After criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the official course looks different: No more critical race theory, and the study of contemporary topics like Black Lives Matter is optional.
this is professor kimberly crenshaw. she and her colleagues invented critical race theory. critical race theory is the study of how law has historically facilitated racial projects of subordination like enslavement, like genocide, like colonialism, and how it continues to embed itself in our contemporary world. great. well done, professor crenshaw. we ll come back to you a little later. so i felt like i was placed on there not because of my credentials but we need someone who looks like you to sit here while we re talking about critical race theory and equity. be the black face amongst the white faces? right. what would you say the racial makeup of that district is? ironically, it s 60% minority. how many seats on the board? five seats.
historically facilitated racial projects of subordination liken slavement, like genocide, like colonialism. and how it continues to embed itself in our contemporary world. great. well done, professor crenshaw. we ll come back to you a little later. so i felt like i was placed on there not because of my credentials, but we need someone who looks like you to sit here while we re talking about critical race theory and equity. be the black face amongst the white case faissts. what would you say the breakdown among the races is? 60%. how many. five seats. any other minorities? nope. so 20% of the minority. but 60% of the district is minority. right. which is very uncomfortable. i even did a backpack school
randall kennedy, a rhodes scholar and harvard law professor. known as a small c conservative voice, he thought at law when professor crenshaw attended so, the back and forth they re having today has been going on for years. and they haven t always agreed, but look. they keep it respectful. take note, internet. i d add that the people that complain that crt and other progressive voices are painting american history in a one-dimensional misleading manner. i didn t hear any of this talk when you had people who were going to school and learning in their history books that slavery was actually not so bad. when people say critical race theory today, what they re talking about is a boogieman that has been created by people who want to vilify, besmirch,