Indianapolis Star
Hundreds of Indiana Democrats rallied online Thursday night as prominent party leaders renewed a commitment to rebuilding the party after a devastating series of losses in the 2020 statewide elections.
Among the speakers at the annual fundraising event were Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman Jaime Harrison and Kentucky governor Andy Beshear.
“The 2022 election doesn’t start next summer after the primaries; it starts today,” said Harrison at the fundraising dinner, which was held as a Zoom virtual webinar. He reminded Indiana Democrats that the party was not giving up on flipping the state blue. “There is no such thing as a ruby-red state. They’re just parts of the country that we can put more effort into,” he added.
This is an op-ed by Jane Page, a retired professor of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading at Georgia Southern University and a Unitarian Universalist minister.
The recent proclamations by many leaders regarding banning the teaching of Critical Race Theory as well as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in our schools is disturbing and misleading.
One high-ranking state official weighed in before the Cherokee County ban with a letter to the Georgia Board of Education calling Critical Race Theory a “dangerous ideology, and encouraged them to consider banning any curriculum related to it. This shows either a deep misunderstanding of Critical Race Theory or a real attempt to keep students from using the highly valued critical thinking skills when thinking about race, diversity, equity and Inclusion.