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Critical Race Theory Implicitly Taught in Schools: ‘Moms of Liberty’ Activist Williamson County in Tennessee in 2020 adopted a new curriculum, “Wit and Wisdom,” which incorporates the quasi-Marxist critical race theory (CRT), in grades K through five at the beginning of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdowns. Although legislation prohibiting teaching CRT in public schools in Tennessee went into effect in July, these ideas are now infused throughout the curriculum, according ...

Last week, we marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Congressman John Lewis who spent his life working to advance voting and civil rights for Black Americans.  We also lost Gloria Richardson, a largely unsung civil rights activist who passed away at the age of 99. Richardson was known for her relentless activism, and iconic photo pushing away the bayonet of a National Guardsman during a 1963 protest.  These activists, along with an endless list of so many, helped pave the way for o...

Statues Come Down While Barriers To Truth Are Erected In Charlottesville, Va., where a Unite the Right gathering of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, Lost Cause devotees and other angry history deniers left destruction and death in their path in 2017, there was a different scene this past weekend. The city removed statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, memorials to those who fought on the losing side of a Civil War to maintain the brutal and murderous instit...

Copy URL You can now add legislation from a potential 2024 presidential candidate to the growing stack of proposals on Capitol Hill that Republicans are using to signal their opposition to critical race theory. The “Stop CRT Act” from Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., which the senator unveiled Wednesday and is a companion bill to House legislation filed in May, would prohibit federal funds from going to schools that teach students that one race is inherently inferior or superior to another, t...

In virginia, weve seen arrests after protests from conservative parents erupted at the school board meeting over the nonexistent teaching of critical race theory. in tennessee, a high school teacher was just fired after teaching an essay about white privilege. also in tennessee, parents claiming the book and civil rights classic ruby bridges goes to school, they protested that being included because it was anti-american. and this isnt just about isolated extreme incidents. look at all the states...

The chests of police officers. >> treating our kids in elementary schools like victims of police brutality. and sadly this issue goes far beyond tucker and fox. in virginia, weve seen arrests after angry protests from conservative parents erupted at a school board meeting over the nonexistent theory of critical race theory. a teacher was fired as he teechd a essay about white privilege. also in tennessee enraged parents lashing out that books and ruby bridges goes to school, they protested that ...

Tennessee Republicans Are Trying to Remove Ruby Bridges From School. In 2021. Time is a flat circle. By Dan Van WinkleJul 9th, 2021, 5:03 pm With 2020 often spoken of as the time of a “racial reckoning” in America, it’s no surprise to anyone who knows this country that there would be a strong pushback against such a thing making any real progress. That has manifested in the right-wing attacking anything and everything that comes anywhere close to an honest discussion of the facts of race...

New Orleans St. Augustine High School Marching Band, the self-proclaimed "Best Band in the Land" Sharyn Alfonsi reports on the band that desegregated Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans and played through the pandemic. 2021 Jul 04 Instead, New Orleans was eerily quiet.   Unless you listened extra carefully. Far from the normal parade route, we found a high school marching band breaking the silence. They call themselves the "Best Band in the Land." As we first...

WMUKs Gordon Bolar reviews the Farmers Alley Theatre production of She Persisted The origins of the musical “She Persisted” can be traced to a children’s book of the same name by Chelsea Clinton. Before that, credit for the phrase goes to then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for his comment regarding the actions of fellow Senator Elizabeth Warren. But politics isn’t the central focus of this one-hour musical, which is designed for families and children. Instead, this uplifting sh...

The curriculum was selected in April 2020 and used in K-5 WCS classrooms last school year. It has since garnered mixed feedback from families.