Whatever happened to the fight over Critical Race Theory?
How Republicans’ brief national crusade against CRT changed the political landscape.
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for those who are not aware, i should mention that the bogus scandal over 'critical race theory' was invented out of whole cloth by a specific #GQP strategist, christopher rufo, who didn't even try to his cold-blooded, sadistic cynicism about using this to scare low-information voters into voting for GQP people and initiatives.
by 'didn't even try,' i mean: he literally tweeted out his strategy [and his reasons for recommending it].
and guess what: it worked.
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@LiberalLibrarian wrote:
Critical race theory should be taught from kindergarten.
No. I'm not saying white people should feel guilty. But they and their children should be fully aware of the entirety of American history. And oddly, most people agree, according to this study.
@grapho @LiberalLibrarian I completely disagree regarding critical race theory. I took it in law school and it is a legal analysis. Children don’t study the law. We can deliver claims of education, but critical race theory isn’t appropriate for kids because they can’t understand legal concepts.
There are plenty of other ways to address the issues of racism and discrimination. I never had critical. Race theory when I was in school and I very much understood racism was wrong.
@J_Windrow I may have had my tongue firmly in cheek. Just to show that, yes, the totality of US history, good and bad, needs to be taught. @grapho
@LiberalLibrarian @grapho I think we can teach history and social responsibility age appropriately.
The nuns did a good job by saying all humans were like cells in the body of Christ. I got that age 7.
We could say that we're a microcosm of Gaia (god not required).
We teach kids what they can absorb and understand at various ages.
Mostly we teach through our actions.
My daughter grew up in a multicultural environment with friends from all races, religions, etc. Same<-->same.