Press Misinformation on Critical Race Theory in Schools Fuels the Fight
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38 responses to “Press Misinformation on Critical Race Theory in Schools Fuels the Fight”
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Hi Jim! Do you mean articles like this one?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/19/virginia-dial-c-crisis/
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From your WaPo column: “The cries now are not only for book-banning but also against masking in schools and the supposed teaching of critical race theory, an obscure-until-now graduate school concept that studies pervasive racism in society, even though it isn’t used at all in Virginia’s public primary and secondary schools.”
Total confirmation of Hess’ essay.
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If that’s true then why did Sherlock publish so many BR articles, not only saying it was, but that it was Marxist?
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Hey Pete… while the Bacon doesn’t fall far from the, uh…, er.. eggs… It was Sherlock what wrote this particular piece of red-baited race baiting.
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“Red-baited race baiting”. Say that fast four times. But, nevertheless, an incisive and scintillating contribution to the discussion.
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From the NAACP position:
“The term “critical race theory” has been co-opted by opponents as a catch-all and rallying cry to silence any discussions about systemic racism, ban the truthful teaching of American history, and reverse progress toward racial justice.”
I thoroughly disagree, but you have to admit that it aligns exactly with Hess’ report.
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I do indeed.
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“They report in virtually every article that anti-CRT factions don’t want the history of racism and slavery taught in schools. For the vast majority of those who protest CRT in schools, including Virginia’s Governor-elect, that is not a consideration. They want it taught accurately and in context, but do not oppose it.”
Well the anti-CRT crowd in TN do not want to teach history. See list of books they wish to ban.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16W9grkwSFsIPRQOSpQfnAHNJzvDH5Bkk/view https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0c2335d68b8ef3ed4fab84fb8629b0d4ee18dd57d0b19b87085e4cba55ffb5fd.jpg
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I’ve never heard of those books. I doubt you have either. This list is meaningless unless we know the reasons behind the effort to ban them. Perhaps the would-be banners are know-nothings. Or perhaps the books are total historical garbage. In either case, this has nothing to do with the debate in Virginia.
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Read the complaint it is all in there. As to the so-called Virginia debate, I would point you to James’s first sentence:
“Americans are at one another’s throats over critical race theory in schools.”
Americans not just Virginians
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The letter says “History must be taught through an objective lens and complex subjects presented at an age where they can be analyzed and understood n appropriate historical context.” That fits Virginia too.
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Anecdotal and out of context.
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Not out of context nor anecdotal. The entire complaint is included at the link.
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The complaint is based on the claims of one person. Therefore, it is anecdotal.
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University Park ISD, Tx. banned “The Art of Racing in the Rain” for all grades. Go figure.
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a46d05a55487f6af7cb3f74986bee01665d5ada66391bd5dc43e254a30294e0e.jpg Can’t imagine why they would want to ban this one, eh??
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On the other hand, I can understand why they would ban this book…
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Wow. That’s surprising. University Park, Texas, is only about a 3 hour drive from the Circuit of the Americas, so I’d venture to guess that more than one student from their school system might have some future use for the information that book contains…
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Eric
Did you even read the letter explaining why and how they were used in a curriculum for second grade children? Did you read the reactions of children who actually experienced this? Do you really think this kind of indoctrination is acceptable?
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Seems to me that (even with the anti-CRT slant of the letter) the curriculum focuses on the strength of the victims and their non-violent protest in the face of violence. Very little difference between this and how they recommend teaching the Holocaust to primary students (i.e., focus on stories of rescue and heroism, etc.) I don’t hear anyone saying that Holocaust teaching is design to indoctrinate students and train them to hate their own German ancestry.
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But that’s not what the teacher’s manual does, so there’s a lot of difference. It’s the lack of context and difference between then and now, as if nothing has changed in the past fifty-plus years. On the Ruby Bridges book, they point out specific points.
