Post by addisona on Feb 20, 2022 15:09:49 GMT
critical race theory Bans Are Expanding To Cover Broad Collection Of Issues
The conservative cancel culture panic over “critical race theory” in schools is continuing to spread. But while some school districts are correctly pointing out that CRT is not taught in their system, anti-CRT forces have expanded their objections so broadly that defining the controversial academic discipline hardly matters any more.
Tennessee is one of several states that has laws banning CRT from schools, and a chapter of Moms for Liberty, led by Robin Steenman (whose child attends private school) has been reporting the schools of Williamson County for violating the gag rule. But the spreadsheet of objections seems to fall far outside the issues of historic and systemic racism in the US. Objections include books about poisonous lizards, Johnny Appleseed, Greek and Roman mythology, and owls. One respondent objects to a book about Galileo because there is no “HERO of the church” to contrast with their persecution of the astronomer. This group has also objected to a book about Ruby Bridges because it offered no “redemption” for the protestors who screamed at a child trying to go to school.
In York, PA, the school board “froze” a list of books, including books like Brad Metzler’s children’s book I Am Rosa Parks. After student protests (and national attention) the board relented.
But the anti-CRT movement is increasingly broadening to attack anything that conservative parents don’t like in schools. The theory is that while CRT may not be explicitly taught in schools, it has seeped in. Florida Citizens Alliance talks about “the many tentacles” of CRT, including words like “equity” and “diversity.” Textbooks including “culturally sensitive teaching” are widely considered CRT red flags by anti-CRT groups. Parents Defending Education offers a blanket condemnation of all “woke” policies. Nevada Family Alliance worries that schools are indoctrinating students to “lead the effort to accomplish ‘social justice.’’ State-level efforts to solicit complaints in Idaho and North Carolina turned up complaints about LGBTQ issues and students being forced to watch CNN. Christian Post complains about the “religious adherents to the new cult of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity.”
www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/29/critical-race-theory-bans-are-expanding-to-cover-broad-collection-of-issues/?sh=3d6c70d65e5d
The conservative cancel culture panic over “critical race theory” in schools is continuing to spread. But while some school districts are correctly pointing out that CRT is not taught in their system, anti-CRT forces have expanded their objections so broadly that defining the controversial academic discipline hardly matters any more.
Tennessee is one of several states that has laws banning CRT from schools, and a chapter of Moms for Liberty, led by Robin Steenman (whose child attends private school) has been reporting the schools of Williamson County for violating the gag rule. But the spreadsheet of objections seems to fall far outside the issues of historic and systemic racism in the US. Objections include books about poisonous lizards, Johnny Appleseed, Greek and Roman mythology, and owls. One respondent objects to a book about Galileo because there is no “HERO of the church” to contrast with their persecution of the astronomer. This group has also objected to a book about Ruby Bridges because it offered no “redemption” for the protestors who screamed at a child trying to go to school.
In York, PA, the school board “froze” a list of books, including books like Brad Metzler’s children’s book I Am Rosa Parks. After student protests (and national attention) the board relented.
But the anti-CRT movement is increasingly broadening to attack anything that conservative parents don’t like in schools. The theory is that while CRT may not be explicitly taught in schools, it has seeped in. Florida Citizens Alliance talks about “the many tentacles” of CRT, including words like “equity” and “diversity.” Textbooks including “culturally sensitive teaching” are widely considered CRT red flags by anti-CRT groups. Parents Defending Education offers a blanket condemnation of all “woke” policies. Nevada Family Alliance worries that schools are indoctrinating students to “lead the effort to accomplish ‘social justice.’’ State-level efforts to solicit complaints in Idaho and North Carolina turned up complaints about LGBTQ issues and students being forced to watch CNN. Christian Post complains about the “religious adherents to the new cult of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity.”
www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2021/09/29/critical-race-theory-bans-are-expanding-to-cover-broad-collection-of-issues/?sh=3d6c70d65e5d