The Hypocrisy Of Honoring Juneteenth While Condemning Critical Race Theory
3 years, 6 months ago

The Hypocrisy Of Honoring Juneteenth While Condemning Critical Race Theory

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING America has found itself at a contradictory point in history yet again. In a statement Thursday, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty said making Juneteenth a federal holiday is “important and long overdue” but is not the end of the fight to rectify this country’s racist past. We look forward to joining President Biden this afternoon as he signs this bill into law.” For many, making Juneteenth a federal holiday also flies in the face of recent statewide laws to ban the teaching of critical race theory in schools — an academic framework that critiques how institutionalized racism has impacted the most marginalized. “Like American history itself, a proper understanding of the ground upon which we stand requires a balanced assessment, not a simplistic commitment to jingoistic accounts of our nation’s past and current dynamics.” Keturah Proctor, a New York educator who’s fighting to include critical race theory in school curriculums, told HuffPost that a lot of the controversy surrounding critical race theory comes from people who don’t understand what it actually is. “If we take a look back at critical race theory, just from a legal standpoint and taking a look at the structural piece, I think that would actually help to demystify a lot of what people are feeling because people are reacting right now from a very personal level.” Democrats attend a bill enrollment ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the Capitol on June 17, 2021.

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'Just not taught': Republicans get pushback as they attack critical race theory in House
2 weeks, 5 days ago

'Just not taught': Republicans get pushback as they attack critical race theory in House

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers railed against what they called “woke” curriculum in schools during a Wednesday hearing in a U.S. House education panel, the latest example of culture wars rocking public education policy. Though critical race theory is used in college and graduate-level programs, GOP members on the U.S. House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education said the …

High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
8 months, 4 weeks ago

High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory

Associated Press  

— A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional. The lawsuit by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School, site of the historic 1957 racial desegregation crisis, stems from the …

Critical race theory ban at Temecula Valley Unified stands for now, judge rules
10 months ago

Critical race theory ban at Temecula Valley Unified stands for now, judge rules

LA Times  

From left, attorneys Mark Rosenbaum, Amanda Mangaser Savage and Scott Humphreys and Temecula teachers Dawn Murray-Sibby, Amy Eytchison and Jennee Scharf announce a lawsuit challenging the Temecula Valley Unified school board’s ban on teaching critical race theory in August. Temecula Valley Unified School District’s decision to block critical race theory instruction in its classrooms will continue for now, a Riverside …

Even kids are now living in fear as they’re harassed by Christian nationalist bullies
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Even kids are now living in fear as they’re harassed by Christian nationalist bullies

Raw Story  

The news has been all over Nikki Haley’s inability to say “slavery” before she was called out on it, but few are pointing to the larger issue: the institutionalization of racism through American law that has happened in 16 Red states now as well as in hundreds of smaller towns and individual schools. From Florida to Texas to little towns …

Temecula school district sued over its ban of critical race theory
1 year, 4 months ago

Temecula school district sued over its ban of critical race theory

LA Times  

Standing left to right are attorneys Mark Rosenbaum, Amanda Mangaser Savage and Scott Humphreys along with teachers Dawn Murray-Sibby, Amy Eytchison and Jennifer Scharf — all taking part in a lawsuit against the Temecula school district’s ban of critical race theory. The Temecula Valley Unified School District faces litigation over a ban it enacted on critical race theory, taking the …

DeSantis pushes ban on diversity programs in state colleges
1 year, 10 months ago

DeSantis pushes ban on diversity programs in state colleges

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday announced plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity and inclusion, and critical race theory in his latest step onto the front lines of the nation’s culture wars. “I think people want to see true academics and they want to get rid of some of the political window …

Florida governor backs ban on diversity lessons in state colleges
1 year, 10 months ago

Florida governor backs ban on diversity lessons in state colleges

Al Jazeera  

Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida in the southeast United States, has announced plans to block state colleges from having programmes on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as critical race theory. DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, has heavily criticised critical race theory, which examines systemic racism, along with programmes about diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly known as …

Florida teachers move to block DeSantis questions on CRT
1 year, 11 months ago

Florida teachers move to block DeSantis questions on CRT

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida college professors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to block Gov. Ron DeSantis from requesting spending data on diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory programs in state universities. The Republican governor in late December requested that state colleges submit spending data and other information on programs related to diversity, equity and …

