one theory and a reality, too. america is not a racist country. we should not be teaching our children to be divided by race. that is horrific. it is anti-american and it is why we need to make sure these local school districts do not adopt that curriculum. there are many of these federal education association that support implementing the critical race theory curriculum. it very problematic and pits children one against the other. we don t want to live in a place with the oppressed and oppressor. it s not a healthy discussion. we can talk about the past and america being an imperfect country and things that we have had to fix but we also need to come together as a nation. or we ll lose this country and lose our children. harris: all right. good to see you both. great discussion. thank you so much. see you next time. i want to bring you a bit of
jillian: thank you for joining us. looking at that on the right side. todd: kansas for all intents and purposes jillian: the one blue in that column of already on the left. it is telling. todd: about 27 after the hour, two parents challenge the critical race theory curriculum at a private school in ohio and school took it out on their kids by expelling all three of them. those two moms join us with the story, do not go anywhere.
country. so what s your reaction to that, and why is it that republicans in texas and more than a dozen other states wants to keep critical race theory curriculum out of schools? yeah. well s let s discard the critical race theory component because this has nothing to do with race theory. what you re talking about is they want to make it so that you can t teach and talk about structural issues in our society or curren events that are happening in our society. my mom taught, and i was raised by a single mother and my mom taught in schools for 27 years. my aunt, her sister was also a teacher here in the state of texas and i went to public school in dallas. i can tell you that that job of being a teacher is already hard enough without having state legislators trying to score political points or get on fox news or run for president in 2024 by scoring points by saying they re going to restrict what you can teach and how you can talk about things. i mean, give me a break. here in dallas, o
staff writer at the atlantic and the author of how the word is passed. a reckoning with the history of slavery across america. clint, i m so happy to have you on. thank you. i m going to get to your book. i ll start with the opposition of the critical race theory. senator tom cotton, mitch mcconnell, other republican lawmakers issuing a bill that would prohibit the use of federal funds to teach 1619 project. here s what senator cotton said. he said activists in schools want to teach kids to hate america, hate chut using discredited race theory curriculum like the 1619. they should not indoctrinate our youth. look, this is just not accurate and it really shows how afraid people are to talk about race. how did critical race theory become the new boogie man for the right? yeah. i think part of what it reflects
stated that as a virginian teacher tanner cross and his attorney. they joined us on the program yesterday shortly after a judge ordered that he be reinstated after he was suspended for opposing his school s transgender policy. just hours later, about 120 parents and teachers showed up, most speaking out against the new critical race theory curriculum. ian prior, founder of open website for schools.com will join us shortly. mike emanuel is standing by with the very latest on all this. good afternoon. some out here suggest that the leadership should be more open to listening to input from parents. i encourage them to ask themselves and silencing opinions to uphold our freedoms. is that what america was founded upon, or do we as americans support the voicing of all