Few topics have been more in the public awareness in 2021 than Critical Race Theory (CRT). Yet few people seem to know exactly what this is. For the past four decades CRT has been an academic activity with little exposure by name to the general public. This week we have what I think is a balanced review of what this thing is that s called CRT.
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This discussion by Ryan Chapman uses excerpts from five leading books on Critical Race Theory to create a framework of descriptions. He avoids making any specific statements that are not backed by these sources. I think he is successful in furthering understanding of CRT. But not everyone does. A comment on the Lars P. Syll blog (HT for connecting me with this video) expresses one viewpoint:
Kansas school boards grapple with critical race theory education
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Local and state school boards grapple with critical race theory as national debate comes to Kansas
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What is critical race theory? Explaining the discipline that Texas governor wants to abolish
By ISABELLA ZOU and The Texas Tribune
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Teacher Melissa Perry reads to her fifth grade class at Jacob’s Well Elementary School in Wimberley on September 4, 2020. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Gov. Greg Abbottsigned into law a bill last week that restricts how current events and America’s history of racism can be taught in Texas schools. It’s been commonly referred to as the critical race theory bill, though the term critical race theory never appears in it.
But in signing the bill, Abbott said more must be done to abolish critical race theory in Texas, and announced that he would ask the Legislature to address the issue during a special session this summer.