Critical Race Theory Tag

Roosevelt University Profs Caught Gloating on Zoom Call: ‘It’s All Social Justice, All Day’

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 28, 2021 21 Comments

Two professors from Roosevelt University in Chicago, who also serve as members of a local school board, were recently caught on a Zoom call bragging about how much they love being at the university because they get to teach social justice all day. One professor appears to teach education, while the other teaches public policy.

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North Carolina School District Urges Teachers to Ignore Parents’ Concerns and Teach Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 28, 2021 3 Comments

"told teachers to “disrupt” whiteness by not letting parents stand in the way of social justice instruction in the classroom"...

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1619 Project Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Joining Faculty at U. North Carolina

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 27, 2021 7 Comments

"will be the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at the University of North Carolina’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media starting in July"...

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Case Update: Preliminary Injunction Sought Against Alleged Anti-Asian Admissions Changes At VA’s Thomas Jefferson High

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 24, 2021 20 Comments

In March 2021, we covered a lawsuit filed alleging proposed changes in admissions criteria to the top-ranked public Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ) were motivated by a desire to reduce the percentage of students of Asian descent at the school, and to increase the percentages of Blacks and Hispanics.

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Virginia To Eliminate All Accelerated Maths Classes Prior To 11th Grade. Because ‘Equity’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 24, 2021 69 Comments

Last week, Katya wrote an outstanding essay about the perils of woke math. This week, Virginia's Department of Education announced that it will be eliminating accelerated maths classes in all public schools as they strive for "equity."

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Nickelodeon Jumps On The Woke CRT Bandwagon With ‘Environmental Racism’ Video

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 24, 2021 19 Comments

Nickelodeon has jumped on the woke 'Critical Race Theory' bandwagon with a new video explaining what "environmental racism" is for all those kiddies out there who might be pondering, even agonizing over, race in America.

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Jodi Shaw Raising Funds for Smith College Staffers Smeared as Racists in Campus Hoax

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 23, 2021 7 Comments

We have devoted extensive coverage to the race incident at Smith College in Massachusetts which turned out to be a hoax, and to Jodi Shaw who ultimately resigned from Smith as a result. In the course of the hoax, a janitor and a cafeteria worker were falsely smeared as racists. Jodi Shaw is now trying to help them out through fundraising.

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Coca-Cola General Counsel Who Imposed Racial Quotas On Outside Counsel Loses Position

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2021 73 Comments

Things may go better with Coke, but they don't go better with Woke. With a massive 7-figure payout, failure has succeeded quite well for Bradley Gayton....

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Biden Admin Signals Intent to Push Critical Race Theory Under Guise of History and Civics

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 22, 2021 3 Comments

"It is critical that the teaching of American history and civics creates learning experiences that validate and reflect the diversity, identities, histories, contributions, and experiences of all students."...

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Study: Critical Race Theory Propaganda Causes People To Grossly Overstate Police Killings of Blacks

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on April 21, 2021 17 Comments

As we all begin to absorb the full impact of the Biden administration's anti-capitalism, anti-freedom, anti-Constitution, America Last policies, we are seeing, for only the second time in our nation's history, an administration that openly disdains and gleefully condemns America as some kind of uniquely and irredeemably racist nation that must be destroyed in order to be rebuilt according to some regressive dystopian vision, circa the 1930's.

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U. Texas Approves Identity Politics “Strategic Plan for Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity”

Posted by Louis K. Bonham on April 21, 2021 15 Comments

Last fall, a working copy of the University of Texas’ “Faculty Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Strategic Plan” was leaked by a UT employee.

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Carleton College Mandates Racially Segregated Anti-Racism Trainings for Faculty

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 20, 2021 6 Comments

"The mandatory trainings apparently are not sitting well with all employees."...

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Biden Education Dept. Seeks to Prioritize Critical Race Theory and 1619 Project Grant Applications

Posted by Jeff Reynolds on April 19, 2021 32 Comments

Proposed new rule prioritizes applications from school districts to implement critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and 'anti-racism' into civics curriculum....

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Megyn Kelly Offers Warning to Heads of Schools Pushing Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 19, 2021 4 Comments

"if the head of Dalton can get fired for this insanity, so can you"...

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Woke Math And The Intentional Destruction Of Free, Independent Thought

Posted by Katya Sedgwick on April 18, 2021 97 Comments

There are features of American wokeness that make me gasp that socialism in the U.S. is going to be worse than the USSR where I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. The ongoing effort to transform mathematics education into a crypto-Marxist indoctrination vehicle seems like the sign of things to come.

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Teacher’s Union Head Under Fire for “Jewish Ownership Class” Remarks

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on April 18, 2021 29 Comments

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and who is Jewish, faced accusations exploiting anti-Jewish sentiment when an interview she had given to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency emerged.

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Virginia Teacher Says ‘Marxist’ Critical Race Training is Damaging the Community

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 17, 2021 14 Comments

Loudoun County in Virginia has been engaged in a months-long battle between parents and officials over the direction of their public schools. Last year, the school system spent almost half a million dollars on race-based education materials. Parents and even some teachers are objecting to the introduction of Critical Race Training.

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Parent At Exclusive NYC Brearley School: “demand an end to the destructive and anti-intellectual claptrap known as antiracism”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 16, 2021 31 Comments

"Brearley’s obsession with race must stop. It should be abundantly clear to any thinking parent that Brearley has completely lost its way. The administration and the Board of Trustees have displayed a cowardly and appalling lack of leadership by appeasing an anti-intellectual, illiberal mob, and...

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