Former NFL sideline reporter Michelle Tafoya weighed in on the important race theory during a Fox News appearance, saying she is disappointed that her kids are being taught that "skin color matters."
Tafoya, who appeared on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight" to discuss her shift from sports to politics, criticized the idea as critical race theory, a decades-old field of education that examines the impact of race on American law. does, can be included in the school. syllabus. Several GOP-led states have moved in recent years to ban critical race theory from being taught in schools, although there is disagreement over whether it exists in secondary education.
"It breaks my heart that my kids are being taught that skin color matters. And for me if you want white people to go ahead, I was going to address the school and say, 'So why are we having these picnics for families of color?'" Tafoya told Wednesday night host Tucker Carlson. told.
"Why are we isolating our children? If the world is unified, keep it up and ask everyone to find out what we all have in common, not just what people like us have in common."
Tafoya, a longtime sideline reporter for NBC Sports' "Sunday Night Football," announced her retirement from sports reporting on Monday to serve as co-chair of Kendall Qualls' Republican gubernatorial bid in Minnesota.
She is scheduled to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference later this month.
Tafoya weighed in on former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick this week during an appearance on "The Megyn Kelly Show," saying "If he really, really wanted" to be an early NFL quarterback, "he'd be the one right now, this Judging by he had talent."
“But he made some business decisions… I think he knew what risk he was taking and I think there are legitimate complaints about race in the NFL and everywhere in America – but not that Colin Kaepernick.” Not in the NFL."
Kaepernick, who plays for the San Francisco 49ers, courted controversy in 2016 for kneeling during the national anthem at several games to raise awareness of police brutality and racial inequality.