The effort to present one ideology on race and to discredit other perspectives as racist, bigoted and baseless is a form of partisan propaganda that is contrary to sound educational practice.
© ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Signs are seen on a bench during a rally against «critical race theory» (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. A growing number of parents of K-12 and high school students throughout the country have rebelled against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) and «anti-racism» in public and private schools. The reasons for their alarm vary, and the rhetorical battles can be confusing, but it is not hard to get to the heart of parents’ objections. They reject the presentation of our country, its history, its founding, its institutions and its present laws and practices as pervasively, uniformly, profoundly and irredeemably racist. Nor do they accept the corollary that all white Americans automatically enjoy illegitimate «white privilege»—and that they are to blame for every problem that people of color, especially blacks, experience today. We think that these tenets are dubious at best. But in our opinion the most pernicious aspect of CRT instruction, from an educational perspective, is not its content, but the one-sided, dogmatic intolerance of any alternative point of view. CRT banishes any classroom mention, let alone thoughtful discussion, of the full range of ideas about race currently articulated across the political spectrum. (The same thing is true in corporate America and at universities, where employees know better than to openly object to CRT’s rigid dogmas.) The CRT-approved story, in a nutshell, is that white racism is pervasive and accounts for all racial deficits and disparities. What is not being taught—what students are not exposed to, and not even allowed to hear—is the contrary position that persistent racial inequalities are oftentimes rooted in cultural differences and behavioral tendencies that are not all traceable to slavery or Jim Crow, and cannot all be solved by purging the vague category of «structural racism.» Watch Black Father Blast Critical Race Theory At Board Meeting In Viral Video Newsweek See more videos SHARE TWEET SHARE EMAIL What to watch next Psaki Spars With Fox News Reporter Doocy Over Whether Republicans ‘Defunded The Police’ Newsweek Watch: Powerful Flash Floods Rip Through Zion National Park Newsweek Biden Agrees Infrastructure Bill Has Been ‘Rocky Road’ While Stopping For Ice Cream Newsweek Everything We Know So Far About The Surfside Building Collapse Near Miami: Updates Newsweek Wildfires Break Out In California With Evacuations Issued In Some Regions Newsweek What Is A UFO And What Did The New Pentagon Report Have To Say About Them? Newsweek Joe Biden Defends His Power To Authorize Airstrikes Newsweek Shocking Video Shows Correctional Officer Beating Inmate Inside Georgia Prison Newsweek What To Expect For The 2021 U.S. Hurricane Season Newsweek Biden Supports An Investigation Into Miami Building Collapse Newsweek Carl Nassib Receives Floods Of Support After Becoming First Openly Gay NFL Player Newsweek Tropical Storm Claudette Pummels Southeastern U.S., Flash Floods Leave Major Damage Newsweek Watch: Armored Vehicle Driver Evades Robbers In High Speed Chase Like Out Of Movie Scene Newsweek US Military Conducts Airstrikes On ‘Iran-backed Militia Groups’ Newsweek Derek Chauvin: ‘I Do Want To Give My Condolences To The Floyd Family’ Newsweek Click to expand Replay Video Psaki Spars With Fox News Reporter Doocy Over Whether Republicans ‘Defunded The Police’ White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki argues with Fox News Reporter Peter Doocy when he questions whether the statement that Republicans «defunded the police» was accurate during the White House press briefing.
