Condoleezza Rice Nails It

 The View from the Middle 

Who would have thought that real truth, wisdom and conservative brilliance would be delivered from Whoopi Goldberg and “The View”, the blatantly liberal talk show that drove Megan McCain to tears before she decided she had to leave to save her sanity and any semblance of self-esteem.  But Condoleezza Rice, the first black, woman Secretary of State under George W. Bush and brilliant author and professor at Stanford University, wasn’t afraid to speak truth and common sense on that show as she condemned Critical Race Theory to the totally biased hosts of that show.

Condi Rice made the case that CRT should never be taught in Public or any schools because their teachings are bigoted and racist.  But don’t take my word for it.  Here are the exact words that she boldly delivered to Whoopi and her ultra-liberal audience.

 

“One of the worries that I have about the way that we’re talking about race is that it either seems so big that somehow White people now have to feel guilty for everything that happened in the past – I don’t think that’s very productive - or Black people have to feel disempowered by race.”  Then, she added, “I would like Black kids to be completely empowered, to know that they are beautiful in their Blackness, but in order to do that I don’t have to make White kids feel bad for being White.”

 

Often, brilliance is wrapped in simplicity, and Condi demonstrated that dramatically on The View.  Her simplicity, her intelligence and her personal experience as she grew up with real discrimination, make it difficult to argue against her analysis and conclusion.

As if to supply an exquisite example of what Condi Rice was denouncing, a Virginia gubernatorial debate delivered it.  Terry McAuliffe, the Democrat candidate for governor in Virginia, said during that debate that, “(he was) not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decisions.”  Just a few seconds later he added, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”  As you might imagine, parents in Virginia exploded with their disagreement, which has put that governor’s race up for grabs.  

Finally, in an attempt to silence parents from voicing their displeasure with their curriculum, the National School Board Association (NSBA) sent a letter to Biden’s Attorney General, Merrick Garland, comparing involved parents to “domestic terrorists”.   While they (the NSBA) have since apologized to their members for that characterization, they have not apologized to the parents nor has Merrick Garland rescinded his order to use the FBI and other Justice Department assets to investigate school board meetings.  Let’s be frank, even the mere presence of FBI agents would discourage parents from attending those meetings.

And now that CRT has been exposed as a racist curriculum and ideology, some have just attempted to change the name to something they hope parents won’t recognize.  As with most of these racist, bigoted groups, they try to use positive words and descriptions in their names to fool the public.  Remember that the NAZI party was actually named the National Socialist Workers Party.  Sounds like its biggest goal was to stand up for workers’ rights.  I guess “Gassing the Jews” didn’t market test as well.  And I’ve written about Black Lives Matter.  Those words are great, but I certainly wouldn’t support an organization that advocates the destruction of the nuclear family and America’s capitalist economic system or the belief that all white people are irredeemably racist just because of their skin color.  

So, when CRT was exposed, their followers just changed the name to DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), which is now being pushed in Fayetteville, Arkansas and across the US.  Again, those words sound so great, don’t they!?  But DEI is just as awful as CRT.  DEI includes training for white people to embrace their “Implicit Bias”.  This implies that all white people are racists and bigots and they can’t help themselves for being so.  If also suggests that there are no prejudice or biased Black people.  Oh really?  How about Louis Farrakhan?  This is exactly what Condoleezza is warning against. As William Shakespeare said in Romeo and Juliet, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”  Or in this case, stink as badly.

It doesn’t matter what party you support, what gender you claim or what color your skin is, we should all should declare our disdain for any ideology that suggests that you should be judged by the color of your skin.  We should reject any group that tells us that we are all designated as oppressors or victims at birth and we can’t avoid the emasculation that comes with that.  To paraphrase Condi Rice, Black kids should feel proud and empowered in their Blackness and the same should go for White kids.

I encourage everyone to defy the Terry McAuliffe’s and the NSBA’s of the world and get involved in your children’s educations to eliminate social engineering and increase their academic readiness for life in the future of our world.  There is a nation-wide organization called “Mom’s for Liberty” that is dedicated to that goal.  I encourage you to check them out, but more importantly, I encourage you to get involved.