And it’s increasingly clear that they couldn’t care less what parents think about CRT. In her formal response to their concerns, Weingarten accused them of being “culture warriors” who “want to deprive students of a robust understanding of our common history.”
To families new to education policy debates, the hostility of the AFT toward parental concerns may come as a surprise, but Weingarten and any union under her control have always been interested in power and political gain first and foremost. Parental concerns are far, far down the list.
This is who she's always been. The AFT’s political actions and statements have proven that the union is only interested in their own welfare, not that of students, and that Weingarten herself only appears to be concerned with her own political prospects.