1/n 53% of white liberals (48% of white Dems) think that white people should feel guilty about racial inequality 
2/n Needless to say, this is more or less the purpose of equity-oriented K-12 curriculums--i.e., cultivate white support for race-conscious/anti-white policies via the inculcation of collective guilt and shame.
3/n Alas, and as my dissertation research suggests, it may actually be an effective strategy. And I suspect proponents of such curricula *know* this (I mean, the relevant literature explicitly discusses shame and guilt in terms of its utility for effecting social change).
4/n So the idea that such curricula are merely teaching history as an end in and of itself is bogus. After all, does anyone really think proponents would be satisfied if such curricula are adopted and white support for equity-oriented policies over the long haul doesn't move?
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