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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am okay with my DC learning about anything. Saying that, as far as I understand it, CRT is about tearing down the current system as it is deemed racist - this is total BS and I am absolutely not okay with that. Do I think kids should be aware of systematic racism - absolutely, it exist and it should be dealt with!But do we have to tear the entire system to fix it - i don’t think so, that is inviting chaos an anarchy![/quote]

Right.  But isn't discussing all of this and letting kids apply their own critical reasoning skills to it the whole point of education?  Talking HS here.  But the idea that a HS kid can't be introduced to topics that make them uncomfortable and even to a philosophy or political ideology that they may come to reject is completely ridiculous to me. Can they not take comparative government and learn about Marxism without threatening our culture and feeling attacked as horrible capitalists?   Learning and discussing difficult topis is an important part of education. I don't need anyone to protect my kid from CRT or any other discipline of thought.  And, BTW, we absolutely need to revise the way we teach history to include the fact that racism is embedded in our government systems beginning with the constitution. I was following a debate on Facebook this week where a woman was explaining why CRT is so offensive to her and it came down to "we live in a non-discriminatory society and I don't want my kids told otherwise."  I'm white and I know that's just not freaking true.  I think we owe it to our kids a bit more honestly.[/quote]

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