Multiple states banned teaching critical race theory in schools â here s what educators have to say
and last updated 2021-06-26 00:53:45-04
The idea of teaching critical race theory has become a contentious issue. Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and a handful of other states have banned the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 classrooms in recent weeks.
But what is it?
âCritical race theory is the theory that our systems in this country are bound up in race,â said Kerry Goldmann, a lecturer at the University of North Texas.
âIt pretty much offers a space where we recognize how race plays a part in everything that happens in the lives of people in this country,â said Jalaya Liles Dunn, the director of Teaching Tolerance program at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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The idea of teaching critical race theory has become a contentious issue. Florida, Oklahoma, Texas, and a handful of other states have banned the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 classrooms in recent weeks.
Critical race theory, or CRT often a graduate-level framework examining how the legacy of slavery and segregation in America is embedded in its legal systems and policies has become the source of a political flashpoint across the country. The debate over its potential role in school curricula has roiled school districts and state legislatures nationwide. Amna Nawaz reports.
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