Has 'Klanned Karenhood' Infiltrated Your Kid's School? Here's How to Respond

[Celerity]

This recently-named extremist group is threatening our kids' educations. Here's what parents can do.

https://www.parents.com/how-klanned-karenhood-is-infiltrating-schools-7509946



Nationwide, the retelling and teaching of history accurately has always been a struggle. But oddly enough, the rise of social media led to informative posts and threads that give insight into the history we sorely missed in school. A good deal of these posts typically reference Black history, a history that is quick to be whitewashed, or eliminated from the books.

Many of us learned about the Tulsa race massacre, the story of Robert Smalls, the atrocities of King Leopold, Juneteenth, and more, online. From artists to inventors to war veterans, there’s a dearth of history that has been omitted from education. As recent as 2015, a Texas history book referred to enslaved Africans as “workers'' and “immigrants.”

In recent years, parents have become more involved in the education of children. While on paper, this sounds like a very good thing. Scratch the surface, and it is clear that in many instances, their intervention is actually detrimental. They push their beliefs (not facts or science) into classrooms across the country.

With Moms for Liberty, their beliefs include, but are not limited to, anti-Blackness, far-right extremism, and anti-education, all under the thinly veiled guise of “parents’ rights.” Dubbed the “Klanned Karenhood” on social media, the group, founded by two Floridian, former school board members in 2021, has spearheaded a culture war to eliminate both Black literature and Black history from classrooms as well as libraries.

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[msongs]

1. moms for hitler lately... nt

[orthoclad]

2. "Klanned Karenhood"!

Good one, considering their Proud Boys ties. Like their Ladies Auxiliary.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Why aren't we organizing to counter this?

Moms for Equality

Moms for Democracy

There's more of us than them.

[malaise]

4. Rec for 'Klanned Karenhood'

Brilliant

[Buns_of_Fire]

5. They're not your mom's P.T.A., that's for sure.

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PITA, though, definitely. These "concerned mothers" are the ones who are going to be running for school board positions so they can try to convert their demands into policy.