Rufo deliberately fabricated an equivalence between prison-gang segregation and CRT pedagogy

Evidence

The racecraft against subordinated groups is often hauntingly familiar. The methods, the trajectory, and the purpose are shared. There are remarkable similarities in the anti-sharia panic of the 2010s and the anti- CRT panic of the 2020s. Both began as social outrage fanned by activists and politicians through public media, news, and public protest. Activists took the terms “sharia” and “Critical Race Theory” and distorted them into words that now have precisely the negative meaning that is needed to inflame people that are susceptible to Islamophobia and anti- Blackness. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 445 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A conservative strategist fabricated CRT’s Marxist lineage to rally right-wing allies — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 421; Anti-sharia and anti-CRT panics deploy identical racecraft tactics against different targets — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 445

Broader Connections

• Anti-sharia and anti-CRT panics deploy identical racecraft tactics against different targets #expands (0.82) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 445