
Cruz’s office didn’t respond to a request for comment. John’s library catalog is - wait for it - Kendi’s “Stamped (for Kids),” the very book Cruz demanded Jackson account for at Georgetown Day School. John’s class called “Issues of Justice and Equity in the Twenty-First Century” is labeled a “Critical Race Training Course” by the right-wing Legal Insurrection Foundation.Īnd there in the St. To its credit, the school has vowed to continue to “ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are foundational aspects of our educational program,” and to “incorporate cultural proficiency, diversity, global awareness, and inclusivity into all facets of the K-12 curricula.”Ī St. John’s, as an institution, must be anti-racist and eliminate racism of any type - including institutional racism.” John’s put it in 2020: “Black lives matter. John’s School, the private school in Houston where, as the New Republic’s Timothy Noah noted, Cruz sends his daughters.Īs the headmaster and chair of the board of trustees at St. Georgetown Day School, in the nation’s capital, does indeed take a strong “anti-racism” approach. John’s School in Houston, which unabashedly endorses and teaches critical race theory. He is shocked!ĭana Milbank called out Ted Cruz for hypocrisy. Cruz professed shock that the school library contains books by Ibram X. Judge Jackson patiently explained that the board does not write the curriculum for the school, Georgetown Country Day School.

Why did her daughters attend a private school that teaches CRT, he asked, when she sits on the board of the school.

Ted Cruz harangued Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson about critical race theory.
