A Houston ISD history lesson about Texas independence asked seventh graders if slavery should be legal. The district says the lesson “does not meet our curriculum quality standards” and will be replaced.
conservative activist. for years, there is explicit goal has been to eradicate critical race theory which he deliberately confuses with dei or a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives from, quote, every institution in america, and quote. he is not shy about showing his true colors. he s telegraphed every step of his master plan along the way and his strategy has worked. in 2021, his anti crt campaign drummed up enough conservative pressure against nikole hannah-jones, the cofounder of the 16 19 project, that the university of north carolina denied her tenure. jones, by the way, had a pulitzer prize, a mcarthur genius grant, and support from the school s chancellor and faculty. no one who would held the position to which she was hired had ever before been denied tenure. that history and her accomplishments were no match for the conservative pressure cooker. hannah-jones moved on. she is now chairing the night chair of race and journalism at howard university.
mr. desantis education curriculum it s a fight that biden world does not mind having. they re heavily leaning into this and other cultural flash points been embraced by republicans. their positioning themselves as the ones that can protect freedoms that are under attack by republicans. ali, thank you. let s bring in democratic strategist and founder of the national voter protection action fund, don calloway. republican strategist, susan del percio. as well as florida congressman, david jolly. both susan and david are nbc political analyst. let s start with you, don. what is your reaction to these new guidelines, and the vice presidents quick and scathing personal response? for those of us who have watched the sociology, and tracked the trends in these policies for the past ten years, you would think that once the southern legislature has passed this anti crt, anti factual history stuff, that could end in one of two ways.
only thing the only thing run to santos has done that. i gotta give him credit for this boy that got people riled up all the stuff they can t understand. don t nobody. they don t know what critical race theory is. get these people riled up about something that they can t even define like crypto n. f. t s. ask any republican that s anti crt as any republican trying to explain to your t they sound like a democrat trying to explain the charges against trump. it s bad everywhere. just got to stop it. we ve got to stop it. we got the files. we got files. we ll be right back. i m rachel maddow. i have files. rachel maddow, get them files on you. it s a wrap. i think republicans. y all would be surprised, man, if you all would just be real about what crt is that you can be surprised. some black folks might might meet you halfway but you got to tell the truth. you can t lie to black people call it what it is. anti crt