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Teachers Union Head Defends Indoctrinating Children with Critical Race Theory
6 May 2021
President of the American Federation of Teachers Teacher Union Randi Weingarten defended indoctrinating children with Critical Race Theory on Thursday.
Featured on the Black News Channel with anchor Charles Blow, Weingarten said, “All of the sudden, you’re hearing people talk about Critical Race Theory; people who have no idea what that term means.”
She contended certain Americans are “trying to ban the 1619 project because it is trying to do exactly what you’re saying, which is to actually teach, uh, factual version of oppression in America, oppression of people who are in the in the indigenous nation, and oppression against people who were enslaved.”
Teachers’ Union Head Defends Teaching of ‘1619 Project,’ Critical Race Theory in Schools
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten on Thursday defended The New York Times’ controversial “1619 Project” and critical race theory, saying their opponents have no idea what they are actually about.
During an interview with Black News Channel, Weingarten was asked about how black and Hispanic students returning to classrooms deal with an environment that is “hazardous to them,” because the curriculum doesn’t necessarily reflect “their history” and “their culture.”
Weingarten, who has been pushing back against plans to reopen schools, responded by blaming those who want to ban critical race theory from classrooms. “All of the sudden, you’re hearing people talk about critical race theory,” she told host Charles Blow. “People who have no idea what that term means.”