Nikole Hannah-Jones Launching ‘1619 Freedom School’ Funded in Part by George Soros Groups
“a literacy curriculum built around Black history”...
“a literacy curriculum built around Black history”...
“We wish her nothing but deep success and the hope that UNC can learn from this long tenure drama"...
"The nearly 2,400 pages of curriculum from Hillsdale College in Michigan includes lessons on the founding of the U.S., the Civil War and the American government."...
“We are trying to create a Carolina community that is safe for these students”...
"Some professors at his university demanded he be officially censured, sanctioned or publicly repudiated."...
“I think there’s no question that there continues to be systemic racism in our country"...
Hannah-Jones made such a big deal about not receiving tenure, making the school jump through hoops for her. Capitulation and bending the knee never works...
"NEA will research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list of resources and recommendations for state affiliates, locals, and individual educators"...
“will not take the position without tenure.”...
"the UNC Student Body President wrote an open letter calling for a university-wide reckoning"...
"a handful of academics are pushing back and applauding the school"...
"I am obligated to fight back against a wave of anti-democratic suppression that seeks to prohibit the free exchange of ideas, silence Black voices, and chill free speech."...
"I’m not sure any of us has seen the faculty more galvanized with emotion"...
"That pressure, and the way the board responded, illustrates the way conservatives often wield power in higher education."...
"incorporates the historically inaccurate and ideologically-driven 1619 Project and the discriminatory and misleadingly titled Critical Race Theory concept of “anti-racism” which actually is neo-racist as commonly used."...
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