NBC’s Alcindor Bizarrely Compares CRT’s Unpopularity to MLK

On Sunday’s Meet the Press The landslide defeat by three dark-blue San Francisco school board members was one of the most talked about topics. Chuck Todd (host) and his panel were obviously shocked at the result and attempted to understand why. Panelist Yamiche alcindor drew a bizarre comparison between CRT and MLK. 

After some level-headed analysis from former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan who said a big reason the three leftist school board members lost was because they weren’t opening the schools fast enough, Todd turned to PBS’ Washington WeekYamiche Alcindor is a NBC anchor. 

Alcindor was the author “central issue”The school board elections were won by parents. “what their children are learning”So, we started “rebelling against sort of what school boards are focused on.”

Responding to Noonan, he claimed that there had been a “small culture war”Alcindor, however, was critical of the characterization. “I do think a small culture war is not the way that I would describe what’s going on in our country. I would say that this is a huge culture war.”

She continued by revealing that she was looking at a Gallup poll of Martin Luther King’s approval ratings during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement.

“The majority of the country did not support his work. That he was an unfavorable figure” she lamented before comparing that to the unpopularity of the teaching of Critical Race Theory and “Anti-Racism” in public schools: 

My opinion is that anti-racism has not been popular in America historically. This, however, is complex. But I think there is a real issue in this country of whether or not when we look at historical figures, when we look at slavery, and it’s consequences whether people still feel comfortable talking about that. After George Floyd’s murder, there was an inflection point and I believe that there has been a huge backlash. 

Comparing Martin Luther King Jr.’s beliefs that Americans should evaluate each other based on their character, rather than their skin color to Critical Race Theory is crazy.

But we shouldn’t be surprised to hear this coming from Yamiche Alcindor. 

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NBC’s Meet the Press
2/20/2022
11.26.01 AM EST

CHUCK TODD (Yamiche): This is like not plowing the snow when there’s a snowstorm. Right? At the end of the day, that’s why, you know–this isn’t about politics, but there does seem to be some wedge here between Progressives and the pragmatism on the Democratic side. 

YAMICHE ALCINDOR: Yeah, I mean, there is this central issue of parents having lived through the pandemic having also seeing what their parents— what their children are learning, really having a front row seat to the challenges of all that. It is rebellion against the school board’s focus. I do think a small culture war is not the way that I would describe what’s going on in our country. This is a massive culture war, I’d say. 

[crosstalk]

PEGGY NOONAN – The Democratic Party however, It’s only beginning in the Democratic Party I think. 

ALCINDOR: I think even in the Democratic Party, I was looking at some numbers, Gallup poll, looking at sort of Martin Luther King’s favorabilities, we’re in black history month, looking at the fact that the majority of the country did not support his work. He was a negative figure. Anti-racism in America is not popular historically. That, of course, I find complicated. As you stated, it’s not like plowing snow after a storm, but this has only exacerbated the issue. But I think there is a real issue in this country of whether or not when we look at historical figures, when we look at slavery, and it’s consequences whether people still feel comfortable talking about that. After George Floyd’s murder, there was an inflection point and I believe that there has been a huge backlash.