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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am ok with CRT as long as it's truthful. The truth will set us free.[/quote]

I’m a teacher and my principal was going to require us to read White Fragility, which I thought was wildly inappropriate.  Teaching about Ruby Bridges isn’t CRT and is not what the complaint is about.  Schools operating under the assumption that all white people are latent racists is CRT and is an incredibly divisive framework to operate under.  
As a teacher, I don’t see that the ideology of CRT has made it Into the classroom, but it has definitely made it into teacher training and just the overall ideology that school divisions are operating. Examples of this include as I stated previously, requiring  teachers to read White Fragility, the movement (in Virginia) to remove advanced math classes and the advanced diploma, TJ watering down their admissions standards, school districts hiring full time equity officers, etc. [/quote]

As an educator, I strongly encourage you to read White Fragility. You don’t have to agree with it, but it may increase your ability to empathize with the lived experience of POC students. You can’t imagine the harm done by unconscious bias and micro aggressions, particularly those that occur in elementary and middle school. To dedicate your life to students is admirable. Please consider exploring this area, just as a means to understand your students a bit better.[/quote]

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