Obama attacks 'right-wing' media for concerns over critical race theory

president barack obama is mocking republicans over their concerns about teaching critical race theory in schools take a look there are certain right-wing media venues for example that monetize and capitalize on stoking the fear and resentment of a white population that is witnessing a changing america you would think with all the public policy debates that are taking place right now that you know the republican party would be engaged in a significant debate lo and behold the the single most uh important issue to them apparently right now is critical race theory who knew that that was the threat to our republic and fox news contributor leo terrell calling out the former president for his rhetoric he's the last person on earth that should be promoting the critical race theory here's a man if he's oppressed he became president of the united states when you promote a theory of hate that specifically targets a particular group of people i.e being white that is a discussion and affects every american in this country who in this world oppress president obama he became president greg give us your take on the obama interview um that was a really stupid comment by uh former president obama he's basically insulting people for actually understanding a a critical curriculum he would prefer you to be ignorant of it to be a low information person but all of what he should be saying wow i'm pretty impressed that these people know this stuff it's uh you know and also he makes this mistake where he says you know in the part of the interview he talks about how his daughters are saying canceled culture is out of control or it's not good and then he says crt is you know a is harmless he doesn't see the connection between the two the critical race theory helps create the cancel culture by saying that everybody everybody who isn't non-white is an oppressor and therefore must be canceled and and finally how does he not get that education is actually way more important than anything he just talked about whether it was climate change or anything his priorities are all contingent on solving uh education which is basically the pyramid base for everything else i mean if you look we talked about crime in the a block if you look at people that are killed by police you can trace it almost all the way back to their education what how was their education it would be the root cause it would be the root thank you dana the root cause it'll bring it back uh geraldo what did you make of that um comment that he had you know the uh i i'm not sure that the president is is uh is prospering in his post-presidency he does i mean i'm not talking financially i i mean in terms of the impact when he comes on you know he's going to be mellow and laid-back and cooler than you and smarter than you and uh you know i i i watch him and it's almost like i've heard it before even if i've never heard it before in terms of critical race theory though and i think that people here and the network are too sensitive about critical race theory and not sensitive enough to me about the history of if you were a black kid going to public school in the south in the 1950s 1960s what was your curriculum jefferson davis was a great guy stonewall jackson is the hero of heroes robert e lee is the next to jesus you know contemporary society sorts these things out now it's all the rage a year or two from now you're not going to have white kids looking at each other hating themselves it's not you know this will even out i want us you know why are we so freaked out about differences what what happened to the because it's racist the old concept the old concept of uh we're in this together you know i mean that's kind of the ultimate right katie like we are all in this together well i'm not going to insult all the parents in loudoun county in fairfax county who have been leading the charge against critical race theory and they are a diverse group of parents who grew up with the legacy of martin luther king jr saying we want to judge our kids and each other by the content of their character not by the color of their skin and they have very publicly stated that the critical race theory a curriculum that they are seeing their kids come home with does the opposite of that and it's teaching their kids and their kids of their neighbors who live on the same street as them and the kids that they play baseball with or sports with at school to hate each other based on their skin color it's really not even about american history it's about looking at someone in a hierarchy of skin color and saying because you're lighter than i am or because you're white you you have oppressed me even though you've never even done that you know you are you are a a product of the sin of the people who came before you despite having zero or anything to do with the history of the country and it lacks a ton of context when it comes to the progress that the country has made and so the bottom line is parents who are fighting critical race theory don't want their kids to grow up looking at their fellow peers and saying i'm going to judge you based on your skin color and determine whether i should oppress you you should impress me or whether we can move forward together as americans and so they're just worried about their kids growing up to hate each other as a result of the curriculum so as usual president obama doesn't have all the facts on what critical race theory actually is final word jesse obama's trying to put out a fire because critical race theory is really hurting democrats average moms and dads are livid about it what they're hearing back from school it's insidious it's pollution of the brain geraldo i want graphic detail what about the history i want it all out there for us to learn i don't want psychological warfare on a 13 year old who's trying to make it through the day and that's what this is they're trying to hurt their brain and divide the country and people are game to it they get it and they've rejected it and obama's trying to minimize it and tell the rest of the democrats hey use this line try this line out because he's trying to help him democrats aren't doing great right now you're right it's like everybody asks like how what can we do about the country being so polarized well then the parents i think in this case like the parents are kind of stepping up on this one hey sean hannity here hey click here to subscribe to fox news youtube page and catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis you will not get it anywhere else

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Length: 6min 41sec (401 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 08 2021