>> Emily: ACTOR JOHN LEGUIZAMO
BASHING OPPONENTS OF CRITICAL
RACE THEORY AND SLAMMING PARENTS
WHO DON’T WANT IT TAUGHT TO
THEIR KIDS.
HERE IS JUST PART OF THE RANT HE
POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WATCH.
>> IF YOU’VE BEEN BENT OUT OF
SHAPE ABOUT CRITICAL RACE
THEORY, THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU MAY
NOT BE A RACIST [BLEEP], YOU
JUST MAY BE IGNORANT OF WHAT CRT
IS.
BASICALLY IT’S A BUNCH OF LEGAL
THING TALK WHICH TRIES TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE
THAT BELIEF OVER MINORITIES IN
THE U.S. IN SUBTLE WAYS RATHER
THAN ALL UP IN YOUR.
AS A BLACK PERSON UNABLE TO GET
A LOAN THAT A WHITE PERSON COULD
GET BECAUSE THE BANK PERSON IS A
COLOSSAL SHEET-WARY [BLEEP].
IF YOUR KIDS GO TO COLLEGE THEY
ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE
EXPOSED TO THIS WHETHER YOU
AGREE WITH IT, NO MATTER WHAT
YOU THINK I’M OKAY?
SO AGAIN, [BLEEP] DOWN.
>> Emily: DAVID, THE ARGUMENT
HERE IS YES, HE’S CORRECT TO A
DEGREE BUT WHERE THE ORIGINS OF
CRT LAY AND NOW IT BEEN
DISSEMINATED AND EXPANDED NOT
ONLY IN CONCEPT BUT ALSO DOWN TO
KIDS AND YOUNGER SCHOOLS.
>> David: THE RESEARCH IS
PRETTY CLEAR AS TO WHAT PARENTS
WANT OUT OF SCHOOLS, THEY WANT
READING, WRITING, AND ARITHMETIC
TAUGHT.
THEY WANT THE STUDENTS TO BE
FREE OF POLITICAL AGENDAS
WHETHER THAT BE ON THE LEFT OR
THE RIGHT AND IN RESEARCH THAT
WE HAVE DONE, AMERICANS WOULD
ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE FINANCIAL
LITERACY TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.
ALL THAT TO SAY PARENTS WANT
THEIR CHILDREN TAUGHT THE BASICS
TO BE GOOD, PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS
AND SO MUCH OF CRT IS THE EXACT
OPPOSITE.
>> Emily: TO THAT END, MORGAN,
AT LEAST 25 PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICTS IN 12 STATES ARE
TEACHING "NOT MY IDEA" A BOOK
THAT LURES CHILDREN WITH THE
PROMISE OF STOLEN LAND AND
STOLEN RICHES.
>> Morgan: I DON’T REALLY KNOW
WHO THIS ACTOR IS, EMILY, BUT I
FIND IT A LITTLE SILLY THAT
SOMEONE WHO IS SWEARING AND
USING THE F-BOMB CONSTANTLY WANT
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT OUR CHILDREN
SHOULD BE TAUGHT.
MAYBE HE SHOULD CLEAN THAT UP A
LITTLE.
BUT WHAT’S INTERESTING TO ME IS
HOW THIS IS BECOMING A RELIGION.
I THINK THE THEORY FOR PEOPLE
WHO BELIEVE IT, THEY BELIEVE IT
EMPHATICALLY, ALMOST AN
EVANGELISM PART OF IT AND HOW
THEY ARE TRYING TO SPREAD THEIR
BELIEFS ON THIS THEORY.
I DON’T THINK THERE’S A PERSON
IN AMERICA WHO DOESN’T THINK
THAT SOME OF THE MOST EVIL
THINGS IN OUR HISTORY LIKE
SLAVERY SHOULD BE TAUGHT, THAT
SHOULD BE TAUGHT.
I THINK PARENTS AROUND THE
COUNTRY COMPLETELY AGREE WITH
THAT.
WE HAD TO LEARN HOW WE OVERCAME
THE WORST PARTS OF OUR HISTORY
AND HOW WE STILL MORE TO DO.
