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.
Vandals punched and kicked a hole through the “Black Lives Matter” lawn sign at Eliot Unitarian Chapel, 100 S. Taylor Ave. in Kirkwood, at about 2 a.m. on Thursday, May