BREAKING:
Below is a review of @DrIbram 'Stamped' as revised by @SonjaCherryPaul through @JasonReynolds83. This is a book that is a rewrite of history through the lens of Critical Race Theory, and it will likely be in your child’s school next school year. (1/13)

This is my 1st attempt at a multi-tweet thread. I am an educator who has been learning about CRT through original sources (Bell, Crenshaw, Collins, etc.) as well other thinkers, including @ConceptualJames @HPluckrose @peterboghossian @GlennLoury @JohnHMcWhorter & others (2/13)

This thread, therefore, will be a point-by-point analysis, for better or worse.

The very opening, "Talking About Race" gives its first nod to the #1 tenet of CRT, which is that racism is ordinary, ever-present & hidden in society today (Bell). (3/13)

Here we have more words about ever-present racism. The book also offers itself as an apologist for the BLM movement, which was founded by “trained Marxists”.

Also notice the religious element of the movement propagated by CRT: the breathing, prayer-like, exercises (4/13):

I don't know if you've ever been to something like a Jesus camp, but below is the best analogy I have for someone who really wants to make something that is uncool to kids, cool. You want shit like seriousness about racism to backfire? Read shit like this to kids (5/13):

Next we have an object that will serve as a metaphor throughout the book which is, SURPRISE! a rope. Can you, as an average American with all your lack of knowledge about U.S. history, imagine what a ROPE metaphor will eventually used as? I can't, either... (6/13):

Here we have one of Kendi's main theses in 'Stamped,' which as trickled down into Cherry-Paul's rewrite. There are bad guys, secret bad guys & heroes. It's a pure story manipulation as it assumes one thing: you can only be 'good' if you hold our political views. (7/13):

But let me digress for a moment: If the below doesn't sound like a cult, then, I think you're in the cult. "Evil is bad. Part-evil is bad. Only the good people, US, know the true you."

Scientologists can weigh in here. (8/13):

It's interesting to note that after naming who is Good & who is Evil, there is a call for how to be Good—sort of. There is a promise that "people can change," but as we'll see in 'Stamped', no one changes. Racism is omnipresent, remember. (9/13):

This part is pure propaganda. Here we have another nod to CRT tenet #1. We’ll pay attention to the people they believe serve as “new heroes.” Note that antiracists “help us see ourselves.” Dangerous thinking. (10/13):

Here we see a bizarre nod to objectivity & subjectivity all at once. Cherry-Paul tells your children that the book is written from her point of view but that it is "packed" with "absolute true facts." @sandylocks would be proud. (11/13):

Last, we have a nod to "anti-racist" individuals whom the book proceeds to hold as admirable.

Sojourner Truth
John Brown
Ida B. Wells
Malcom X.
Angela Davis.
Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza & Patrice Cullors, founders of BLM

I'll let you grow your own ideas about this image
(12/13):

Next we'll read and analyze Chapter 1. Stay tuned. (13/13).