Media Brazenly Lie that Critical Race Theory “Isn’t Taught In Public Schools”

With the Virginia gubernatorial election at stake, the media have resorted to flat-out lying to boost Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe’s chances. TV journalists, anchors, and reporters are practically screaming at audiences that critical race theory is not taught anywhere in public schools, especially not in Virginia where it’s become a mobilizing issue for Republican voters.

It is a fabrication.

When journalists on liberal cable (CNN, MSNBC) and broadcast (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks insist that CRT is nowhere to be found in public schools, they’re pulling a deliberate bait and switch. This claim is based on a very narrow definition of critical racism theory. It describes itself as an exclusive, highly-specialized study that examines the interplay between culture and race.

So yes, fifth graders aren’t hearing graduate-level seminars on racial identity and intersectionality, but all of the same concepts are still there — deconstructing “whiteness,” institutional racism, white privilege, and all of the other concepts that everyone (except the media) commonly associates with CRT.

Surprisingly, the absurdly narrow definition of critical racism theory was only created when parents objected to it being taught their children. Back in 2015, then-Governor Terry McAuliffe’s own department of education Consistently endorsedCritique of race theory. The Virginia Department of Education has since scrubbed any mention of the term from their website, but that doesn’t mean any of the teaching standards have changed.

Watch the video to see how shameless the media lie about this topic.