Yesterday The U.K. Daily Mail posted an article about a recent Fort Worth Independent School District meeting.
The article reports:
A former member of a black militia group was removed by police from a tense school board meeting after he said he had ‘over a thousand soldiers ready to go’ who were ‘locked and loaded’ in support of critical race theory – leaving anti-CRT parents feeling ‘threatened’ and ‘scared.’
The incident took place during a board meeting held by the Fort Worth Independent School District on November 9. The meeting was devoted in part to the teaching of critical race theory, which was opposed by some of the parents.
During the meeting, a man identified as Malikk Austin got up and spoke for a minute, defending the teaching of CRT.
Austin, an African-American who was part of The Brotherhood Movement, a ‘Second Amendment group,’ said: ‘For those who got an issue with this critical race theory equity, this is something I fight for, for my children.’
‘How dare you come out here and talk about the things that my daddy and my grandparents went through, the lynching, the oppression, Jim Crow, and my kids are still being afflicted by this.’
Sadly, I suspect this man actually believes what he is saying. Critical race theory divides our children into two groups–the oppressors and the oppressed. It creates division. It tells ‘the oppressed’ that no matter how hard they work, ‘the oppressors’ will keep them from succeeding. What a horrible message to give children. How about teaching them that if they are poor, there are a number of ways that they can escape life-long poverty.
The lifesmartblog lists the three life choices to avoid poverty:
Finish high school, marry before having a child, and marry after the age of 20!
The article at lifesmartblog notes:
Here’s the real kicker: only 8 percent of families who do all three are poor; however, 79 percent of those who fail to do all three are poor.
These statistics are compelling and make perfect sense. Students who fail to finish high school will not have access to many well-paying careers and will not be perceived as well by employers. Those who have children before marriage (many teens and young adults) will find it that much more difficult to enter college or complete their degree due to the immense responsibility and financial demands of raising a child. Finally, those who marry before age 20 tend to have higher divorce rates and greater career and life challenges. The common thread of all three poverty causes is reduced access to attractive careers due to lack of education or life circumstances.
The statistics above have no color or race. They are not related to ‘oppressed’ or ‘oppressors.’ We should be encouraging our children to achieve–not to become professional victims.