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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CRT is a lie which does not belong in any classroom.[/quote]

But you’re fine with the other lies? [/quote]

DP.  It's neither a lie nor truth. It is a perspective, a lens through which to view history. Public education should teach about various perspectives without requiring strict adherence to any particular viewpoint.

The way CRT is being taught in some schools is not that different from teaching creationism as absolute fact. [/quote]

I completely agree with you.  I also hope that history and government classes have evolved from when I took them.  While it’s not exactly a “lie” to center history solely around white, male perspectives, the traditional focus on only one perspective and the exclusion of others was considered the official “truth” way back when. [/quote]

You and I are on the same page. I like many of CRT's ideas, including examination of how white-centric culture and beliefs disadvantage BIPOCS as well as the need to expose students to the perspectives and experiences of marginalized people and would advocate for exposing students to these perspectives as age appropriate. That needs to happen.

My primary concern about CRT is that the endgame is dismantling our nation's institutions. I don't think younger students should be called upon to dismantle our democratic institutions or else be branded racists while they are still in the process of learning about them.[/quote]

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