House GQP White Snowflakes Approve Ballot Measure To Forbid Teaching America’s Actual History In The Arizona Constitution

Last week, the radical Republican white snowflakes in the Arizona legislature waging a culture war against “Critical Race Theory” – something which is only taught in law schools and graduate level college courses – voted to send to the ballot a measure for Republican white snowflake voters to forbid teaching America’s actual history in the Arizona constititution.

For radical Republicans who like to whine about “cancel culture” canceling their white Christian nationalists views, they have no problem trying to cancel America’s minority populations. They also like to whine about their “censorship” on social media, but they have no problem with the censorship of America’s actual history for a “whitewashed” history.

The AP reported, Arizona House OKs critical race theory ban in constitution:

Republicans in the Arizona House approved a measure [last] Thursday that would ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the teaching of so-called “critical race theory” in schools and bar any preferential treatment based on race.

No, they do not mean white privilege.  That’s what they want to preserve.

A ban on teaching critical race theory has become a major political talking point for Republicans nationwide. It is not taught in Arizona’s schools, but that did not stop lawmakers from enacting a ban last year. The state Supreme Court struck that law down because it was unconstitutionally included in the budget.

Separate bills banning the instruction of critical race theory, which centers on the idea that racism is systemic in the nation’s institutions and that they function to maintain the dominance of white people in society, are making their way through the Legislature. But the resolution passed by the House would enshrine the issue in the Arizona Constitution.

The bills and the amendment define the issue as teaching any course that places blame, judgment or responsibility on people of the same race or ethic group for acts committed by other members of the same group.

“Things liked this, this CRT or whatever we’re talking about, its something that’s riling up those voters,” Democratic Rep. Lorenzo Sierra said. “Just don’t ask me what it is or where it’s being done.”

Republican Rep. Walt Blackman of Snowflake, who is Black (and deeply confused], said his issue is that the “whole truth doesn’t come out.”

“They want to talk about part of the history,” Blackman said. “And we want to put people in boxes and categories to make them feel guilty about something they had nothing to do with.”

There’s not one person in here who owned a bunch of slaves,” Blackman said. “There’s not one person in here who was a slave.”

Proving that he does not understand what “systemic racism” and “critical race theory” is, which is somewhat surprising, since he was the founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of WB Inclusion and Diversity Consulting Firm, LLC in Snowflake.

But he is a Republican, and he sure as hell understands how to pander to white grievances to get elected in a GQP primary.

Some of these Republicans may be descendants of slave owners. I don’t know Blackman’s family history, but he may be a desendant of slaves. Some of these Republicans are old enough to have, or have parents, who happily participated in racial segregation during the Jim Crow era. Hell, I am old enough to remember the Jim Crow era and the atrocities committed against African-American citizens. If their fee-fees get hurt confronting America’s white supremacist history, too damn bad. Too many of them are white Christian nationalists who are happily racist today.

The 31-28 party-line vote in the GOP-controlled House on the topic that rose from an obscure academic discussion point to a political hot-topic sends the measure to the Senate. If the Republicans majority there also approves it, it will be on the November ballot.

These damn fools do not understand that you cannot cancel an entire race of people, white supremacists tried and failed. You cannot censure the truth, because truth will always find a way. They can try to “whitewash” America’s actual history for hagiography about America’s “great white founding fathers” and “manifest destiny,” but they wil fail.