This week, Rep. Mo Brooks solidified multiple efforts to counter Critical Race Theory implementation among education programs and federal training programs alike.
While the semantics of Critical Race Theory is nitpicked and debated, the universal premise of the theory advocates for re-education through a racial lens. Advocated for by UCLA law professor and renowned critical race theorist Cheryl Harris, proponents of the theory widely accept the suspension and redistribution of economic means and private property among race-based lines. The ideology has been institutionally adopted into hundreds of schools across the nation, in addition to public agencies and federally funded facilities.
Supplying strong opposition to the budding institutional ideology, Brooks cosponsored Rep. Chip Roy’s legislation, the Combatting Racist Training in Schools Act, this week. The act aims to prohibit American taxpayer dollars towards funding any K-12 school or institution of higher education, which promotes racist-based theories. Federal funding would be barred from any institution promoting theories describing any race as inherently superior or inferior to another, the U.S. as a fundamentally racist country, or the Declaration of Independence or Constitution as fundamentally racist documents, among other progressive ideals.
Additionally, Brooks supported Rep. Dan Bishop‘s bill, the Stop CRT Act, to ban Critical Race Theory in all federal government training in an effort to reduce the inappropriate usage of government resources.
More recently, Brooks sent letters, along with his colleagues, to both President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. These letters condemn Critical Race Theory to the fullest extent and urge the Biden Administration to reject the Department of Education’s proposed rule to subsidize American History and Civics Education programs that support Critical Race Theory instruction.
In a concluding statement from Brooks, “The American people must understand that Marxism and freedom cannot coexist. The two are anathemas to each other. America was built on freedom and liberty for all, and any movement toward Marxism in America is a threat to freedom and liberty. As such, I fight in Congress to stop the spread of Socialism and its underlying Marxist ideology.”
I joined @RepBurgessOwens and 33 of my colleagues in sending a letter to @usedgov @SecCardona condemning Critical Race Theory indoctrination in our schools. Nobody should be taught to treat people differently because of biological traits that no one has any control over. pic.twitter.com/DMD2SOducx
— Mo Brooks (@RepMoBrooks) May 18, 2021