Schools for scandal
2 years, 5 months ago

Schools for scandal

The Economist  

United States | Schools for scandal “Critical race theory” is being weaponised. With the help of Mr Rufo, now a director of an “initiative” on crt at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think-tank, critical race theory, once an obscure academic topic, became a prominent Republican issue in a matter of weeks. “I can describe the academic discipline of Critical Race …

The Real Dangers Of The Right-Wing Attacks On Anti-Racist Education
2 years, 7 months ago

The Real Dangers Of The Right-Wing Attacks On Anti-Racist Education

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Last Saturday, a white 18-year-old gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, killing 10 people and wounding three more. “If you guys want to know why I’m thinking about quitting at the end of the year, it’s because of these types of policies — the fact that I have to have this conversation with …

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race
2 years, 8 months ago

Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill to limit discussion of race

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law new guidelines Friday involving race-based discussions in businesses and schools as part of his campaign against critical race theory, which he called “pernicious” ideology. “CRT is not taught in K-12 education here in our public schools.” DeSantis’ focus on culture war issues involving race, gender and the coronavirus have made …

GOP Outraged By Ketanji Brown Jackson's Link To School Teaching Anti-Racism
2 years, 9 months ago

GOP Outraged By Ketanji Brown Jackson's Link To School Teaching Anti-Racism

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans targeted U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday over her connection to a school that teaches anti-racism, branding the curriculum under the GOP boogeyman of “critical race theory.” In an email blast telling supporters that Jackson serves on the board of trustees at Georgetown Day School — a private school in Washington, D.C., that …

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons
2 years, 9 months ago

Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons

Associated Press  

Tate Reeves signed a bill Monday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms, and it became law immediately. “Any claim that this bill will somehow stop Mississippi kids from learning about American history is just flat-out wrong.” The short title of Senate Bill 2113 says it would prohibit “critical race theory.” But the main text of the legislation …

Trump blasted for telling followers they 'must lay down their very lives' to defend against CRT
2 years, 9 months ago

Trump blasted for telling followers they 'must lay down their very lives' to defend against CRT

Raw Story  

Donald Trump is calling on his followers to "lay down their very lives" to defend the United States against critical race theory. "Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it's also a matter of national survival," Trump told his MAGA supporters. "Calling for political violence to stop the teaching of accurate history …

Mississippi governor signs into law prohibition on schools teaching critical race theory
2 years, 9 months ago

Mississippi governor signs into law prohibition on schools teaching critical race theory

CNN  

CNN — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday signed into law a bill described as a prohibition on critical race theory, becoming the latest Republican-controlled state to legislate how history and race can be taught in schools. That’s why I signed legislation that will help keep CRT where it belongs – out of classrooms.” Senate Bill 2113 forbids public schools …

Talk about race: Mississippi House passes bill to set limits
2 years, 9 months ago

Talk about race: Mississippi House passes bill to set limits

Associated Press  

— The same Mississippi Legislature that proclaimed racial reconciliation after removing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag nearly two years ago passed a bill Thursday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms. Several Black legislators said during the six-hour debate that the bill could squelch honest discussion about the harmful effects of racism because parents could …

John Oliver commended for perfectly explaining the problem with ‘panic’ over critical race theory
2 years, 10 months ago

John Oliver commended for perfectly explaining the problem with ‘panic’ over critical race theory

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy John Oliver has delivered …

Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia
2 years, 10 months ago

Youngkin looks to root out critical race theory in Virginia

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — It was literally the first thing Virginia’s Republican governor, Glenn Youngkin, did when he took office last month: sign an executive order designed to root out critical race theory from the state’s education system. “Anyone who thinks that the concepts that actually underpin critical race theory are not in our schools hasn’t been in our schools,” Youngkin …

Conservative book bans are part of GOP’s fascist turn
2 years, 10 months ago

Conservative book bans are part of GOP’s fascist turn

Al Jazeera  

The bans against CRT and The 1619 Project are not just conservative or anti-progressive, but specifically anti-democratic, racist and fascist in their motivations and their effect. The same GOP politicians and pundits that attacked The 1619 Project then took Critical Race Theory – a graduate-level framework for examining the racial biases embedded in American legal, political and social institutions – …

A look inside Mississippi’s only critical race theory class and an unlikely ally
2 years, 10 months ago

