Yes, you read that correctly. Here is Alia Shoab at Insider: Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, who is the Republican candidate for governor, said he would ban pole dancing in schools if he was elected. “On day one, the sexualization […]
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Critical race theory opponents at Grove City College are still not satisfied
As the new academic year begins, the anti-CRT crowd at Grove City College is still not happy. Get up to speed on this story here. Here is the latest post at the “Save GCC from CRT” website: On May 13, […]
How critical race theory can help us serve our neighbors
Here is Baylor ethicist Jonathan Tran a The Christian Century: Perhaps most troubling about anti-CRT posturing is how often Christians are behind it and how much it has taken root in Christian educational institutions. Loving God requires loving neighbor, and […]
Ted Cruz sends his daughters to an antiracist school that seems to promote ideas that he defines as critical race theory
The Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings have been an utter embarrassment for the GOP members of the judicial committee. Take Ted Cruz, for example. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. Earlier this week I wrote about Ted Cruz’s attempt to demonize […]
What Ted Cruz doesn’t know about Georgetown Day School (and critical race theory)
Watch Ted Cruz grill Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on critical race theory: Just for the record, critical race theory does not teach, as Cruz claims, that all of life is explained best by the clash of the […]
A critic of critical race theory says the campaign against CRT is “abhorrent and dangerous and deeply disturbing”
Randall Kennedy is a Harvard law professor and author. He recently talked with Nathan J. Robinson, editor of Current Affairs, about his new book Say It Out Loud : On Race, Law, History, and Culture. Here is a taste of […]
What happened when a conservative student took a course on critical race theory at the University of Mississippi?
Here is a taste of Molly Minta’s piece at Mississippi Today: Brittany Murphree was born and raised in Rankin County, Mississippi, one of the most Republican counties in one of the most Republican states. She went to Northwest Rankin High […]
A conservative defends critical race theory
I spent a day with Washington Post columnist Gary Abernathy at Messiah College right before the pandemic hit. Read about it here. Since then I have read him regularly. His recent column on critical race theory is worth your time. […]
Good Teachers Don’t Preach Critical Race Theory
They teach critical thinking
North Dakota bans critical race theory in K-12 schools. How should the state’s history teachers respond?
North Dakota governor Doug Burgum just signed a bill that bans the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 schools. Here are a few of the pertinent sections: Each school district and public school shall ensure instruction of its curriculum […]
Allen Guelzo on the “dangers” of critical race theory
I am not sure that critical race theory makes the kinds of claims Guelzo says it does in this Washington Post piece. I think his beef is with the historical claims of the 1619 Project, not CRT. Here is a […]
Chris Rufo of the Manhattan Institute and Ralph Richard Banks of Stanford debate critical race theory
Some of you may remember Chris Rufo as the guy who triggered Donald Trump’s opposition to critical race theory. Ralph Richard Banks is a Stanford University law professor. Joan Coaston, the host ofThe New York Times‘s podcast “The Argument,” moderated […]
The anti-Critical Race Theory bills keep coming
Last week we took a close look at Josh Hawley’s “Love America Act.” Now we have the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act. The Senate sponsors are Republicans Marco Rubio, (FL), Kevin Cramer (ND), and Mike Braun (IN). Here […]
Senate passes $3.5 trillion dollar budget framework. Hyde Amendment is saved. Anti-Critical Race Theory amendment passes.
It’s a done deal. Elections have consequences. The American people rejected Trumpism in 2020. Now the Democrats, who rode the anti-Trump wave into office last November, have the power to get some things done. National Public Radio explains what is […]
What is–and isn’t–Critical Race Theory?
Recently someone asked me for a good working definition of Critical Race Theory. Delgado and Stefancic is a good place to start. I tried to summarize some of their work here. Click here for all our posts on CRT. I […]
Evangelical leader Tony Evans offers “Kingdom race theology” as an an alternative to “critical race theory”
Evans recently gave a two-part presentation on the subject at his Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas. Here is Part 1: Here is Part 2: A couple of quick thoughts: First, Evans clearly believes in systemic racism and the value […]
What do Americans really think about critical race theory?
According to an Reuters-Ipsos poll 43% of Americans said they are “familiar” with critical race theory. 30% have never heard of it. Other findings from this poll: 24 % of Americans know about the 1619 Project. 22% know about the […]
A North Carolina anti-critical race theory bill that makes some sense
North Carolina House Bill 324 forbids K-12 teachers from teaching: One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex. An individual, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, […]
Conservative attacks on critical race theory are growing more ridiculous every day
Should we debate the usefulness of critical race theory? Of course we should. We live in a free and democratic society. But the conservative attack on the theory is getting downright absurd. Take the recent hullaballoo over Air Force Academy […]
“Anti-critical race theory laws are un-American”
A diverse group of writers–Kmele Foster (libertarian), David French (conservative evangelical), Jason Stanley (Yale philosopher and scholar of propaganda), and Thomas Chatterton Williams (liberal) have weighed-in at The New York Times. We, the authors of this essay, have wide ideological […]