BIDEN COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A WORSE CHOICE TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Biden Department of Education appointee is a Critical Race Theory activist who claims Republicans want to teach 'systemic racism' and 'want to drive a wedge between white and black communities'

 

Daily Mail 

October 6, 2021

 

 

                            Precious McKesson is a supporter of CRT 

President Joe Biden has appointed a Critical Race Theory activist from Nebraska to his Department of Education, the new federal staffer announced on her Facebook page Monday. 

Newly-minted Biden official Precious McKesson once criticized a resolution to block CRT from being taught on University of Nebraska campuses as a systemic racism' and claimed Republicans wanted to 'drive a wedge between white communities and communities of color.' 

McKesson, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party's Black Caucus, was sworn in to serve as a Special Assistant in the DOE's office of Communications and Outreach.

'Today I am happy to announce that I've accepted a position with the Biden Harris Administration,' McKesson wrote on Facebook. 'I am so honored to have been selected to hold this position, but I want to thank my family and friends for being a part of the process, keeping lifting up. To my fellow Nebraskans, thank you so much for the support over the last 3 1/2 years.'

'As you know, Omaha will always be home, but now I begin a new journey in Washington DC. Continue to uplift my family and me in prayer during this process.' 

McKesson's appointment comes as the Biden administration cracks down on anti-CRT and anti-mask parents throughout the country over a spike in violent, politically-motivated outbursts.  

While her more recent activism centers on redistricting - what she referred to as Republican 'cheating' on Facebook last month - McKesson positioned herself as a strong proponent of CRT during a GOP-backed bid to have it censored on state college campuses.

Nebraska Board of Regents board member Jim Pillen, who is currently running for governor, introduced a resolution that would ban CRT from the University of Nebraska education system. The measure failed to pass a vote in August. 

McKesson, along with Democratic Latinx and Native Caucus leaders Dulce Sherman and Colette Yellow Robe, penned an op-ed blasting the resolution as a 'red herring to erase history.'

They claimed Republicans didn't want students learning about the Trail of Tears or the Tulsa Race Massacre. 

The GOP, McKesson claimed, 'made CRT a political boogeyman without actually knowing what it is.' 

'Simply put, CRT examines social, cultural and legal issues as they relate to race and racism. Students would be taught about the systemic racism that still exists today and permeates our society,' the op-ed reads. 

'One has to wonder why the Republican Party is now trying to frame all educational experiences that discuss diversity and equity with a negative partisan lens.

'From our collective experiences, the only answer is to create a wedge between white communities and communities of color, making us the villain rather than having Nebraskans see us as their neighbors and co-workers.'

They condemned Pillen by name, claiming his resolution was a 'direct assault upon the sovereignty of one's soul, mind and body.'