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Why conservatives oppose critical race theory
They struggle to define what it means but consider the theory a serious threat to the country and a setback to race relations
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Betty Sawyer, a supporter of critical race theory, center, exchanges views with a group of women opposed to the theory, after a protest organized by the Utah Educational Equity Coalition outside of the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
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Glenn Beck called it “the knockout punch for America.” Tucker Carlson says it’s a “noxious lie.”
Critical race theory has also been called anti-American propaganda, a cult and a virus that is more dangerous in the long term than COVID-19. It’s hard to find a conservative voice that hasn’t denounced it in the past few weeks, giving the fractured GOP a unifying issue.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Democrats walked off the House floor Wednesday in protest of a resolution recommending that the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law. Republican lawmakers say they want to ensure that children aren’t being taught that one […]
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SOPHIA EPPOLITO, Associated Press/Report for America
May 19, 2021
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1of9Monica Wilbur expresses her opposition to critical race theory at the State Capital in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)Trent Nelson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of9As Michelle Love-Day speaks, Sophia Anderson holds up a sign with the opposite opinion, during a news conference by the Utah Educational Equity Coalition at the State Captiol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)Trent Nelson/APShow MoreShow Less
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SALT LAKE CITY Legislators approved two resolutions on Wednesday to urge the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider harmful critical race theory concepts.
The resolutions were approved despite outcry from community activists and educators, who gathered on the Capitol steps to oppose the resolutions earlier Wednesday morning, and despite Democrats walking out of the House chamber in protest.
The controversial resolutions state some concepts contained in critical race theory degrade important societal values and, if introduced in the classrooms, would harm students learning in the public education system. While not encouraging an outright ban of the theory, the resolutions urge the State School Board to ensure certain concepts aren t taught in Utah schools including: