• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
This Twitter screen shot shows Kofi Montzka as she addresses a controversial education bill.

Every American Should See This Black Mom Take Apart White Dems’ Race Studies Bill – It’s Not ‘Just Theoretical Crap’

March 26, 2023
Trump Admin to Ask Supreme Court to Back Firing of Government Watchdog

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeal From Faith-Based Pregnancy Center

June 16, 2025
Foreign Graduates Are Crushing Natural-Born Americans In Pay, Analysis Finds

Foreign Graduates Are Crushing Natural-Born Americans In Pay, Analysis Finds

June 16, 2025
Donald Trump Jr Announces Launch of ‘Trump Mobile’

Donald Trump Jr Announces Launch of ‘Trump Mobile’

June 16, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Most Hispanic Voters Back Trump Deportation Policy Amid Anti-ICE Riots, Poll Shows

EXCLUSIVE: Most Hispanic Voters Back Trump Deportation Policy Amid Anti-ICE Riots, Poll Shows

June 16, 2025
Iran Reportedly Wants To Negotiate After Crippling Israeli Strikes

Iran Reportedly Wants To Negotiate After Crippling Israeli Strikes

June 16, 2025
NYC Dems Rush To Convince Voters They’re ‘Tough,’ Defy Party’s ‘Weak’ Reputation

NYC Dems Rush To Convince Voters They’re ‘Tough,’ Defy Party’s ‘Weak’ Reputation

June 16, 2025
New GOP Bill Pushes Punishment for Cities Defying Trump DHS

New GOP Bill Pushes Punishment for Cities Defying Trump DHS

June 16, 2025
Trump Admin Weighs Adding 36 Countries to Travel Ban List: Report

Trump Admin Weighs Adding 36 Countries to Travel Ban List: Report

June 16, 2025
Randi Weingarten Quits DNC

Randi Weingarten Quits DNC

June 16, 2025
‘Not Necessarily Based On The Law’: Gregg Jarrett Predicts How Trump’s Harvard Policy Will Fare In Court

‘Not Necessarily Based On The Law’: Gregg Jarrett Predicts How Trump’s Harvard Policy Will Fare In Court

June 16, 2025
Trump Calls on ICE to Expand Deportation Efforts in Dem-Run Cities

Trump Calls on ICE to Expand Deportation Efforts in Dem-Run Cities

June 16, 2025
Suspect In Assassination Of Minnesota Lawmaker Captured

Suspect In Assassination Of Minnesota Lawmaker Captured

June 15, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Monday, June 16, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Every American Should See This Black Mom Take Apart White Dems’ Race Studies Bill – It’s Not ‘Just Theoretical Crap’

by Western Journal
March 26, 2023
in News
242 10
0
This Twitter screen shot shows Kofi Montzka as she addresses a controversial education bill.

This Twitter screen shot shows Kofi Montzka as she addresses a controversial education bill. (@AlphaNewsMN / Twitter Screen Shot)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A bill mandating ethnic studies in Minnesota schools, would teach “hopelessness to kids of color,” a black mother of three children told a hearing on Tuesday.

The bill requires not only an ethnic studies curriculum, but requires the state’s elections commission to “embed ethnic studies into state academic standards.” The bill is authored by Democratic state Reps. Kim Hicks and Laurie Pryor. Both are white.

“Ethnic studies analyzes the ways in which race and racism have been and continue to be powerful social, cultural, and political forces, and the connection of race to the stratification of other groups, including stratification based on gender, class, sexuality, religion, and legal status,” the bill said.

Bunk, testified Kofi Montzka, a mother to three boys who is also a lawyer.

“You might ask: why in the world would a black person speak against ethnic studies? Because not everything that sounds good is good,” she said in testimony that has gone viral on Twitter.

“The bill tells kids of color that they are stuck in a caste system based on their race,” she added.

Kofi Montzka, a lawyer and a mother to three boys, testified against Gov. Walz’s education policy bill Tuesday. She said the language of the bill “tells kids of color that they are stuck in a caste system based on their race.”

Read the story here: https://t.co/Pxkci6mCLC pic.twitter.com/HLXjPrNkbU

— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) March 23, 2023

“I’m sick of everyone denying the enormous progress we’ve made in this country acting like it’s 1930,” Montzka said. “We used to have a race-based system. We got rid of it and now you’re all trying to bring it back.”

“This curriculum will not help kids succeed All it does is remove any reason to try. And I repeat that – remove any reason to try,” she said.

Montzka said she was bringing legislators a message from the real world.

“This is not some theoretical crap. This stuff happens. These messages are very harmful,” she told them, referencing an episode in a high school class in which a teacher said racism would prevent black males in the class from living long enough to retire.

“If this law is passed, teaching this hopelessness to kids of color will be mandated starting in kindergarten,” she said.

Black legislators supporting the bill were called out harshly.

“And I can see why you white proponents of this bill might support this. It’s not your kids being told that they can’t succeed and you get to shed some of your white guilt in the process,” she said.

“But you legislators of color, how can you? You made it despite the invisible boogeyman of systemic racism. You were voted in by a majority of white people. You hold some of the most powerful positions in this state. But you want to tell my kids and other kids of color that they can’t succeed? It’s shameful. It’s terrible,” she said.

Ethnic studies as framed by the bill “divides and stereotypes by race,” Minnesota resident Hillary Swanson said, according to Alpha News.

“This doesn’t help kids to tell them that their skin color determines their outcomes in today’s society. No one is better than me because of the color of my skin. I am what it means to be black in America. I’ve been black my whole life and I will not allow anyone to tell me that they have privilege over me because of my skin,” she said.

In 2021, Montzka spoke out against teaching critical race theory in schools.

Minnesota attorney and mother serves as ‘ambassador’ against critical race theory – https://t.co/P7KYft0Ucx – @washtimes ““Critical race theory is racist,” Ms. Montzka said flatly.”

— Gary Anderson (@Granderso) October 4, 2021

“Critical race theory is racist,” Montzka said then, according to the Washington Times.

“There are individuals who are racist, there’s no doubt about that, but this critical race theory is terrible in and of itself,” she said.

She added that she disliked hearing it implied “that other black people aren’t like you. The challenges I had made me have the motivation: I wanted money and a family that stays together.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

Tags: critical race theoryEducationMinnesotaraceRace RelationsRacismwokeness
Share196Tweet123
Western Journal

Western Journal

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th