I THINK ALL REASONABLE PARENTS
CAN AGREE WITH THAT, WE ARE JUST
ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO TARGET
CHILDREN AND CULTURES AND TELL
THEM THEY ARE BAD BASED ON THEIR
SKIN COLOR.
>> Emily: THAT’S A PART OF THE
ARGUMENT AS WELL, WE WANT KIDS
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ON HIS
HISTORY LOOKS LIKE, THE REBUTTAL
IS, WELL, THAT’S NOT HONEST
HISTORY, THIS IS A GROSS
CHARACTERIZATION OR EXTREME VIEW
THAT DOESN’T ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE
NUANCES AND NOT PUTTING PEOPLE
INTO BOXES THAT THEY DON’T WANT
TO BE PUT IN OR HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION THAT’S MUCH BROADER
THAN THAT.
>> Harris: I THINK THIS IS
INTERESTING THAT THIS IS
HAPPENING WITH ANOTHER BACKDROP
GOING ON, WHERE YOU COULD PUT UP
AN ADDITIONAL PLAQUE TO EXPLAIN
THE PERSON’S ROLE IN HISTORY AND
MEASURE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
THEN AND NOW BY PROGRESS AND
CHANGE.
BUT WE WANT TO DO WATCH WITH
BATCH?
WE WANT TO LEGISLATE HOW THE
WORDS ARE PUT ABOUT HISTORY INTO
THE BAD GUYS AND THE GOOD GUYS I
AND NOT FILL IN THE GAPS OF HOW
GREAT THE MOMENTS WERE DURING
AND NOW, DO WE HAVE MORE TO GO?
FOR A BIT AGO?
OF COURSE WE DO, THE PANDEMIC
AND HEALTH CARE HAVE SHOWN US
THAT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A
HALF, RIGHT?
THERE ARE INEQUALITIES AND
UNFORTUNATE POCKETS OF SOCIETY
WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON
THINGS.
BUT I DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU CAN HAVE ALL THESE
THINGS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME
AND NOT RESPECTFULLY ASK, WHEN
DO WE JUST GET TO TELL THE
TRUTH?
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE
IS BAD BASED ON WHAT THEIR
HISTORICAL ANCESTORS DID?
I AM NOT THE SAME PERSON THAT MY
GREAT, GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER
WAS AS A AND MY GRANDMOTHER WHO
DIED A FEW YEARS AGO SHY OF HER
101ST WHO SAW SO MUCH HISTORY IN
THIS COUNTRY COULD TELL YOU THAT
YES, THE BEST IS YET TO COME BUT
THERE’VE BEEN GREAT MOMENT SINCE
THEN, TOO.
WHY CAN’T WE STUDY IT ALTOGETHER
ALTOGETHER?
THAT’S ALL FINE, PEOPLE WANT TO
DO THAT BUT I DON’T THINK KIDS
ARE LEARNING ENOUGH ABOUT
AMERICAN HISTORY AND FOR MY
BIRACIAL FAMILY THAT MATTERS TO
ME AND I’M SURE IT MATTERS TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
B2TWO, PART OF THE MESSAGE IS
THAT IF YOU DARE TO ASK
QUESTIONS OR PUSH BACK AT ALL IN
THE SLIGHTEST, YOU ARE LABELED
AS "DUMB" TO USE HIS WORDS.
>> Kayleigh: I RECOGNIZE SOME
DEMOCRAT TALKING POINTS, IT
TAKES A FEW DAYS AND YOU START
TO REALIZE WHAT THE DNC IS
PROBABLY SENDING OUT.
IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID IT
SOUNDS AN AWFUL LIKE WHAT YOU
ARE HEARING FROM THE LEFT-WING
MEDIA SAYING REPUBLICANS HAVE
WHIPPED US INTO A MORAL PANIC.
BAD FAITH EFFORTS BY REPUBLICANS
TO MAKE CRITICAL RACE THEORY A
WEDGE ISSUE, THE THEME OF THE
DEMOCRAT TALKING POINTS ARE WE
ARE NOT TEACHING IT TO YOUNG
CHILDREN, WE ARE.
YOU GIVE US PROOF OF THAT.
AND IT’S ONLY BEING TAUGHT IN