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 you.” Proponents of such critical race theory bans have argued that these laws are intended to keep racism out of the classroom. Actual critical race theory is an important part of understanding racism’s role in American society. “We need to pay attention to what has happened in this country and how what has happened is continuing to create differential outcomes, so that we can become the democratic republic we say we are,” Columbia University professor and leading critical race theory scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw explained last year. Elected officials, perhaps the institutions most equipped to combat the spread of critical race theory panic, have treated it as a sideshow and just another flashpoint in the culture war that will eventually fade away.

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'Just not taught': Republicans get pushback as they attack critical race theory in House
2 weeks, 4 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, 2 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 …

Whitewashing slavery in US schools will teach students anti-Blackness
1 year, 4 months ago

Whitewashing slavery in US schools will teach students anti-Blackness

Al Jazeera  

At a press event in Utah on July 21, GOP presidential contender and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis attempted to find the silver lining of American chattel slavery. DeSantis made these utterings while defending the Florida State Board of Education’s new standards for teaching African American history in public schools, which downplay and whitewash the enslavement of Africans in the Americas. …

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 …

GOP School Official Tells Teachers How They Can Discuss Tulsa Race Massacre
1 year, 5 months ago

GOP School Official Tells Teachers How They Can Discuss Tulsa Race Massacre

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Teaching kids about the Tulsa Race Massacre is completely fine, according to Oklahoma school Superintendent Ryan Walters. At a forum in Norman, Oklahoma, on Thursday, a resident asked Walters how teaching about the massacre — in which scores of white vigilantes terrorized a Black neighborhood over the course of two days — didn’t run afoul of the …

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 …

Buffalo shooter: Research on how red-pilling works.
2 years, 7 months ago

Buffalo shooter: Research on how red-pilling works.

Slate  

When the news alert popped up on my screen, I froze. Instead, it is a long process of socialization in which people are exposed not just to hateful language or racial epithets—although those are omnipresent—but to “evidence” that supports white supremacist and antisemitic worldviews. White supremacists are obsessed with biological determinism, renamed by modern racists as “race realism,” the idea …

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 …

Teaching of race ideology in schools is 'absolutely terrifying', warns minister
2 years, 9 months ago

Teaching of race ideology in schools is 'absolutely terrifying', warns minister

The Telegraph  

The teaching of race ideology in schools is "absolutely terrifying", the equalities minister has said, as she warns that children should not be asked to take the knee in class. Ms Badenoch said schools should not be teaching white children that they are oppressors and black children that they are victims as this will "give young people a grievance before …

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 …

Teachers reimagine US history lessons with eye on diversity
2 years, 9 months ago

Teachers reimagine US history lessons with eye on diversity

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Sit down. “By state standards, my students had to learn about old white slave owners, but they were young Black kids, and it wasn’t connecting,” said Brown, who released his latest album under his stage name, “Griot B.” “This education system is whitewashed completely. “We want them to be good citizens and the way you become a good …

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 …

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 …

A History Lesson In A Critical Race Theory-Free America
2 years, 10 months ago

A History Lesson In A Critical Race Theory-Free America

Huff Post  

The year is 2033. White people, even the ones who didn’t cause any killings, felt personally attacked — so they fought back. It’s just a coincidence that as soon as a Black person was elected president of the United States way back in 2008, your dear old Uncle Mitchell — who was never really interested in politics — started watching …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Meet Christopher Rufo — leader of the incoherent right-wing attack on "critical race theory"
3 years, 4 months ago

Meet Christopher Rufo — leader of the incoherent right-wing attack on "critical race theory"

Salon  

The attacks on "critical race theory" over these last nine months have sought to silence any critical focus on racism today, on structures, institutions, systems, acts and people deemed racist, and to reshape historical memory regarding race to this end. Gonzalez published a book, "The Plot to Change America," targeting identity politics, centering terms Rufo would later mobilize to attack …

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 …

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: Conservatives actually love it – when they turn the subject to ‘oppressed’ White people
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory: Conservatives actually love it – when they turn the subject to ‘oppressed’ White people

CNN  

CNN — If you’re trying to figure out why so many conservatives despise critical race theory, here’s some historical context you should remember: White conservatives oppose critical race theory – only when it’s applied to Black people. Critical race theory opponents borrow from the anti-racists they denounce Conservatives accuse critical race theorists of “planting hatred in the minds of the …

