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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1) I actually studied CRT at the graduate level and that's not what's happening in schools here. Letting children know racism exists and has been an important part of our history is not CRT. Here's a reading list for those asking what it is: https://researchguides.library.vanderbilt.edu/c.php?g=414672&p=3327226. I recommend this article: https://harvardlawreview.org/1993/06/whiteness-as-property/

2) I am in favor of kids learning about the history and presence of racism in the US at grade appropriate levels (e.g. my first grader can't learn about legal history because he still doesn't have much understanding of the legal system, but he can learn in a fairly basic way about segregation, and we talk at home about how this influenced our city and school system). [/quote]

Good summary.  That's how I feel about it.  My kids need to learn about the history and presence of racism in the US.  I get really mad the more I read and learn about important things that were glossed over or skipped in my own education.[/quote]

+1 What I keep hearing called "CRT" is nothing like CRT. It's just...a broader understanding of history. I want my kids to learn the complexities of our country's founding - the ways in which the founders both succeeded and fell short of their rhetoric around enlightenment and liberty.

Similarly, I want them to engage with primary texts that some folks would rather keep hidden. They can read the Articles of Secession for themselves and figure out what was behind the Civil War, and they can watch the videos of "Mothers of Massive Resistance" opposing desegregation. They can learn the whole messy history, even if it's hard. [/quote]

Exactly. There is something seriously wrong with anyone who opposes this.[/quote]

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