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In reply to the discussion: Texas student defends merit of Harvard acceptance after question from former state official [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,971 posts)The Republican plan to take over the country permanently (see Karl Roves Redmap) started with local and state elections like school boards. In Texas, past state school boards have been populated by rabid, right-wing Republicans who were not only racist, but also ignorant of education issues and interested only in forcing their views on creationism and white supremacy to textbooks. Unfortunately, they succeeded and todays history books are a white-washed version of reality. Other states refused to go along wth their fake science, so those books fared better. Todays board is a bit less rabid, but the crazy areas of Texas still have their board members. You may remember the former teacher who was running from northeast Texas in 2016 who claimed several times on her Facebook posts that Obama sold drugs and performed as a male dancer in gay sex clubs. Fortunately, she was not elected. My district has a rational Democrat on the board, or I would be tempted to run myself, even at my age.