Tag: critical race theory

Identity Politics Is a Tool to Break Down America: Expert

Identity politics is the reimagining of America as not a united country or a united nation but as a confederation of identity groups, according to Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow on E Pluribus Unum at Heritage Foundation. “Some of these groups are considered to be oppressed and then one of these groups is the oppressor,”…


Football Coach Fired After Objecting to Critical Race Theory in Daughter’s Class, Sues School

A Massachusetts high school football coach claims in a First Amendment lawsuit that he was fired for raising concerns with elements of critical race theory in his daughter’s 7th grade history class. David Flynn, who has been heading the football program at Dedham High School since 2011, sued the district and school leadership, alleging that…


NYC Public School Asks Parents to ‘Reflect’ on Their ‘Whiteness’

A New York City public school is facing scrutiny after it sent students’ parents a handout asking them to identify where they land on a scale of “whiteness.” The New York Post reported that parents of students at East Side Community High School received the document from Mark Federman, the school’s principal. The handout features…


Oregon Promotes Teacher Training Program to ‘Dismantle Racism in Mathematics’

Oregon’s Education Department is promoting a training program that will offer a toolkit to help teachers “develop an anti-racist math practice.” As noted in a newsletter sent by the department, middle school teachers are encouraged to register for a Feb. 21 course titled “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction,” which they say is designed to…


Keep Critical Race Theory Out of Healthcare

Commentary The Lancet—the world’s oldest medical journal—touts its mission as promoting “the best science for better lives.” Unfortunately, its current editors have steered the venerable publication into politically progressive ideological waters that have no relationship to “science.” Most recently, it published a full-bore battle cry to impose “critical race theory” into healthcare. Critical race theory…


North Carolina Passes K-12 Social Studies Standards Focusing on Race

A politically divided North Carolina Board of Education on Thursday narrowly approved the state’s K-12 social studies standards, which has been criticized for implementing elements of critical race theory. In a vote largely split along party lines, the board’s Democratic majority voted 7-5 to pass the revised standards. In the wake of the nationwide Black…


The Nation Speaks (Jan. 30): Critical Race Theory: Lawsuits & Cancelling Lincoln; Biden’s Immigration Woes

In this episode of The Nation Speaks, we take a look at a Catholic school lawsuit; the cancellation of Abraham Lincoln; and what all this has in common with China. And finally, what can we expect from the Biden administration on immigration, crime, and justice.


Stop Picking at the Scab of Racism

Commentary This week in San Francisco, students posted hateful comments about blacks and Jews on a virtual bulletin board that was specifically set up to combat racism, right after a schoolroom lesson on anti-racism. Teachers and parents were rightfully upset. Statements from the school district said that school officials were “unclear how this happened” and…


Video: How to Have Difficult Political Conversations: Karlyn Borysenko

In an era of name-calling, intolerance, and ad hominem attacks, what can the average American do to overcome partisan division? In this episode, we sit down with Karlyn Borysenko. An organizational psychologist and longtime Democrat, she started exploring her political options after witnessing cancel culture in her knitting community. After President Trump signed an executive…


Arkansas Bills Target 1619 Curriculum, Critical Race Theory in Public Schools

A pair of bills introduced in the Arkansas legislature last week would prohibit the use of public school funds to teach certain race-centered curricula. The House Bill 1231 would restrict state funding from going to public schools and colleges that teach a curriculum based on the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which portrays the United…