Georgia Educators Outraged After State Lawmaker Asked If They re Teaching About White Privilege
On 1/29/21 at 11:51 AM EST
Educators in Georgia are speaking out against a Republican state representative who requested information from various public college and university officials about whether or not students were being taught that white people are privileged and oppressive. The frustration is grounded in the basic idea of the free pursuit of inquiry and political independence of higher education as defined in the phrase academic freedom, University of North Georgia s Dr. Matthew Boedy told
Newsweek on Friday.
According to the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Representative Emory Dunahoo, who is white, sent a series of questions to school leaders last week, including: Are any classes within the Georgia public school system or the University System of Georgia teaching students who identify as white, male, heterosexual, or Christian are intrinsically privileged and oppressive,
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