Thread by @JeffreyASachs

Among other things, this gets at a very important distinction in GOP attitudes toward racism and education. While most are comfortable teaching kids about historical racism, support falls off a cliff when it comes to teaching about present day racism.

https://twitter.com/ibishblog/status/1458602582029619200

You can see what I mean here. It’s reflected in many of the anti-CRT bills as well. For instance, Tennessee carved out an exception for discussions of *historical* oppression, but not contemporary oppression. Texas has something similar.

usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

A lot of bills have drawn this type of distinction. Some also forbid teachers from “taking a side” on current events but permit it for past events, e.g. Arizona’s original draft (can’t recall if they kept that language in enrolled version).

My point is that it we need to be fine grained in how we think about this. There’s a faction that’s against any criticism of America whatsoever. This is the faction that has inserted language banning the 1619 Project. But the larger group just wants to absolve the present.

You can read about all this and more here. @jzfriedman and @PENamerica have done an outstanding job.

pen.org/report/educati…