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John,
Since TFN’s founding back in 1995, we’ve been the resource of record for monitoring the religious right in Texas. Their latest scheme? Targeting our most impressionable young minds — students in our public schools — with ultra-right-wing propaganda machine PragerU.
PragerU is not an accredited academic institution. It’s a far right media company that pushes misinformation. After successfully getting their insidious materials into public schools in Florida and Oklahoma, we’ve discovered they now have their eyes set on Texas. As the state’s watchdog for the far-right, TFN is fighting to ensure PragerU never makes it to our classrooms. But we can’t do it without you.
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The minute the news broke that extremist State Board of Education (SBOE) member Julie Pickren was pushing PragerU, we were on top of it.
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We
quickly
put
out
a
statement
condemning
Pickren
for
falsely
announcing
the
vendor
was
officially
coming
to
Texas
public
schools
before
the
SBOE
had
even
discussed
it.
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We
published
an
informational
blog
explaining
what
PragerU
is
and
why
it
has
no
place
in
the
classroom.
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We
spoke
out
against
PragerU
in
interviews
for
major
media
outlets
and
participated
in
a
press
conference
alongside
Texas
Rep.
Rafael
Anchia
and
allies.
John, the battle has just begun. Can you chip in $5? 25? $100? [[link removed]] Your donation will help us keep up the fight against the extremists who want to poison students’ minds with PragerU’s misinformation.
🚨 PragerU Kids: Propaganda Masked as Educational Material 📢
Here are a few real examples of the nauseating “lessons” available in the PragerU Kids library:
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“Leo
&
Layla
Meet
Frederick
Douglass”
twists
the
words
of
the
abolitionist,
making
disgusting
claims
that
slavery
was
“a
compromise”
while
admonishing
movements
to
remedy
systemic
oppression
today.
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“How
To
Embrace
Your
Femininity”
tells
little
girls
they
should
“embrace
being
a
wife
and
a
mother,”
and
“be
positive
and
smile”
–
because
“one
of
the
most
beautiful
things
god
has
created
is
a
woman’s
smile.”
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“Los
Angeles:
Mateo
Backs
the
Blue”
dismisses
George
Floyd’s
murder
and
purports
that
claims
of
racial
targeting
by
police
are
“false,”
depicts
Black
Lives
Matter
activists
as
violent
rioters
and
looters,
and
encourages
children
to
thank
police
officers.
PragerU has no place in our public schools, and our students are not political pawns. With your support [[link removed]] , we will continue to advocate for Texas students to receive the well-rounded, truthful education they deserve.
With gratitude,
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Val Benavidez (she/her/ella)
TFN President
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