Stephen Monticelli

And I'm Stephen Monticelli, an investigative reporter and columnist who covers extremism and far-right movements for a variety of publications, including The Texas Observer and The Barbed Wire.

And I'm Stephen Monticelli, an investigative reporter and columnist who covers extremism and far-right movements for a variety of publications, including The Texas Observer and The Barbed Wire.

And I'm Stephen Monticelli, an investigative reporter and columnist who covers extremism and far-right movements for a variety of publications, including The Texas Observer and The Barbed Wire.

That's certainly not the case in Texas, which influences curriculums across the nation due to its large population and purchasing power of textbooks. But precision wasn't the point of Rufo's campaign. Rather, it was to refashion CRT into a sort of political cudgel, something that Ruffo admitted to in a series of tweets in 2021.

That's certainly not the case in Texas, which influences curriculums across the nation due to its large population and purchasing power of textbooks. But precision wasn't the point of Rufo's campaign. Rather, it was to refashion CRT into a sort of political cudgel, something that Ruffo admitted to in a series of tweets in 2021.

That's certainly not the case in Texas, which influences curriculums across the nation due to its large population and purchasing power of textbooks. But precision wasn't the point of Rufo's campaign. Rather, it was to refashion CRT into a sort of political cudgel, something that Ruffo admitted to in a series of tweets in 2021.

The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think critical race theory, Ruffo wrote. We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans, end quote.

The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think critical race theory, Ruffo wrote. We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans, end quote.

The goal is to have the public read something crazy in the newspaper and immediately think critical race theory, Ruffo wrote. We have decodified the term and will recodify it to annex the entire range of cultural constructions that are unpopular with Americans, end quote.

On Fox News, Newsmax, and other right-wing media outlets, Ruffo convinced parents that instead of teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic, public school teachers were using CRT to brainwash white children into hating themselves and goading black children into hating white people.

On Fox News, Newsmax, and other right-wing media outlets, Ruffo convinced parents that instead of teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic, public school teachers were using CRT to brainwash white children into hating themselves and goading black children into hating white people.

On Fox News, Newsmax, and other right-wing media outlets, Ruffo convinced parents that instead of teaching kids reading, writing, and arithmetic, public school teachers were using CRT to brainwash white children into hating themselves and goading black children into hating white people.

Radical teachers and professors, Ruffo warned, had launched a sinister campaign to destroy the American way of life.

Radical teachers and professors, Ruffo warned, had launched a sinister campaign to destroy the American way of life.

Radical teachers and professors, Ruffo warned, had launched a sinister campaign to destroy the American way of life.

Those with an ear for historical rhymes may find this outcry familiar. Resistance to racial integration and the civil rights era movements drew similar accusations of being hostile to whites and being a product of anti-American communism. And those with experience teaching students might chuckle at the accusations of ideologically motivated brainwashing and indoctrination.

Those with an ear for historical rhymes may find this outcry familiar. Resistance to racial integration and the civil rights era movements drew similar accusations of being hostile to whites and being a product of anti-American communism. And those with experience teaching students might chuckle at the accusations of ideologically motivated brainwashing and indoctrination.

Those with an ear for historical rhymes may find this outcry familiar. Resistance to racial integration and the civil rights era movements drew similar accusations of being hostile to whites and being a product of anti-American communism. And those with experience teaching students might chuckle at the accusations of ideologically motivated brainwashing and indoctrination.

A common joke posted by teachers online is that, quote, if we could indoctrinate students, students would always read the syllabus. But that didn't stop panic over CRT expanding to include anti-LGBTQ sentiment as well, with queer students and teachers who supported them being placed squarely in the crosshairs of a well-funded national hate machine dedicated to ginning up fear among local parents.

A common joke posted by teachers online is that, quote, if we could indoctrinate students, students would always read the syllabus. But that didn't stop panic over CRT expanding to include anti-LGBTQ sentiment as well, with queer students and teachers who supported them being placed squarely in the crosshairs of a well-funded national hate machine dedicated to ginning up fear among local parents.