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calguy's JournalGlenn Youngkin's victory proves white ignorance is a powerful weapon
From the outset, it was clear Youngkin would need fervent support from the states conservative base, along with the backing of some white voters in Democratic-leaning areas like Loudoun County, to win the race.
Ultimately, his campaign settled on a game plan that seemed to resonate deeply with white voters in Virginia: targeting school lesson plans that address inequality and social justice. Youngkin adopted the conservative strategy of falsely grouping these lesson plans under the label of critical race theory, and he promised to ban such teachings on day one if elected. Critical race theory is a college-level field of study thats not taught in Virginia K-12 schools, but its become a catchall phrase for intellectually lazy people many of them white who want to stigmatize any discussion about American racism.
In the final weeks of his campaign, Youngkin focused almost exclusively on attacking lesson plans about inequality. He hosted multiple Parents Matter rallies, where attendees could gather to express outrage over school curricula. And last week, his campaign released an ad featuring a white mother who fought to have Beloved, Toni Morrisons Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about slavery, banned from her sons school district.
The Youngkin campaign discovered that this contingent of angry, willfully ignorant white people was the key ingredient needed to elect a GOP governor in Virginia for the first time since 2009. We can expect more Republicans to try the same gambit as we inch closer to next years consequential midterm elections.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/glenn-youngkin-wins-virginia-governor-race-rcna4316
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