A look inside Mississippi’s only critical race theory class and an unlikely ally

CNN  

Oxford, Mississippi CNN — Three weeks ago, Brittany Murphree enrolled in Law 743, a unique class for the University of Mississippi. University of Mississippi Law School Student Brittany Murphree CNN Yvette Butler, the professor of Law 743, said CRT was born from the legal academy in the 1980s to analyze and understand why racial inequality still exists despite the aftermath …

Alabama schools accused of teaching "critical race theory" by recognizing Black History Month
2 years, 10 months ago

Alabama schools accused of teaching "critical race theory" by recognizing Black History Month

Salon  

School officials in Alabama say they're being accused by parents of teaching students the now-forbidden tenets of "critical race theory" simply by recognizing Black History Month. AL.com reports that Alabama Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the Alabama House Education Policy Committee this week that many parents are accusing schools of teaching critical race theory even if the lessons in …

The critics were right: 'Critical race theory' panic is just a cover for silencing educators
2 years, 10 months ago

The critics were right: 'Critical race theory' panic is just a cover for silencing educators

Raw Story  

When Republicans across the nation started storming school board meetings, in full-blown hysterics about something called "critical race theory," the initial reaction of the non-Fox News-watcher was confusion. But soon it became clear that "critical race theory" was being invoked as a scare term, exploiting this multisyllabic academic jargon as cover for what was, in actuality, an effort to censor …

SC lawmakers vow to take time on critical race theory rules
2 years, 10 months ago

SC lawmakers vow to take time on critical race theory rules

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina House members discussing critical race theory in public schools and what should — or shouldn’t — come up in class promised Wednesday to take their time crafting new rules for teachers. The chairwoman of the House Education and Public Works Committee said she wasn’t out for a “witch hunt for parents, teachers or students” but …

Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban
2 years, 11 months ago

Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban

NPR  

Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban Enlarge this image toggle caption Rogelio V. Solis/AP Rogelio V. Solis/AP JACKSON, Miss. — Black lawmakers walked out in protest Friday and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The state superintendent of education has said …

Black Mississippi senators protest vote on race theory bill
2 years, 11 months ago

Black Mississippi senators protest vote on race theory bill

Associated Press  

— Black lawmakers walked out in protest Friday and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory. The state superintendent of education has said critical race theory is not being taught in Mississippi schools and legislators have offered no evidence to show it is. But he said: “Systematic racism …

DeSantis wants parents to sue schools that teach "critical race theory": "Nobody wants this crap"
2 years, 11 months ago

DeSantis wants parents to sue schools that teach "critical race theory": "Nobody wants this crap"

Salon  

Ron DeSantis on Tuesday asked the state legislature to approve a bill that would incentivize parents to sue school districts that teach critical race theory, arguing that parents should "have a say in what their kids learn in school." "We should provide parents with recourse so that state standards are enforced, such as Florida's prohibition on infusing subjects with critical …

Missouri bill would ban critical race theory in schools
2 years, 11 months ago

Missouri bill would ban critical race theory in schools

Associated Press  

— Missouri House lawmakers on Tuesday debated bills that would ban critical race theory in K-12 schools and give parents and guardians more control over what their children learn, an issue that likely will dominate this session. One bill, considered in the House education committee, would prohibit Missouri schools from teaching critical race theory, a framework for examining the effects …

King’s daughter slams twisting of critical race theory
2 years, 11 months ago

King’s daughter slams twisting of critical race theory

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter used an address Monday to push for federal voting rights legislation and slam the twisting of critical race theory to create what she called “false narratives.” Rev. Bernice King said there is a “very urgent need” for voting legislation, and that it is “crucial to humanity across the globe that the United States …

The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy
2 years, 11 months ago

The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Following a year of professional milestones born of her work on America’s history of slavery, Pulitzer Prize-winning Black journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said she is clear-eyed about her mission to force a reckoning around the nation’s self-image. The New York Times Magazine writer began this year in a protracted tenure fight with her alma mater in North Carolina …

Is ‘The 1619 Project’ a racial reckoning the US needs?
3 years ago

Is ‘The 1619 Project’ a racial reckoning the US needs?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, December 22 at 19:30 GMT: “The 1619 Project” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones puts the stories of slavery, resistance and Black Americans at the centre of the country’s story. First published by The New York Times Magazine in 2019 to mark the 400th anniversary of slavery in the US, “The 1619 Project” has has now been expanded …

