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Article: I USED CRITICAL RACE THEORY FOR 23 YEARS IN THE New York City PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS--AND DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT! - This essay is intended as a primer of sorts on critical race theory (CRT), what it is, why its under attack, giving an historical overview of the emergence of white suppremacy and how the basic CRT tenets are essential to any truthful accounting of u.s. history

Article: I USED CRITICAL RACE THEORY FOR 23 YEARS IN THE New York City PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS--AND DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT! - This essay is intended as a primer of sorts on critical race theory (CRT), what it is, why its under attack, giving an historical overview of the emergence of white suppremacy and how the basic CRT tenets are essential to any truthful accounting of u.s. history

Terrell R. Morton, a University of Illinois-Chicago professor, highlighted the "numerical underrepresentation of Black individuals in postsecondary chemistry" and science in general.

A conservative organization claims Pearson's emphasis on anti-racism and restructuring of biological identification of people echoes critical race theory.

An upcoming Heritage Foundation report argues that Pearson's commitment to embedding anti-racism in teaching and learning means the publishing giant is pushing critical race theory.

Some conservatives have taken to using the phrase "critical race theory" to label any race-related instruction that touches on racial oppression.

Let’s acknowledge and celebrate Black History Month, while recognizing that for too long, too much of American history has been white history.

The idea that a young child has a gender identity contrary to his or her biological sex is widely unpopular. In a New York Times/Siena Poll released in September, 70% of registered voters were strongly or somewhat opposed to teaching elementary school children about gender identity and sexual orientation. More than half were opposed to teaching middle school students about this topic, and 42% were opposed to teaching it to high school students.

 

[This piece has been published in Restoring America to highlight a recent Minnesota proposal that would require public schools to teach toxic racialism.]