Absolutely! I want to learn it myself. I grew up in the south and the whitewashing was so prevalent that I'm not sure anything I learned about history was real. As an adult, I've made it a priority to relearn as much as possible.

How can we make things better in the future if we aren't willing to learn/teach the truth about the past?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'm totally fine with it. I guess I really don't get the uproar? I'm not saying that to be obtuse, I truly don't understand why it's so controversial to teach kids about redlining, racial covenants, three strikes you're out, etc. I learned about redlining and disproportionality in high school (in not particularly liberal part of Wisconsin, mind you) in the late 90s, it's not that new. Somehow we all survived.

That's not CRT.

then what is CRT?

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'm totally fine with it. I guess I really don't get the uproar? I'm not saying that to be obtuse, I truly don't understand why it's so controversial to teach kids about redlining, racial covenants, three strikes you're out, etc. I learned about redlining and disproportionality in high school (in not particularly liberal part of Wisconsin, mind you) in the late 90s, it's not that new. Somehow we all survived.

That's not CRT.

I am OK with it (and my son learned CRT a few years ago) as long as they teach it as a theory and it is clearly understood to be one out of several approaches, open to questioning, yada, yada, yada.

In other words, don't teach it the way Marxism was taught in USSR where I grew up.

Anonymous wrote: I need a definition of CRT before I can answer the question.

This. I tried to look it up, but only got more confused.

Anonymous wrote:I am okay with it because my grandparents were supportive of school integration so, the family will never be embarrassed by flipping through "CRT" books and finding their pictures along with other crazy racists tying to stop Black students from entering school.

Me thinks some of you protest too much!

+100

Wow, never realized it was so controversial to teach actual history, even in college.

CRT is a strawman you all are being radicalized with.

Yes, I'm totally fine with it. I guess I really don't get the uproar? I'm not saying that to be obtuse, I truly don't understand why it's so controversial to teach kids about redlining, racial covenants, three strikes you're out, etc. I learned about redlining and disproportionality in high school (in not particularly liberal part of Wisconsin, mind you) in the late 90s, it's not that new. Somehow we all survived.

Anonymous wrote:They are now saying that CRT will only be taught in college.. why do college kids have to learn about CRT?
Are you okay with it? I have opinion I just want to know what other people think.

Last time i checked there are no truly required courses in college. Kids pick even core coursework. So places CRT is taught its not mandatory. And i want my kid to be taught real history starting in school with primary sources and no whitewashing. Learning about all the things that happened in the US. The current and past history curriculums gloss over or totally ignore many historical events in which violence was used to oppress and destroy others.

I am okay with it because my grandparents were supportive of school integration so, the family will never be embarrassed by flipping through "CRT" books and finding their pictures along with other crazy racists tying to stop Black students from entering school.

Me thinks some of you protest too much!

Anonymous wrote: I need a definition of CRT before I can answer the question.

its the bogyman

OP, what do you think crt is and why is it so scary to you that people learn about it? I am fine with college students learning and discussing anything.

Anonymous wrote:They are now saying that CRT will only be taught in college.. why do college kids have to learn about CRT?
Are you okay with it? I have opinion I just want to know what other people think.

It’s such a controversial topic that it seems sensible to understand what it is so one can talk about it rationally.

I need a definition of CRT before I can answer the question.

They are now saying that CRT will only be taught in college.. why do college kids have to learn about CRT?
Are you okay with it? I have opinion I just want to know what other people think.