DeSantis: Critical race theory is “crap,” vows to fight it
3 years ago

DeSantis: Critical race theory is “crap,” vows to fight it

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Calling critical race theory “crap,” Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he’ll push for legislation to ban teaching the concept in schools and to allow private corporate employees to sue their employers if they receive critical race theory training. In a strongly worded speech at a campaign-style event, DeSantis told a packed room of supporters in …

The Missing Voices In The Panic Over Critical Race Theory
3 years ago

The Missing Voices In The Panic Over Critical Race Theory

Huff Post  

The flashpoint was the “runaway slave” game during Black History Month. With the attention on “parents’ rights” in the widely covered Virginia election, one group was conspicuously absent: Black families who support teaching about race and racism. “I’m a Virginia suburban mom,” said Kernodle, a resident of Arlington for 16 years and the mother of two high-schoolers in Arlington Public …

Wrenching struggle to define critical race theory divides an Orange County school district
3 years, 1 month ago

Wrenching struggle to define critical race theory divides an Orange County school district

LA Times  

Members of the public attend a Placentia-Yorba Linda school board meeting about whether to ban critical race theory in district schools. Although ultimately designed to ban critical race theory, the district’s 14-point resolution was touted as a way to foster a “safe and respectful environment for students.” It said the district “stands by the commitment to teach a complete and …

Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book form
3 years, 1 month ago

Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book form

Associated Press  

Thais Perkins is the owner of Reverie Books in Austin, Texas, and the parent of a middle school student and high school student. Sen. Tom Cotton, of Arkansas, has proposed a bill that would ban federal funding for teaching the project, and the Trump administration issued a “1776 Commission” report it called a rebuttal against “reckless ‘re-education’ attempts that seek …

After Virginia election, GOP amplifies debate over race and education
3 years, 1 month ago

After Virginia election, GOP amplifies debate over race and education

LA Times  

Republicans plan to forcefully oppose race and diversity curricula — tapping into a surge of parental frustration about public schools — as a core piece of their strategy in the 2022 midterm elections, a coordinated effort to supercharge a message that mobilized right-leaning voters in Virginia last week and which Democrats dismiss as race-baiting. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, chairman of …

After Virginia, GOP amplifies debate over race and education
3 years, 1 month ago

After Virginia, GOP amplifies debate over race and education

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans plan to forcefully oppose race and diversity curricula — tapping into a surge of parental frustration about public schools — as a core piece of their strategy in the 2022 midterm elections, a coordinated effort to supercharge a message that mobilized right-leaning voters in Virginia this week and which Democrats dismiss as race-baiting. Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, …

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — It has become a major issue in the Virginia governor’s race. Republicans in North Carolina point to the Wake County Public School System as an example, saying teachers participated in a professional development session on critical race theory. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and convince white …

Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards
3 years, 1 month ago

Opponents of critical race theory seek to flip school boards

Associated Press  

GUILFORD, Conn. — A racial reckoning began years ago for the Guilford school system, first with an episode in which a student wore blackface makeup to a home football game and then a fraught debate over the elimination of its mascot, the Indians. Opponents criticized Freeman for assigning administrators to read books including “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for …

Jon Gruden's censorship: Why conservatives decry the consequences of free speech
3 years, 2 months ago

Jon Gruden's censorship: Why conservatives decry the consequences of free speech

Salon  

As soon as it was announced that Jon Gruden was stepping down from his role as the coach of the Las Vegas Raiders, the right-wing punditry exploded in outrage over the only oppression they'll accept as legitimate: The supposed victimhood of a bigot held accountable for the ugly things he says. But, of course, in right-wing circles, Gruden's just another …

The FBI is not targeting opponents of critical race theory
3 years, 2 months ago

The FBI is not targeting opponents of critical race theory

Associated Press  

CLAIM: “Attorney General Merrick Garland has instructed the FBI to mobilize against parents who oppose critical race theory in public schools, citing ‘threats.’” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. In a memo Monday, Garland directed federal authorities to address a rise in criminal conduct targeting school board members and public schools employees, following a request from the National School Boards Association. Following the …

What a Texas law reveals about America’s socio-political anxieties
3 years, 3 months ago

