Tag: critical race theory

[Coming 08/07, 12PM ET] Liberty vs. Mandates in Europe; Public School Exodus; Race-Based School Discipline

Mass protests against vaccine passports and other mandates have erupted in France over the last month, as well as elsewhere in Europe and in the UK. But that’s not been the case everywhere. So what does dissent look like across the Atlantic? We find out from our three panelists. We’re joined by Captain Alexandre Juving-Brunet,…


Minnesota Public Interest Law Firm Takes on Critical Race Theory

A public interest law firm in Minnesota has filed a series of lawsuits on behalf of victims of critical race theory-based discrimination and retaliation as the grassroots movement against the ideology continues to grow. “Our clients are bravely confronting CRT-inspired bullying, indoctrination, and retaliation, which is not ‘training’ or persuasion,” Doug Seaton, president of Upper…


Teachers’ Union Sues Rhode Island Mother Who Filed 200 Record Requests Over Critical Race Theory

The Rhode Island chapter of the nation’s largest teachers’ union is suing to protect members’ “individual privacy rights” against a woman who has filed over 200 separate public records requests about the integration of Critical Race Theory in her local school district. The complaint was filed Monday by the National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI)…


School Board President Rips Mic Away From Mother Speaking Out Against CRT

A Pennsylvania school board president is facing backlash after he cut off an Iranian immigrant mother who was speaking out against the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) during a board meeting last week. Anita Edgarian, a mother of three, was voicing her concerns about CRT during a Chester School District board meeting on July…


Social Darwinism and ‘Playing the Race Card’

Commentary A lot of the racist policies and sentiment in the West in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including racism against aboriginals in Canada, had its roots in social Darwinism, an offshoot of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. Unfortunately this doctrine is now being revived, this time in the name of critical race…


The Scramble to Defend Critical Race Theory

Commentary Currently, at least 22 states have legislation pending that would forbid the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 public schools. Six states—Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas—have turned those bills into law. That—plus a grassroots uprising of parents against indoctrinating youngsters with the idea that “systemic racism” is baked into all…


CRT Shares the Same Ideology as China’s Cultural Revolution, Chinese American Warns

The think tank organization Heritage Action for America hosted a panel discussion on critical race theory (CRT) in Georgetown, Delaware, on July 29. Six speakers stressed the dangers of CRT and how it has penetrated American society. One speaker compared the similarities of CRT and China’s Cultural Revolution. About 500 people attended the event in…


Tennessee Schools Violating Anti-CRT Law May Lose Millions in Funding Under New Rule

Public school districts in Tennessee could lose millions of dollars of state funds and teachers could have their licenses suspended for teaching “prohibited concepts” related to critical race theory (CRT), according to a new rule proposed by Tennessee Department of Education. The proposed rule is meant to help schools navigate the upcoming 2021–22 academic year,…


The Moment in 1986 When Critical Race Theory Ousted the Civil Rights Movement

“Critical race theory isn’t so much a thing as a way of looking at a thing,” Kimberlé Crenshaw assured MSNBC host Joy Reid last month. Crenshaw is a law professor at UCLA who, as a law student at Harvard, was one of the founders of critical race theory in the 1980s. The cable news segment—headlined…


Minnesotans Take Legal Action Over Critical Race Theory

A law firm has taken legal action on behalf of Minnesotans opposed to Critical Race Theory (CRT) who argue that they have become victims of bullying and retaliation for speaking out against what they say is a divisive and discriminatory philosophy. The Minnesota-based Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) on Friday announced that it had filed complaints…