Republican hysteria over critical race theory—the advanced academic framework examining how racist policies in America’s past contribute to current racial inequalities in American society—was on full display as the Senate Judiciary Committee considered Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court this week.
Far-right Senator Ted Cruz of Texas was particularly forceful, chastising Jackson for serving on the board of Georgetown Day School, which he claimed was “filled and overflowing with critical race theory.” He soon brandished copies of books he claimed were a part of the school’s curriculum, including Antiracist Baby by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi—a children’s book that introduces youngsters to discussions about racism and how to be actively antiracist.
Watch below.
Sen. Ted Cruz spent 4+ minutes complaining about books he says are related to critical race theory, including one called ‘Antiracist Baby.’
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 22, 2022
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: '[Senator,] those books … don’t come up in my work as a judge, which I am respectfully here to address.' pic.twitter.com/rx2Nu1jSwo
Cruz’s characterization that the book teaches that babies are racist was widely panned, including by Washington Post book critic Ron Charles.
But the questioning also led to heightened scrutiny of St. John’s School—the Houston, Texas institution where Cruz sends his daughters—from journalists, including Vimal Patel of the New York Times.
Amid the historic uprisings against racist police brutality in the summer of 2020, top officials at St. John’s school released a statement reiterating its commitment to antiracism:
“St. John’s, as an institution, must be antiracist and eliminate racism of any type — including institutional racism — within our school community and beyond.”
What’s more, at least one of the books Cruz brandished to shame Jackson—Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You, also by Dr. Kendi along with Jason Reynolds—is in the library catalog of St. John’s.
Social media users called out Cruz’s hypocrisy.
Ted Cruz sends his daughters to the same kind of school he railed againsthttps://t.co/2O7H1MN2L5 pic.twitter.com/qCakb1piIn
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 25, 2022
What a hypocrite @tedcruz is. He just keeps proving that. He’s making sure his daughters are ready for the real world, while preventing that for others’ kids.
— Dahna M. Chandler, MPS (@dahnamchandler) March 25, 2022
“Ted Cruz’s Daughters Attend a Private School That Is ‘Antiracist’” https://t.co/ciVzsZ1FLS
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This is par for the course for Cruz. Remember that trip to Mexico during the winter energy crisis when people in his state were freezing? Unfortunately Bedo O’Rouke is worse in many ways. Bedo is a communist!
So what’s so terrible about sending his daughter to be educated instead of being WOKE? Why is it that I never hear that a Demo(n)cRAT such as the witch that was selected only because she/it is black are never considered FAR LEFT, you never hear about a (D) being far left! WTFU!