Virginia mom and GOP strategist says teaching racism should be up to parents, not teachers
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Patti Hidalgo Menders, president of the Loudoun County Virginia Republican Women’s Club, is the worst kind of Karen. She believes that teaching the racist history of America makes white kids feel bad, and Black and brown kids fall into victimhood—theVirginia mom and GOP strategist says teaching racism should be up to parents, not teachers
Patti Hidalgo Menders, president of the Loudoun County Virginia Republican Women’s Club, is the worst kind of Karen. She believes that teaching the racist history of America makes white kids feel bad, and Black and brown kids fall into victimhood—therefore it simply shouldn’t be taught. In her recent interview for Showtime’s Circus, Menders starts off by describing her county as the wealthiest in the country by saying that “there’s not a lot of racism,” but then contradicts herself, saying, “If you talk about that less, you’ll notice the division less.” She explains that diversity and inclusion training “becomes less about merit and it becomes more about, oh, we gotta give the people of color this advantage. Let’s keep feeling sorry for them. I don’t look at the person based on their skin color. I look at them based on their character.” Read more