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Stoking racial tensions with reckless accusations.

There is trending the idea that we need to be selective about the history we want to learn, that there are certain things that should be dismissed, and certain things

Gerald Ott writes about misreadings of "critical race theory" and his journey to becoming educated about race and racism in U.S. history.

The state’s 1865 constitution sought to preserve the trappings of slavery.

Its essential that students learn about Floridas ugly history. But the new social studies standards dont gloss over the damning facts.

It's essential that students learn about Florida's ugly history. But the new social studies standards don't gloss over the damning facts.

It is sheer poisonous demagoguery to claim, as Harris does, that making students aware of the range of skills many Black people mastered while enslaved is "replac[ing] history with lies."

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary defines racism as, "Racism, noun, a belief that race is a fundamental determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent …

Racism, both systemic and societal, has been a problem in this country for centuries. In many ways it was societal racism, the general belief in the inferiority of certain races, that led to many of the racist laws or systemic racism. To me, this leads to a Catch-22. How do you get rid of one withou