.HayesBrown: We've seen backlash against students learning the uglier truths about our country dating back to the 1960s. All these things have come together today into a heady, toxic brew that Republican politicians are passing out like shots at a kegger.
, should teach the history of slavery and its aftermaths could be interesting. It instead uses white fears as a vehicle to talk about generic Republican policies — lower taxes, less government regulation and reduced welfare spending — and why students need to be taught that these things are unequivocally good.“Combating Critical Race Theory in Mississippi.”
And right there on page one is the center square in the game of “I’m-not-a-racist-but…” Bingo: A picture of Martin Luther King Jr., with the only quote of King’s that Republicans ever acknowledge: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Conservatives seem to think 1963’s March on Washington was an event that featured King speaking that line and that line only from the podium. MSNBC columnist Kevin Kruse has already done a great job laying out[W]hile King looked ahead to that day, his vision remained firmly fixed on the realities of racism and discrimination in his own time; he devoted the bulk of his address to identifying and articulating them.
Students being taught that racism in America is systemic, that white people are privileged and that meritocracy is a myth are cited in the report as evidence that teachers may already be spreading “critical race theory.
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