NEW: After a year of applause for his role in changing the old Confederate-themed state flag, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn vowed before a mostly white crowd yesterday that he will fight to ban "critical race theory" from Mississippi classrooms.
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Gov. Tate Reeves told the mostly white Neshoba County Fair crowd that he, too, is “committed to ensuring critical race theory is kept out of Mississippi schools.”
Reeves admitted in June that he was “not aware of any school district" that teaches it. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
Reeves admitted in June that he was “not aware of any school district" that teaches it. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
Encyclopedia Britannica defines CRT as a "framework of legal analysis based on the premise that race is ... a socially constructed category that is used to oppress and exploit people of color."
It's taught in law schools & upper-level college courses.
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It's taught in law schools & upper-level college courses.
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Speaker Gunn claimed that CRT, which existed for decades with little public controversy until Republican politicians and right-wing media seized on it this year, is a "socialist" device used "to turn Americans against each other" and "tear them apart." mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
Gov. Reeves in June: “I’m willing to (ban CRT). We don’t have to do it if no districts are offering (it), but if that becomes apparent, I am prepared to support any legislation that eliminates any ability for CRT to be taught in Mississippi’s classrooms." mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
Some promoting fears about CRT have begun using it as a catch-all for any classroom lessons about systemic racism or the history of slavery and segregation.
A teacher in Tennessee became the target of angry white parents for teaching about Ruby Bridges. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
A teacher in Tennessee became the target of angry white parents for teaching about Ruby Bridges. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
One teacher in Tennessee became the target of anti-CRT rage from angry white parents after teaching about Ruby Bridges—the Black child who in 1960 had to be escorted to her school in New Orleans amid outrage from segregationist white parents. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
Speaker Gunn's embrace of the conservative panic over "critical race theory" comes at a time when Mississippi's political world is awash in rumors that he may challenge incumbent Gov. Reeves for the 2023 GOP nomination for governor. mississippifreepress.org/14237/gunn-ree…
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