What is critical race theory, the school of thought enraging conservatives?
3 years, 5 months ago

What is critical race theory, the school of thought enraging conservatives?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines critical race theory as an “intellectual movement and loosely organized …

The engineered panic over critical race theory, explained
3 years, 5 months ago

The engineered panic over critical race theory, explained

CNN  

Washington CNN — A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Race Deconstructed newsletter. ” ‘Strung together, the phrase “critical race theory” connotes hostile, academic, divisive, race-obsessed, poisonous, elitist, anti-American,’ ” explained Christopher F. Rufo, one of the conservative activists who – with the help of Fox News, a network that’s become its own language – engineered the panic over …

Critical race theory panic: Surveying the elusive ‘national conversation on race’
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory panic: Surveying the elusive ‘national conversation on race’

CNN  

CNN — Keziah Ridgeway says she’s the only teacher she knows in Philadelphia who teaches critical race theory in public high school – and she teaches it in her anthropology class, as one framework among many to understand human cultures. “It’s a conflation of issues” – history, critical race theory, equity, diversity and inclusion – “it’s all being put together. …

The Origin Of The Debate Over Critical Race Theory : Consider This from NPR : NPR
3 years, 5 months ago

The Origin Of The Debate Over Critical Race Theory : Consider This from NPR : NPR

NPR  

How Critical Race Theory Went From Harvard Law To Fox News Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect Critical race theory is a legal framework developed decades ago at Harvard Law School. Today, it's become the subject of heated debate on Fox News and in local school board meetings across …

I'm A Black Mom. Here's What White Parents Need To Understand About Critical Race Theory.
3 years, 5 months ago

I'm A Black Mom. Here's What White Parents Need To Understand About Critical Race Theory.

Huff Post  

A sign reading "Stop sugarcoating American history" sits at the feet of demonstrators at a march against racism on June 19, 2020, at a high school in Milton, Massachusetts. I was just a Black mom whose two Black sons had never read a school-assigned book in which people who looked like them weren’t the “magical negro” trope or in chains. …

Explainer: As critical race theory divides US schools, decoding the concept, and why some find it 'objectionable'
3 years, 5 months ago

Explainer: As critical race theory divides US schools, decoding the concept, and why some find it 'objectionable'

Firstpost  

The concept known as critical race theory is the new lightning rod of the GOP. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and persuade white people that they are inherently racist and should feel guilty because of their advantages. Critical race theory popped into the mainstream last September when then-President Trump …

Critical race theory and the scam of the ban
3 years, 5 months ago

Critical race theory and the scam of the ban

Al Jazeera  

Critical race theory is too advanced to be taught in schools. Once again, the racist and fascist American right is conning the American public, this time in declaring critical race theory an existential threat to the United States. The nature of all bans on critical race theory is a bait and switch, to declare the teaching of a more-inclusive history …

Teachers Say GOP's Critical Race Theory Bills 'Whitewash American History'
3 years, 5 months ago

Teachers Say GOP's Critical Race Theory Bills 'Whitewash American History'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Public school teachers in states where new laws could prevent them from teaching about systemic racism and white privilege are incensed — and say they just want to teach the truth. Tennessee’s law says public school teachers can give “impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a group,” yet can’t discuss how “an individual, by virtue of …

EXPLAINER: So much buzz, but what is critical race theory?
3 years, 5 months ago

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

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump has railed against it. Many Republicans view the concepts underlying critical race theory as an effort to rewrite American history and persuade white people that they are inherently racist and should feel guilty because of their advantages. Critical race theory popped into the mainstream last September when then-President Trump took aim at it …

The Battle Over Teaching Critical Race Theory : Fresh Air
3 years, 6 months ago

The Battle Over Teaching Critical Race Theory : Fresh Air

NPR  

The Battle Over Teaching Critical Race Theory : Fresh Air An NBC News analysis finds at least 165 local and national groups are trying to disrupt or block lessons on critical race theory. "Opponents are using critical race theory as really more of a catchall to include anything teaching students about systemic racism, any mention of white privilege, and really …

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory
3 years, 6 months ago

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory

NPR  

Understanding The Republican Opposition To Critical Race Theory NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Barbara Sprunt break down the Republican led efforts in the U.S. to discourage educators from teaching critical race theory in grade-level schools. Trump's EO didn't actually mention critical race theory then, even in the sections specifying what shouldn't be taught in the armed forces or at federal agencies. …

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