Let's review what CRT is, in light of the fact that proponents of these bans think ANYTHING that mentions race or equity is CRT americanbar.org/groups/crsj/pu…
Recognition that race is not biologically real but is socially constructed and socially significant.
Acknowledgement that racism is a normal feature of society and is embedded within systems and institutions...
Rejection of popular understandings about racism, such as arguments that confine racism to a few “bad apples.”
Recognition of the relevance of people’s everyday lives to scholarship. This includes embracing the lived experiences of people of color...
CRT observes that scholarship that ignores race is not demonstrating “neutrality” but adherence to the existing racial hierarchy. For instance...
This is about undermining ethnic studies and diversity and inclusion. That has been the aim since campaign season 2020. That was the aim when they removed African Americans from a resolution in May '21.
When Blades and Youngblood show you who they are, believe them.
Here is our understanding of tonight's meeting and where we stand with the CRT Ban
A few changes were made. Most notably, removal of the six bullet points that were replaced with another definition. We can not confirm the text of that new definition.
The lawyer suggested that instead of the ban they put board policy 6144, which is to do with teaching controversial topics.
(Multiple versions across the state are easily searchable)