Affirmative action adopted by Ivy League universities such as Harvard in their admissions programs is an attack on excellence in American culture because it denies admission to other students who scored higher on the entrance exams, said Kenny Xu, author and president of the organization “Color Us United.” Moreover, the culture that disparages minority students…
Social Justice Policies in Education Lead to Wasting Talents: President of ‘Color Us United’
Penn State to Remove Fidel Castro Quote From Campus Building After Student Petition
Pennsylvania State University has agreed to remove a quote by Cuban communist leader Fidel Castro following a student-led campaign to take down the text from a campus building. The quote in question is printed on a wall inside Penn State’s Paul Robeson Cultural Center, according to student newspaper Daily Collegian. The quote reads: “The equal right…
Critical Race Theory Implicitly Taught in Schools: ‘Moms of Liberty’ Activist
Williamson County in Tennessee in 2020 adopted a new curriculum, “Witt and Wisdom,” which incorporates the quasi-Marxist critical race theory (CRT), in grades K through five at the beginning of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus lockdowns. Although legislation prohibiting teaching CRT in public schools in Tennessee went into effect in July, these ideas are now…
Pennsylvanians Rally to End Critical Race Theory: Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have Denounced CRT
On July 14, about a hundred people gathered on the Capitol building steps in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, calling for an end to Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools. The rally was organized by Lois Kaneshiki and the group Stop Common Core, CRT & Action Civics in Pennsylvania. The rally took place 2 hours before a Pennsylvania…
CRT Opposition Grows Stronger, Bolder, and More Organized: ‘You Have to Fight Fire With Fire’
Despite growing opposition to critical race theory (CRT) and a growing number of states passing laws to ban it from classrooms, education and teachers’ unions are vowing to teach the controversial subject matter anyway. But one outspoken Florida mom says it’s time to “fight fire with fire.” “I think parents have realized you have to…
Biden Education Department Says It Was an ‘Error’ to Push CRT Activist Handbook
The White House said that it was a mistake to promote an activist handbook that included critical race theory (CRT) in schools. “The Department does not endorse the recommendations of this group, nor do they reflect our policy positions,” the Department of Education (DOE) said in a statement, referring to a book from the Abolitionist Teaching…
Military Institutions Dodge Questions on Critical Race Theory
U.S. military institutions dodged questions about the role of Critical Race Theory (CRT), a topic that recently triggered heated exchanges between conservative legislators and defense leaders. The Epoch Times reached out to military bases regarding CRT cases reported via a whistleblower program launched at the end of May by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) and Sen. Tom Cotton…
Twitter Suspends Rep. Greene for 12 Hours, Citing COVID-19 Policy
Twitter on Monday suspended Rep. Marjorie Greene (R-Ga.) for 12 hours, saying that two posts she made related to COVID-19 had violated its misinformation policy. A Twitter spokesperson said in a media statement that Greene had made two Twitter posts on the day, and that the company was taking action on Greene’s account because her…
1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Said Cuba Among ‘Most Equal’ Countries Because of Socialism
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of The New York Times’ controversial 1619 Project, has came under fire after comments she made in 2019 about socialism making Cuba one of “the most equal” nations in the world was unearthed. According to The National Pulse, which first reported on the controversy, the comments about Cuba’s socialist society…
The Macro Subjectivity of ‘Microaggression’ Studies
Part 2 of a Series on ‘Social Justice’ Research (Part 1 here) Ever since the most blatant forms of racism and discrimination in America faded, what are called microaggressions have, in the view of leftist academics and social justice activists, taken their place. These are “a form of racism,” the slights and insults that, though…
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