2 miles down the road from this very Chamber, in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and proclaimed his vision for the future: ``I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a Nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.'' Nearly 60 years later, radical far-left Democrats are doing everything possible to eliminate this dream through the implementation of critical race theory. Instead of equality, critical race theory frames race, not character, as the focal point of the human construct, implying that one's racial identity defines who they are and who they will ever be. To these CRT believers, your fate has already been decided by your skin color. To the average American living outside the swamp bubble, this idea is ludicrous. Everyday Americans have seen individuals of all races and backgrounds succeed. They know hard work and character are the biggest determinants of success, and the American Dream is alive and well for everyone. But critical race theory wants to poison our classrooms by pushing an agenda which revolves around race, not character. They want to teach young minds that racism persists even if no individual or institution acts in a racist way or holds any racist beliefs. This toxic teaching squashes hope, stifles growth, and fuels anger and despair.…
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