What a Texas law reveals about America’s socio-political anxieties

CNN  

Washington CNN — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. One law made it a felony to circulate “any written or printed pamphlet or paper … the evident tendency whereof would be to excite insurrection, conspiracy or resistance.” Another law proscribed “the teaching of slaves to read and write” because doing so “has a tendency to …

This Texas high school principal was put on administrative leave after being accused of promoting critical race theory
3 years, 3 months ago

This Texas high school principal was put on administrative leave after being accused of promoting critical race theory

CNN  

San Antonio, Texas CNN — A Texas high school principal who found himself in the middle of a controversy over critical race theory was placed on paid administrative leave this week. At a July 26 school board meeting, Stetson Clark, a former school board candidate, said he was concerned about the “implementation of critical race theory in our district” and …

Wisconsin critical race theory debate lasts close to 7 hours
3 years, 4 months ago

Wisconsin critical race theory debate lasts close to 7 hours

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Lawmakers spent nearly seven hours Wednesday debating and listening to testimony on bills that would ban Wisconsin schools from teaching ideas linked to critical race theory. Democratic Sen. Chris Larson, of Milwaukee, the ranking member of the Senate Education Committee, challenged the co-authors to specify how many districts in the state were actually teaching critical race theory. …

Editorial: What critical race theory is — and isn’t — and why it belongs in schools
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: What critical race theory is — and isn’t — and why it belongs in schools

LA Times  

Race is a touchy subject in this country at the most easygoing of times, and these are not the most easygoing of times. But it’s particularly troubling when a board of education assembles a panel to educate itself and the public about ethnic studies and stacks it with people who detest critical race theory. That’s what happened in July at …

Randi Weingarten: You can’t keep us from teaching students honest history
3 years, 4 months ago

Randi Weingarten: You can’t keep us from teaching students honest history

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers. Critical race theory is the examination, principally in law school but also elsewhere at the undergraduate and graduate level in college, of whether systemic racism exists and whether it affects law and public policy – it asks, for example, whether policies that prohibited Black Americans from …

Texas Senate advances bill to restrict how race, nation’s history is taught in schools
3 years, 5 months ago

Texas Senate advances bill to restrict how race, nation’s history is taught in schools

CNN  

CNN — While the Texas Legislature remains embroiled in a battle over election laws, Republican senators have advanced a bill that would reshape how social studies teachers can discuss race and current events in their classrooms. However, the bill states that teachers can’t “require” or include in their courses, the concept that “one race or sex is inherently superior to …

Biden administration promoted 'Abolitionist Teaching Network' urging educators to disrupt Whiteness
3 years, 5 months ago

Biden administration promoted 'Abolitionist Teaching Network' urging educators to disrupt Whiteness

Daily Mail  

The Biden administration promoted a handbook urging teachers to 'disrupt Whiteness and other forms of oppression' in their Department of Education guidance on reopening schools, it has been revealed The Biden administration said it was an 'error' to promote a handbook urging teachers to 'disrupt Whiteness and other forms of oppression' in their Department of Education guidance on reopening schools. …

Schools not teaching race theory, some want to ban it anyway
3 years, 5 months ago

Schools not teaching race theory, some want to ban it anyway

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama might ban so-called “critical race theory” from being taught in public K-12 schools even though education officials said no schools are actually doing so. State Superintendent Eric Mackey said state school board members want to deal with the issue but said critical race theory is “certainly not” taught in schools now. One draft of the state …

'Critical Race Theory'? Here's What Teachers Say They're Actually Teaching
3 years, 5 months ago

'Critical Race Theory'? Here's What Teachers Say They're Actually Teaching

Huff Post  

vgajic via Getty Images Parents in school districts across the country are protesting critical race theory. ― Zach Balkcom, a high school teacher in Baldwin County, Georgia barbaragibbbons via Getty Images “If students ask why Black people had to sit at the back of the bus, are we expected to just ignore it?” I’m a second grade teacher in Texas. …

Critical race theory has become a social and political lightning rod
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory has become a social and political lightning rod

CNN  

CNN — From chaotic school board meetings to political strife along party lines, critical race theory has ignited a controversy across the country in recent months. Rufo had done some research on diversity trainings for federal employees and said he believed critical race theory had “pervaded” every level of government. “Critical race theory is being forced into our children’s schools, …

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