Liv Finne
Washington Policy Center
Widespread and irresponsible claims you may have heard that Critical Race Theory (CRT) and race discrimination are not taught in public schools are false. Last month voters elected many new members to local school boards based, at least in part, on those candidates’ announced opposition to teaching CRT in local schools.
On what basis then do CRT-deniers say the race-based ideology is not being taught in schools? They argue CRT is an academic theory only taught in college and law school. This claim is true only in a narrow technical sense. Yes, a stand-alone course is not listed in K-12 classrooms, but harmful CRT concepts are being woven into the public school program that is taught to children. This is because Governor Inslee signed SB 5044 in May, a bill that requires CRT training in all public elementary and high schools across the state.
When faced with this fact, advocates of CRT then fall back on the claim that parents who express concern are closet racists who don’t want schools to cover the darker aspects of America’s past. This is also not true. No one, including parents, are trying to suppress or deny any aspect of our nation’s true history. In fact, current academic standards provide for a full discussion of American slavery, the issues of the Civil War, the Reconstruction period, Jim Crow laws...
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