Post by ck4829 on Feb 17, 2022 8:05:21 GMT
UT faculty members demand answers after Dan Patrick says Liberty Institute intended to fight critical race theory
UT faculty members demand answers after Dan Patrick says Liberty Institute intended to fight critical race theory
The lieutenant governor vowed to ban the teaching of critical race theory at Texas’ public colleges and universities.
by Kate McGee Feb. 16, 202212 hours ago
A tweet sent by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has reignited concern among some University of Texas at Austin faculty members that the purpose of a new conservative-backed think tank may be to restrict teaching about critical race theory.
“I will not stand by and let looney MARXIST UT professors poison the minds of young students with critical race theory,” Patrick wrote on the social media platform Twitter. “We banned it in publicly funded K-12 and we will ban it in publicly funded higher ed. That’s why we created the Liberty Institute at UT.”
critical race theory, a university-level discipline that studies how race and racism have impacted social and local structures in the United States, has come into the crosshairs of conservative state lawmakers across the country over the past year, including in Texas. Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that limits how race, slavery and history are taught in K-12 classrooms.
Now, some faculty members are demanding an explanation from university leadership, arguing that Patrick’s comments directly contradict what administrators told them last fall and raise serious questions about academic freedom and freedom of thought on campus.
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Read more: www.texastribune.org/2022/02/16/ut-liberty-institute-dan-patrick/
UT faculty members demand answers after Dan Patrick says Liberty Institute intended to fight critical race theory
The lieutenant governor vowed to ban the teaching of critical race theory at Texas’ public colleges and universities.
by Kate McGee Feb. 16, 202212 hours ago
A tweet sent by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has reignited concern among some University of Texas at Austin faculty members that the purpose of a new conservative-backed think tank may be to restrict teaching about critical race theory.
“I will not stand by and let looney MARXIST UT professors poison the minds of young students with critical race theory,” Patrick wrote on the social media platform Twitter. “We banned it in publicly funded K-12 and we will ban it in publicly funded higher ed. That’s why we created the Liberty Institute at UT.”
critical race theory, a university-level discipline that studies how race and racism have impacted social and local structures in the United States, has come into the crosshairs of conservative state lawmakers across the country over the past year, including in Texas. Last year, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that limits how race, slavery and history are taught in K-12 classrooms.
Now, some faculty members are demanding an explanation from university leadership, arguing that Patrick’s comments directly contradict what administrators told them last fall and raise serious questions about academic freedom and freedom of thought on campus.
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Read more: www.texastribune.org/2022/02/16/ut-liberty-institute-dan-patrick/