even though it s actually not part of the grade school curriculum. that same bill requiring the program to teach american patriotism. in florida, ron desantis blocking a new advanced placement course for high school students on african american studies, saying that that course lacks educational value. last year, he also signed a bill restricting how schools can talk about race with their students. governors and legislators, mostly on the right, waging a kind of war on what they see as so-called woke curriculum. others see as the, well, telling of truth and unvarnished truth at that, of our own american history. then there s the war on woke part two. this time it s called the word police. in arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders has banned the word latinx in all official state documents. and you may have heard that stanton university created a list of harmful language like, you guys, killing two birds with one stone, even the word american. we re going to dig into the quest
well, good evening everyone. i m laura coates, and this is cnn tonight. and look, it s really happening all across this country. a missouri bill that would ban critical race theory in kindergarten through 12th grade even though it s actually not part of the grade school curriculum. that same bill requiring the program to teach american patriotism. in florida, ron desantis blocking a new advanced placement course for high school students on african american studies, saying that that course lacks educational value. last year, he also signed a bill restricting how schools can talk about race with their students. governors and legislators, mostly on the right, waging a kind of war on what they see as so-called woke curriculum. others see as the, well, telling of truth and unvarnished truth at that, of our own american history. then there s the war on woke part two. this time it s called the word police. in arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders has banned the word latinx in a
one group of students this is somehow your fault. you re inferior or you caused harm or pain to this other child. to be talking to students about an early age about that, sounds like college debates to me. that s what has parents concerned and eets why you see legislators dealing with it at the state level. interesting enough, and john i want to bring you in, and nina. i don t know of a lesson that does the precise notion where they are singling out students to say you are the problem, you are bad. there s the taylor swift song of, hi, i m the problem, it s me. they may be citing that lyric. that s not what s happening in many classrooms. john, on this point, why is this perception not held when we learn, say, about the suffrage movement and women voting? i rarely hear an argument that someone makes about men collectively as a gender feeling
does the precise notion where they are singling out students to say you are the problem, you are bad. there s the taylor swift song of, hi, i m the problem, it s me. they may be citing that lyric. that s not what s happening in many classrooms. john, on this point, why is this perception not held when we learn, say, about the suffrage movement and women voting? i rarely hear an argument that someone makes about men collectively as a gender feeling as though they re alienated and targeted when we talk about women s rights in this country. why do you think the element of race, john, inserts a very different dynamic and nuance that has conversations like this? well, laura, that s because the original sin of slavery is a stain that spreads through american history. you can t understand american history or american political history without dealing with race. it s a fundamental fault line.
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