{"id":29362,"date":"2022-03-04T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=29362"},"modified":"2022-03-04T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T14:08:00","slug":"right-wing-media-targets-saginaw-chippewa-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/04\/right-wing-media-targets-saginaw-chippewa-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Right Wing Media Targets Saginaw Chippewa Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"pull-none item-image\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Some of the headlines from conservative media on Melissa Isaac's appearance at the State of the Union.\" src=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/plugins\/system\/lazyloadforjoomla\/src\/assets\/images\/blank.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/images\/2022\/Melissa_Isaac-2.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Some of the headlines from conservative media on Melissa Isaac's appearance at the State of the Union.\" src=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/images\/2022\/Melissa_Isaac-2.png\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/noscript> <\/div>\n<dl class=\"article-info muted\">\n<dt class=\"article-info-term\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDetails\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"createdby\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBy <span itemprop=\"name\">Darren Thompson<\/span>\t<\/dd>\n<dd class=\"create\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-calendar\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2022-03-02T15:48:16-05:00\" itemprop=\"dateCreated\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarch 02, 2022\t\t\t\t\t<\/time><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>In its coverage of President Joseph Biden\u2019s first State of the Union Address last night, right wing media targeted a guest of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden\u2014Melissa Isaac, Saginaw Chippewa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fox News <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jill-biden-sotu-guest-critical-race-theory\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a feature titled, \u201cJill Biden SOTU guest is critical race theory supporter,\u201d that Isaac \u201chas a history of rejecting arguments on social media made against the teaching of critical race theory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/01\/jill-bidens-sotu-guest-is-a-critical-race-theory-advocate\/\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> wrote of Issac, \u201cEight special guests will accompany first lady Jill Biden to her husband\u2019s State of the Union address Tuesday, including one educator who has frequently advocated for teaching Critical Race Theory, which proposes that racism is systemic in America, in schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is all a distraction from the goodness of the event and having Anishinaabe representation in such a historic event,\u201d Isaac told <em>Native News Online<\/em>. \u201cTaking away from the progress that myself and Deb Haaland\u2014Indigenous women\u2014who are reclaiming and taking up space and places they never thought they\u2019d see us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me that\u2019s the real headline, all the other things are a distraction,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h5><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/NNONewsButton\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Want more Native News? Get the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">free daily newsletter<\/span> today.<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n<p>\u201cMy social media has blown up, and I\u2019ve seen some of the articles that are out there, but I haven\u2019t read everything,\u201d said Isaac, who works for Michigan\u2019s Department of Education. \u201cI can\u2019t speak exactly to what is being said, but I did get a random message asking if I\u2019m a supporter of critical race theory.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The First Lady&#8217;s guests included Ukraine Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova. Isaac sat directly behind Markarova, with a predominant presence at the internationally televised annual Presidential address.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Isaac also\u00a0made <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/culture\/politics\/2022\/03\/01\/ribbon-skirt-behind-jill-biden-melissa-isaac-state-of-the-union\/\" rel=\"noopener\">headlines<\/a> for wearing a ribbon-skirt.<\/p>\n<p>Critical race theory acknowledges that the country\u2019s institutions, including the criminal justice system, education system, labor market, housing, and healthcare are what upholds racism in the U.S., and that racism is embedded in U.S. laws, regulations, and policies. Nine states have passed legislation banning critical race theory from its classroom and nearly 20 additional states have introduced or plan to introduce similar legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of critical race theory stresses that it teaches that every social interaction with every person is based on race.<\/p>\n<p><em>Native News Online<\/em> publisher Levi Rickert <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/opinion\/the-trail-of-tears-should-be-part-of-curriculum-in-every-school\" rel=\"noopener\">has written<\/a> that critical race theory criticism is &#8220;a scare tactic used by right-wing people who don\u2019t want the truth taught about the genocidal practices perpetrated against Native Americans throughout American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Author Info Box Plugin for Joomla! - Kubik-Rubik Joomla! 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Thank you.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author_infobox\">\n<p>About The Author<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_infobox_name\"><span class=\"bold\">Author:<\/span> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nativenewsonline.net\/staff-directory\/darren-thompson\" title=\"Darren Thompson\" rel=\"noopener\">Darren Thompson<\/a><span class=\"bold marginleft\">Email:<\/span> <span id=\"cloak0243d5b9ec9618f4ae7a0e41d8f3758a\">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Darren Thompson (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe) is a freelance journalist and based in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, where he also contributes to Unicorn Riot, an alternative media publication. Thompson has reported on political unrest, tribal sovereignty, and Indigenous issues for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Indian Country Today, Native News Online, Powwows.com and Unicorn Riot. He has contributed to the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Voice of America on various Indigenous issues in international conversation. 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