The Assault on Critical Race Theory

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In this episode, the hosts discuss the new legislative “ad campaign” attacking the teaching of Critical Race Theory, which seeks to honestly analyze the impact of law, race, and history on American institutions. These new legal initiatives seek to outlaw curricula which make students feel uncomfortable. This may raise questions whether schools can even teach about the newest federal holiday, Juneteenth.

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1619 Project

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html 

Slate article on laws

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/florida-critical-race-theory-ban-what-it-tells-us-about-anti-anti-racism.html 

Text of Oklahoma law

http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20ENR/hB/HB1775%20ENR.PDF 

NYT article on support for BLM

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/opinion/blm-movement-protests-support.html  

Code Switch on Support for BLM

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/08/1004467239/the-racial-reckoning-that-wasnt