Tag: critical race theory

Florida Offers ‘Blueprint for Success’: DeSantis Says at Major GOP Gathering in Las Vegas

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential presidential hopeful in 2024, said during the weekend that the midterm results show that the Sunshine State presents a “blueprint for success” for the Republican Party looking forward. “What the election results in Florida show is that Florida really has a blueprint for success,” DeSantis told the influential crowd…


Mississippi Governor Proposes Funding to Arm Teachers, to Combat Divisive Ideologies With Patriotic Curriculum

The Mississippi governor has proposed funding to arm teachers and staff in public schools, as well as to set up a patriotic education curriculum to combat divisive ideologies. In addition, Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, proposed a parental Bill of Rights. In his 2024 Executive Budget Recommendation (pdf), Reeves suggested allocating $5 million to cover…


Clashes Over Proposed Virginia History Learning Standards Delay Reviews

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Over 50 teachers, historians, activists, and students spoke against the newly proposed history and social studies standards at the Virginia Board of Education’s meeting on Thursday. As a result, the board instructed the Department of Education to submit a revised proposal and delayed the first review to early next year. The new guidance…


‘Diversity to the Exclusion of Merit’: Physician Criticizes Woke Initiatives in Medical Schools

A flagship medical association that represents major medical schools nationwide has released a November 2022 report (pdf) promoting woke culture in medical schools. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is a Washington-based nonprofit comprising 157 accredited U.S. medical schools; 14 accredited Canadian medical schools; approximately 400 teaching hospitals and health systems; and up to…


University Reinstates Marks for Student Who Was Penalised for Not Acknowledging Indigenous Rights

One of Australia’s top universities has overturned a decision to dock marks from a student after failing to acknowledge the traditional land rights of Indigenous people.  The move came after the engineering student filed a formal complaint at Melbourne’s prestigious Monash University on Oct. 7. A Monash university spokesperson told the Herald Sun newspaper that the…


Federal Judge Halts Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ for Colleges

A federal judge in Florida on Nov. 17 has temporarily blocked parts of the state’s “Stop WOKE Act,” also known as the state’s Individual Freedom Act, which is being championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. The temporary injunction will stay in place as the court reviews the case. DeSantis, a Republican, signed the measure, called the “Stop Wrongs…


White Former Seattle City Employee Sues Over Racially Discriminatory Indoctrination

A white former Seattle city employee filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the city’s racially discriminatory treatment of employees and its mandatory cultural sensitivity programs that he claims constitute racial indoctrination aimed against white people. Cultural sensitivity training sessions are controversial. They often rely on radical, unproven academic theories—such as Marxist-derived critical race theory—that…


Nurse Fired for Opposing ‘Implicit Bias’ Training Now Fighting Divisive Ideology in Health Care

Laura Morgan has complied with annual training requirements in the medical field for years, from privacy protocols and compliance regulations to ethics guidelines. But when one session asked her to acknowledge her “racial, unconscious bias,” she had to dissent. “The whole premise is that I must look at patients through a racial instead of a…


Irvine Unified Removes ‘Antiracist’ Language from Website

The Irvine Unified School District recently removed a paragraph from its website describing the creation of a committee to “develop a curriculum that is antiracist” and links to a website that makes controversial claims about race after a parent brought the language to the board’s attention last month. During an Oct. 25 board meeting, several…


Watchdog Report Spotlights Rise of Discriminatory Social Justice Ideologies in NC Medical School

Despite Martin Luther King’s dream that people be treated based on the content of their character rather than the color of their skin, a group of health care professionals have experienced discriminatory indoctrination sessions at a North Carolina medical school that they say violate the Civil Rights Act. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, board chair of the…