Posted on Jun 7, 2021
Teaching Race And History In America's Schools | 1A
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The latest culture war is playing out in the American classroom.
Several states including Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma have banned teaching Critical Race Theory, an academic pursuit examining how race intersects with history. Many may not know the fundamentals of the theory, but the decades-old concept was pushed into the public consciousness by former President Donald Trump last year.
Now, the theory is the subject of debate. Republican-led state legislators say it’s anti-American and sows division. But opponents of the bans on its teaching say they misunderstand the theory’s framework.
What exactly is Critical Race Theory? And what’s the right way to teach America’s complicated racial history?
Several states including Idaho, Tennessee, and Oklahoma have banned teaching Critical Race Theory, an academic pursuit examining how race intersects with history. Many may not know the fundamentals of the theory, but the decades-old concept was pushed into the public consciousness by former President Donald Trump last year.
Now, the theory is the subject of debate. Republican-led state legislators say it’s anti-American and sows division. But opponents of the bans on its teaching say they misunderstand the theory’s framework.
What exactly is Critical Race Theory? And what’s the right way to teach America’s complicated racial history?
Teaching Race And History In America's Schools | 1A
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Critical race theory basically white people have advantages and are racists with out being aware. So a game of humiliation is played. I have a friend taking an advanced education course. She has to write papers on how her whiteness allowed her to advance in society while others didn’t and use Critical Race Theory (CRT) to document the reasons. A biracial kid ( white and black) was disciplined in school because he refused to write about how he was advantaged by his whiteness.
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