 different states.

The guide from EmbraceRace addresses this conservative pushback, characterizing it as a force of “racial regression” and stating that “recent eruptions about ‘critical race theory’ make clear that the work of educators to engage children in honest, constructive learning about race and racism is far from over — and more vital than ever.”

The guide offers specific ways for parents and teachers to effectively promote CRT to young children. It points to a development chart that claims “silence about race reinforces racism.”

The guide also features an entry from Dr. Michael Rizzo, an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, who argues that children should be taught about structural racism as part of a broader plan for parents to raise “anti-racist children.”

Another entry in the guide, titled “Nurturing Children’s Racial Learning One Talk at a Time,” was written by academics at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Wake Forest University, urging parents to prepare their children to “handle racialized moments and be change agents in their environments” by having “courageous conversations about race.”

EmbraceRace, the non-profit behind the guide, is funded by the Proteus Fund, a massive funding apparatus for leftist groups. The Amherst, Massachusetts-based fund received $178 million in contributions from 2017 to 2021, and its president, Paul Di Donato, was paid more than $290,000 in 2021. Di Donato is a prolific donor to Democrat candidates and causes.

Parents Defending Education’s Exner called the guide “a joke” and said it “should not be taken seriously by any professional connected to children’s education.”

She added, “Over the past three years, the proof we have seen is that DEI and CRT initiatives have been complete disasters and do not belong in schools.”

Why It Matters (op-ed)

The radical left is targeting our children with their insidious ideology, attempting to indoctrinate them with Critical Race Theory (CRT) from an alarmingly young age.

This latest guide from EmbraceRace claims that children as young as three years old exhibit racial biases, pushing parents to engage in “courageous conversations about race” with their toddlers.

This is a blatant attempt to politicize education and manipulate young minds. Children should be learning essential skills like numbers, letters, and social skills, not being force-fed racially charged content by leftist organizations.

It’s crucial for conservatives to continue fighting against the infiltration of CRT in schools, protecting our children from this divisive and harmful ideology. The future of our nation is at stake, and we must ensure our children grow up in a society that values unity and fairness, not one that perpetuates racial division.

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