How To Identify Critical Race Theory In The Classroom
Charlie Sykes
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Don't think this makes the point they think it makes.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation
@TPPF
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Are you wondering if Critical Race Theory is being taught in your child's school? Stay on the lookout for some of CRT's less "buzzworthy" names and language
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Anti-critical race theory activists want to ban classroom discussions of
Diversity
Inclusion
Multi-culturalism
Social Justice
Institutional racism
Anti-racism
White supremacy
Colonialism and colonizers
Disparate outcomes
Eurocentric concepts
Black Lives Matter
Well.... the kids can talk about football...
They probably do that already.
The Ghost of Anne Hathaways Husband
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The state of Texas has banned thought and ideas. Now they are trying to ban words. Florida wants to know what your political beliefs are. GOP controlled states want to make it difficult to vote. The @GOP is a cult of fascism. I left in 2018 and so can you. #LeaveTheGOP
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LucifersLiege23
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Very curious to see how they’ll navigate Texas’s past without using the word ‘colonialism’
And I am curious as to when you will post something from someone who isn't a nut.
Try and address the seeded material if it is within your scope of thought.
I addressed my comment specifically to your post, JR.
The only way I am off topic is if you are.
So you have no thoughts on the seeded material. Ok.
So the tweet you posted stands as your "thoughts" on the topic.
Got it.
This tweet is q-anon level crazy.
It appears that the Texas Public Policy Foundation wants to ban discussions of colonialism , multiculturalism, social justice, inclusion , and white supremacy from the states classrooms.
I should think that would disturb parents.
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Can you link to this banning of ideas by the State of Texas?
Google is your friend. Ten seconds.
They have a graphic that lists specific components of what they identify as critical race theory. I listed some of them in the first comment and the others are in the seed.
They do want to ban critical race theory dont they? I dont think you are disputing that.
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I read that one of the things this group wants to promote is "the moral case" for continued fossil fuel use.
Please cite the law passed by the state of Texas that bans ideas, as your tweet claims.
I've seen a law passed by North Carolina that bans CRT. It forbids teachers from teaching :
(1) One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.
(2) An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
(3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her race or sex.
(4) An individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex.
(5) An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex.
(6) Any individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress. […]
Which of these categories do you think should be taught to kids?
I dont vouch for every nuance of other peoples tweets, I post them because they add something to the NT discussion.
I seeded the graphic posted on twitter that is from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, in which they claim to have identified aspects of critical race theory that might be taught in schools.
Since they want to ban CRT we can assume they want to ban the identified aspects as well.
The end.
Well of course!
CRT has become a generic label for a broader trend in education to shape social attitudes and moral judgements of students.
Religious training uses stories to impart social attitudes and moral beliefs to students. The stories, themselves, are only a tool to shape moral beliefs and attitudes of students. The stories are presented as fact but the purpose is to teach moral beliefs and shape attitudes.
If a presentation of historical facts includes questions like 'how do you feel about that?' then the purpose is not to teach history. If a presentation of historical facts includes assigning moral judgements to those facts then the purpose is not to teach history. That's more akin to religious training.
If a student is given an assignment to write an essay about their life as a slave then the purpose is not to teach the history of slavery. That's a method used by religion to use the story of Exodus to teach moral beliefs and shape attitudes.
That is to say, right-wingers use "CRT" to mean whatever they wish, ignoring the fact that it has been a clearly defined area of study for decades.
Another assault on rational conversation.
That is so fucking wrong it is laughable. Historical facts by themselves are worthless.
Fact: The American Revolution began in 1775.
Okay, and? Why should I give a shit?
Its the questions asked ABOUT the facts that matter, the discussion around the significance of those facts. If you try to turn in an essay in a history class that just lists facts you will get an F because your paper is a pile of shit. It doesn't have a point.
Sorry man, moral judgements are very much a part of history. 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, there is your fact. Again, the fact alone is meaningless but how do you discuss something like that without injecting some sort of morality into the discussion. Is that something we should avoid in the future, and why? There is no way to answer that without injecting your own personal morality into the answer.
Your idea of a history class seems to be just a text book filled with bullet points and nothing else, which if that is the case then why bother teaching history at all?
Good thing you aren't a teacher. It seems critical thought is NOT a part of your desired curriculum. Besides, such an assignment wouldn't be to teach about slavery but rather to assess how much the students had absorbed about the practice of slavery. Obviously the expectation would be that they include material that had been covered in class.
Ummm, so what exactly are the kids going to be taught in school?
Football.