“The accompanying teacher’s manual goes on to teach the following:
“Tells students to repeatedly focus on and emphasizes the racist images”
“Instructs the teacher to point out this word [N-word] whether
or not the students notice it on their own [in one of the images], and to then lead a discussion about “emotionally charged language.”“On Day 15, a lesson on descriptive language instructs the
teachers to describe white people with the adverb ‘rudely’ and the adjective ‘vicious.’”“The book makes no mention of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
desegregation, black heroes such as Justice Thurgood Marshall, Justice Clarence Thomas, Jackie Robinson, Morgan Freeman, Glen Colin Powell, Secretary Condolezza Riche, Secretary Ben Carson or President Obama, or any of the subsequent progress America has made toward “a more perfect union.” Instead, 7-8-year-old children are left with a picture of America as a racist country, rife with injustice.”Of course, that is exactly what CRT maintains is today’s situation.
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“But that’s not what the teacher’s manual does…” Of course you do not know what the “teacher’s manual” says as there is not a copy provided. You do have a report from an anti-CRT parent who says what the manual supposedly says. You also do not know that the Wit and Wisdom curriculum does not teach about other black heroes. I suspect it certainly does.
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Ok, since we are not going to teach the history of the non-violent fight for civil rights in the US because it is too heavily for 2nd graders, I assume you also believe there should be no teaching involving 9/11 to 2nd graders as well.
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For every AEI-affliated pundit criticizing the coverage, I can provide you with a non AEI-afflilated commenter in favor. Rather than your opinion piece from Education Week, I prefer this one: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05
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I read Sawchuk’s piece in May.
He personally takes the progressive position. But while he dismissed the opposition positions, he was more forthcoming about the context of the conservative arguments than any other author there until Hess.
If you subscribe to EdWeek, go to https://www.edweek.org/leadership/equity-diversity a scan through the articles there. You will see what I mean.
I congratulate EdWeek for running Hess’s short report on his detailed study. And I congratulate Mr. Hess for doing the research and reporting on it.
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Jim Bacon, I guess I am “Exhibit A.”
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I won’t hazard a guess as o what the “A” stands for.
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A number of years ago, Joseph Califano was interviewed by the Washington Lawyer, a publication of the District of Columbia Bar. Among his comments was his criticism of the creation of the U.S. Department of Education as a waste of government resources and efficiency. Califano said that the only reason that a separate department was created was to appease the teachers unions.
So why would anyone believe what a professional educrat (who probably hasn’t taught in 20 years) would write about CRT? They are totally dependent on academic waste for their livelihoods.
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“WHY HAS IT BECOME SO POLITICIZED?
Resistance to critical race theory is not a new phenomenon. However, the term jumped into headlines and social media feeds in recent years when, in a Constitution Day speech at the National Archives, former president Donald Trump characterized education that takes a critical lens as “radical” and “ideological poison.” Trump went on to attack the “1619 Project” and announced an executive order establishing the short-lived “1776 Commission” to “promote patriotic education.” He also issued a subsequent executive order banning government contractors from conducting racial sensitivity and diversity training in the workplace.The executive orders were a reaction to educational initiatives—like the “1619 Project” or the work of Howard Zinn—designed to examine professional development, pedagogy, teaching and learning through a critical lens, labeling any approach that acknowledges American racism, white supremacy, white privilege, intersectionality, microaggressions, and the like as dangerous, unpatriotic and, ironically, racist. ”
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“educational initiatives—like the “1619 Project” or the work of Howard Zinn”.
The 1619 project centers slavery in the founding of the United States. The author is welcome to her opinion, but even left-leaning historians dismiss much of it.
Zinn described himself as “something of an anarchist, something of a socialist”. His work reflects his beliefs.
Both are political initiatives.
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‘Salright Capt’n you didn’t do anything with CRT that the Birchers didn’t do with the CRA…
Is this your way of saying all that “CRT is Marxist” claptrap you wrote ain’t your fault ’cause nobody got it right?
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As I have told you many times, go with whatever makes you happy.
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You certainly do. Reality? Facts? Why bother?
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Notice the Smithsonian got the US flag hanging incorrectly. I guess it doesn’t have any Boy Scouts on its payroll.
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