Gov. Noem’s pledge
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed a candidate pledge to bar “action civics” (mandatory political protests for course credit) and critical race theory (attacks on “whiteness,” “Eurocentrism,” etc.) from South Dakota schools. The pledge is sponsored by “1776 Action,” a new group founded by Adam Waldeck, a former aide to former speaker Newt Gingrich and supported by Gingrich and Ben Carson. Stanley Kurtz sees the pledge and Noem’s decision to sign it as positive developments in the battle to prevent America’s K-12 students from being indoctrinated in left-wing dogma. Clearly, it is.
Stanley argues, however, that Noem has her work cut out for her if she’s to make good on the pledge. “Even in a deep-dyed red state such as South Dakota, the threats that Noem has just pledged to battle have made shocking progress,” he warns.
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Jonathan Wesley, senior director of equity and inclusion in academic affairs for Southern New Hampshire University, says examining race is the first step to addressing inequities.
For the past five or six years, Nashua Police Lt. Carlos Camacho has been teaching new officers about implicit bias, whether it’s an unconscious bias toward people of other races, genders, socioeconomic class or sexual orientation. As part of the training, he shows the officers how they tend to gravitate toward others they find commonality with, reveals the ways they perceive people who are different and encourages them to learn about those differences and find common ground with them.
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Virginia governor have signed onto a pledge opposing critical race theory, reflecting how politically salient the issue has become in both the state and the nation as a whole.
News of the pledge comes just days before the Republican state convention where the party will decide its nominee. According to the group 1776 Action, which started the pledge, Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Pete Snyder, Sergio de la Peña, Amanda Chase, Peter Doran and Kirk Cox have all signed onto it.
It s part of a broader campaign by the group, which was inspired by former President Trump s commission of similar name. While the pledge doesn t explicitly mention critical race theory, it does employ language echoing previous defenses against the ideology.
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Fox host Pete Hegseth is hoping that a PAC inspired by Donald Trump’s racist 1776 commission will be “the cavalry” to rescue us from diversity trainings and curricula.
The 1776 Action PAC, with Fox’s endorsement, wants Americans to block or oust anyone or anything involved in the education system from supporting diversity or, especially, critical race theory. And to make sure that conservative, white values and rights are unchallenged, if not supreme. They whitewash it all with a claim to care about equality:
FoxNews.com disingenuously states that the group “asks citizens to commit to ‘replace elected officials, school board members, education commissioners, principals, deans, and university presidents who promote a false, divisive, and radical view of America and our fellow citizens with new leaders who respect our history, our values, our rights, and the God-given dignity of every person.’
President of Hillsdale College Larry Arnn provides insight into the future of education in America on ‘Fox and Friends Weekend.’
A new activism group is launching to counter ideas like critical race theory and pursue the type of educational vision outlined by former President Trump at the end of his term.
The group known as 1776 Action is rolling out a series of efforts this week to support New Hampshire s legislation banning critical race theory. Adam Waldeck, the group s president, told Fox News his group plans to also be active in Loudoun County, Virginia, which has seen a clash between disgruntled parents and schools pursuing the controversial ideology.