This is public school bureaucracy run amok. It cost Democrats the governorship in Virginia, will cost them in midterms next year, and maybe the presidency after that. But sure, it doesn’t mean anything. https://t.co/4N8G7tHEvf

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2021

This is so frustrating – it was not just white voters. Ask the South Asian residents of Loudoun how they feel about this “nonsense.” I watched lifetime Democrats change their votes. https://t.co/1OVdwCWS89

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2021

Asian and South Asian kids in Loudoun were 20% of the school population but roughly 70% of the gifted students. Race-blind admissions based on tests and grades is now over and those kids will be disenfranchised. You think that’s a manufactured issue for those families? https://t.co/WrXNrdpEay

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2021

The point of the series I just wrote on Loudoun is that “CRT” was at most a minor sideshow to things that really pissed off parents – like changes to gifted admissions programs (that screwed over the Asian kids), proposed speech bans, the “Equity Ambassador” snitch program, etc. https://t.co/KXsuhnnxVC

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2021

Admissions to the Thomas Jefferson high program in 2019, before changes, was: 71.5% Asian, 19.48% White, 2.6% Hispanic, 1.72% Black, and 4.70% other. Apart from Asians, all the groups were fairly similarly underrepresented compared to their share of the population. https://t.co/ihNXLKgjqM

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 24, 2021

As someone who works with this cohort of kids in Loudoun County — you are totally correct. The state is making posters saying not to worry about taking challenging math which is absolutely the opposite mindset of the parents.

— TenSevenSix (@TenSevenSix) December 24, 2021

It's one thing to tell voters they need to defer to "experts" in economics, foreign policy, and medical science. But parenting? Why elitist attitudes about education are destined to fail politically:https://t.co/oEVhS3tXAH

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 28, 2021