FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—The newly released Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies coursework has become the new front to fighting critical race theory (CRT) in schools in America.
The focal point is whether the AP course—taught in high schools for students to earn college credits—is a vehicle for CRT, a Marxist framework that views issues through a racial lens and America as systematically racist.
The AP course triggered national attention last month when Florida rejected the draft version. In a Jan. 20 letter (pdf) to the College Board, which is in charge of developing and approving AP courses, Florida Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. wrote, “As presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.”…