Why was COVID relief cash spent on promoting CRT in schools?

In keeping with a report, some states have used funds from President Biden's COVID-19 reduction bundle on instructing vital race principle in public faculties.
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Nonetheless doubt that the $1.9 trillion “COVID-relief” bundle pushed by by President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats final yr served as a large money tub for associates, allies and pet causes? Then take a look at a brand new report on plans by college brass in left-leaning states to make use of their funds to push parts of vital race principle. How is that COVID reduction?

“Over $46 billion of American Rescue Plan funds have been allotted to implement vital race principle into the varsity curriculum of 13 states,” the report, by a conservative PAC, One Nation, says. That features $15.1 billion in California, $9 billion in New York and $5.1 billion in Illinois.

Officers within the Empire State submitted an utility, OK’d by the Biden administration final August, detailing plans to make use of “reduction” funds to coach employees on subjects like “implicit bias and structural racism” and “facilitating tough discussions about race.” And it confused its dedication to “range, fairness and inclusion in all NYS districts and faculties.”

Range, (true) fairness and inclusion are all tremendous issues, in fact — however in follow the DEI motion pushes the brute racializing of training; it’s mainly one other title for vital race principle.

California and different states had related plans, together with coaching employees in “anti-bias” methods, “anti-racism” and “fairness.”

Partly, the states are following directions from Staff Biden: US Division of Training tips for utilizing the American Rescue funds — supposedly to “handle the affect of misplaced tutorial time” as a consequence of COVID shutdowns — clearly advise that faculties could have to take “further steps” to assist “households of colour.” They cite a bunch of “causes” minority children is likely to be reluctant to return to in-person, together with “fears of xenophobic and racist harassment” and “college self-discipline insurance policies.”

Let’s be blunt: That $1.9 trillion “rescue” plan, which included $350 billion for states (leaving most of them totally flush with money), was past overkill, coming after Uncle Sam had already shelled out $3 trillion in 2020 for COVID reduction, and directed towards Democrats’ allies, just like the training trade. But for faculties to make use of it divide kids by race, because the “anti-racist” strategy does, makes issues even worse.

In brief, Biden’s “stimulus” (as he additionally known as it) is not only fueling inflation, it’s sowing division — with your taxpayer dollars.