A Tennessee mom has started a $5,000 GoFundMe for her child, whom she is claiming was afflicted with OCD because of learning Critical Race Theory (CRT).
The child is in 1st grade, not graduate school or law school where CRT is actually studied.
Robin Steenman—the chapter head of "Moms For Liberty" in Tennessee—claims a 1st grader was traumatized by learning the obscure graduate school theory that is not taught in and primary, middle or high school in any state in the USA.
Because of learning something in her school—that has never been taught in her school—Steenman wants money because the child now requires psychological help.
\u2026\nMother starts $5,000 GoFundMe for 1st grader she says has OCD because of \u2018critical race theory\u2019https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— PhDeezNutz (@PhDeezNutz) 1625761177
I don't think people are ok.. like at all— Kemah Zinnah (@Kemah Zinnah) 1625764061
Julie is a real one if she meets her goal I swear I'm starting a GO Fund me for all the microagressions I've had to deal with working in a field that's predominantly yt womenpic.twitter.com/f19fEBbFxf— Nini thee vaccinated! (@Nini thee vaccinated!) 1625767766
Fix it. Just fix it Jesus.— hennacee (@hennacee) 1625762420
Ima start a gofund me to pay for the therapy I need due to the stress white people cause me daily.— Khive Kenpachi (@Khive Kenpachi) 1625765803
Steenman recently appeared on Glenn Beck's radio show to incite listeners further against CRT, which has become a new dog-whistle term for any conversation surrounding racism in history or present day. CRT has been pushed around conservative media ad nauseam for the past few months.
Steenman claimed to receive a letter from an unidentified mother who said her 7-year-old daughter started "coming home asking very pointed questions about who she is and if she is a bad person," for being White.
"She came home extremely upset. She told me 'Mom, I'm White. My friend is brown. I need to apologize to him for being White because White people have done bad things to people with brown skin.'"
LOL, the grifters smell opportunity in #CriticalRaceTheory hysteria.https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— act.tv (@act.tv) 1625762460
I don't even know what to make of this one. But a 7 year old isn't taught critical race theory and their healthcare should be free.https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Asher Huey (@Asher Huey) 1625765297
There is never a bad time to bilk people for money. \n\nMother starts $5,000 GoFundMe for 1st grader she says has OCD because of \u2018critical race theory\u2019 - Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalismhttps://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Karoli (@Karoli) 1625706152
This woman's kid is in Law School?https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— robotsmakesushi \ud83d\udc6e\ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc6e (@robotsmakesushi \ud83d\udc6e\ud83c\udf4a\ud83e\udd21\ud83d\udc6e) 1625739601
She also claimed her child was able to recount events of the American Civil War "as if they had been there," though the Civil War is not usually introduced in the 1st grade—especially in Tennessee.
According to the Associated Press, pupils before the 5th grade in the USA usually are not given the Civil War as a part of their curriculum.
Every instance of right-wing mass hysteria inevitably mutates into another organized scam to rip-off gullible right-wing chump suckers.https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Steve F. (@Steve F.) 1625763158
UPDATE: WILCO @Moms4Liberty chair Robin Steenman, seen below insulting teachers, casually making comparisons to the Holocaust, and revealing her kids don\u2019t go to public school\u2026 appears to have deleted her account. https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1406423628976164866\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/hPEq6Hu0zX— The Tennessee Holler (@The Tennessee Holler) 1624211734
Report this grifter to Go Fund Me.https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Writerchick is Fully Vaccinated (@Writerchick is Fully Vaccinated) 1625781062
Wypipo come on now...so if the little girl has OCD from CRT, what do you call the miseducation of black folks from whitewashed history?https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Donald Sparks (@Donald Sparks) 1625770390
It was only a matter of time. \n\nAfter all, why should Trump, @TuckerCarlson & @seanhannity & @mtgreenee be the ONLY racist con artists to grift off the panic over \u201ccRiTicaL raCe tHeoRy\u201d? https://www.rawstory.com/fundraising-critical-race-theory-trauma/\u00a0\u2026— Mindful Primate (@Mindful Primate) 1625740105
The GoFundMe has only reached $544 of its hopeful $5,000 goal.
The biggest donation is from Steenman herself.
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