05-27-2021, 06:20 PM
I considered posting this under my "Doublethink Doubledown" thread, since it appears to implicate another "Big Lie" of sorts. But maybe not. Perhaps there are people out their saying and pushing claims I am not aware of.
But if not, then this is just an attempt to use state power to block critical history--and critical thinking.
Understanding the push to ban CRT might help us better understand what its object is, what viewpoint or practice it was designed to critique.
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-religion-education-9366bceabf309557811eab645c8dad13
“Impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history” is still permitted under the law, and limits on teacher speech won’t apply when a teacher is responding to a student’s question or referring to a historic figure or group.
However, the penalty for a transgression is steep: The state education commissioner could withhold funds from any school found to be in violation.
While most of the majority-white GOP House and Senate caucuses supported the effort, Black Democratic lawmakers warned that it will make teachers fearful about telling students anything about how race and racism have shaped the nation’s history.
House Republicans introduce bill to ban teaching of critical race theory in Ohio
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/25/ohio-republicans-introduce-bill-ban-teaching-critical-race-theory/7432289002/
Nearly a dozen states want to ban critical race theory in schools
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critical-race-theory-state-bans/
Earlier this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little became the first Republican governor to sign into law a bill that restricts educators from teaching a concept called critical race theory. And more could follow: Nearly a dozen states have introduced similar Republican-backed bills that would direct what students can and cannot be taught about the role of slavery in American history and the ongoing effects of racism in the U.S. today. But critics say the legislation isn't aimed at what children are learning in the classroom.
Idaho's law prohibits educators from teaching "individuals, by virtue of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin."
A proposal in Rhode Island would prevent schools from teaching that Rhode Island or the United States "is fundamentally racist or sexist."
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I believe I have heard public figures/celebrities claim the US is "fundamentally racist," but I cannot recall that they were critical race theorists. CRT folks have said things like "racism is embedded in our institutions," but this is not a claim that people are "inherently racist," or that they are "inherently responsible" for acts committed in the past. CRT is founded on the notion that race is a "construct," not something can be "inherently" in any "race." Surely anyone who has been reading posts in this thread can see that these laws are based on a false perception of the methods, objects and goals of CRT. CRT "divides" America in the sense that it examines already existing, data-supported divisions in public light. A "less-divisive" approach would leave those power relation issues--who benefits from them and who does not--in the dark.
It sounds to me that a number of state legislators and their constituents have "heard about" CRT from sources which may not be trustworthy, but nevertheless retain great credibility.
Ingraham: Schools want 'complete and total control' with American taxpayer-funded 'fiefdoms of radicalism'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-schools-want-complete-and-total-control-with-american-taxpayer-funded-fiefdoms-of-radicalism
But if not, then this is just an attempt to use state power to block critical history--and critical thinking.
Understanding the push to ban CRT might help us better understand what its object is, what viewpoint or practice it was designed to critique.
Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-racial-injustice-race-and-ethnicity-religion-education-9366bceabf309557811eab645c8dad13
“Impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history” is still permitted under the law, and limits on teacher speech won’t apply when a teacher is responding to a student’s question or referring to a historic figure or group.
However, the penalty for a transgression is steep: The state education commissioner could withhold funds from any school found to be in violation.
While most of the majority-white GOP House and Senate caucuses supported the effort, Black Democratic lawmakers warned that it will make teachers fearful about telling students anything about how race and racism have shaped the nation’s history.
House Republicans introduce bill to ban teaching of critical race theory in Ohio
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/05/25/ohio-republicans-introduce-bill-ban-teaching-critical-race-theory/7432289002/
Nearly a dozen states want to ban critical race theory in schools
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/critical-race-theory-state-bans/
Earlier this month, Idaho Governor Brad Little became the first Republican governor to sign into law a bill that restricts educators from teaching a concept called critical race theory. And more could follow: Nearly a dozen states have introduced similar Republican-backed bills that would direct what students can and cannot be taught about the role of slavery in American history and the ongoing effects of racism in the U.S. today. But critics say the legislation isn't aimed at what children are learning in the classroom.
Idaho's law prohibits educators from teaching "individuals, by virtue of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin."
A proposal in Rhode Island would prevent schools from teaching that Rhode Island or the United States "is fundamentally racist or sexist."
...........................................................................................................................................................................................
I believe I have heard public figures/celebrities claim the US is "fundamentally racist," but I cannot recall that they were critical race theorists. CRT folks have said things like "racism is embedded in our institutions," but this is not a claim that people are "inherently racist," or that they are "inherently responsible" for acts committed in the past. CRT is founded on the notion that race is a "construct," not something can be "inherently" in any "race." Surely anyone who has been reading posts in this thread can see that these laws are based on a false perception of the methods, objects and goals of CRT. CRT "divides" America in the sense that it examines already existing, data-supported divisions in public light. A "less-divisive" approach would leave those power relation issues--who benefits from them and who does not--in the dark.
It sounds to me that a number of state legislators and their constituents have "heard about" CRT from sources which may not be trustworthy, but nevertheless retain great credibility.
Ingraham: Schools want 'complete and total control' with American taxpayer-funded 'fiefdoms of radicalism'
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-schools-want-complete-and-total-control-with-american-taxpayer-funded-fiefdoms-of-radicalism
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