UC board that sets high school admissions requirements rejects draft ethnic studies guidelines viewed as ideological and divisive; drafters vow to fight on.
Author: Shannon Handy (Reporter) Updated: 8:16 PM PDT June 28, 2021
CALIFORNIA, USA When it comes to what s being taught in schools as it relates to race, critical race theory, or CRT, has become a hotly debated issue.
You ve probably heard the term either on the news, or social media.
Some states are trying to ban critical race theory, and there s often disagreement about what it is.
News 8 interviewed Dr. Andrew Jolivette, author and chair of the Ethnic Studies department at UC San Diego.
We asked Jolivette, what is critical race theory? It s a concept that academic scholars have used to try to understand the structure of racism, so how racism actually functions in society, said Jolivette.