On November 8, North Dakota legislators introduced a bill banning Critical Race Theory (CRT) in K-12 schools. Less than a week later, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (R) signed the legislation into law. The impact of the new law could be significant. And that's not because anyone is teaching CRT to K-12 students in North Dakota.
I don’t understand how any of the CRT laws are Constitutional. They’re expressly against freedom of speech and for discrimination based on ethnicity—it can’t be spoken about or taught its history. Talk about cancel culture!
After reading this article, very well done by the way. It seems that the State of North Dakota in whole needs to be put over a knee and given a real hard spanking. So, it seems that facts of real history are bad for white people who want to write their own history, now it can't even be debated in polite society. Facts will always be facts, no matter how much "white" paint you attempt to cover it with.
“Faced with these constraints, how can a teacher discuss slavery, the civil rights era, or the history of redlining? All of these topics are inextricably related to systemic racism in American society and its legal system.” -
Umm faced with these constraints, how can a teacher discuss the (amended) Constitution itself?
This is clearly a prior restraint on the free speech rights of teachers, and should be stricken down, though of course it will take time & $$ to do that. I’d honestly be surprised if another 28 states follow suit given the inherent stupidity of this legislation, and the excellent reporting Judd & Co have done - practically a legal brief. Thank you so much! - and big props on the complimentary coverage. Very well deserved!
Why not just call the people complaining about CRT what they actually are? Racists. I don't get why old white people have such a hard time acknowledging this country was built on racism. It's an indisputable fact. Teaching that to children won't ruin the world like the GOP seems to think it would. In practice, I think this would lead to more understanding of people who look different from you and less racism in the future. Not acknowledging previous mistakes means you are destined to repeat them. I thought this was a lesson everyone was taught as a child. I guess I was wrong...Great reporting Judd, keep up the excellent work!
There is a saying that history is written by those who rule. I do believe that this is what all the politicizing is about concerning a proposition like critical race theory or CRT. CRT appears to be an attempt to explain the persistence of racial attitudes and inequality in the US. If you look at the history of the US, you see it is a Country full of prejudices of “the other”. Besides treating black people who had been slaves poorly, just look at how Native Americans were treated; or how about the Japanese Americans during WWII; or how about the attitudes that persist toward Jewish people? The prejudices are based on fear and a warped view of what it means to be a Christian. The cognitive dissonance can be deafening. It makes for crazy people who cannot see the humanity in other human beings and it is certainly missing in themselves.
New to Popular Information. Found it through a link provided by, and subscribed partially on the advice of, the writer of another letter I follow. If future work is of same quality as this, there will be no regrets I ponied up the plastic.
Congratulations on being featured in The Hill, Judd. Your examples of the parent complaints about 'CRT' are so sadly misinformed. How can teachers possibly teach history with these constraints?
I don’t understand how any of the CRT laws are Constitutional. They’re expressly against freedom of speech and for discrimination based on ethnicity—it can’t be spoken about or taught its history. Talk about cancel culture!
After reading this article, very well done by the way. It seems that the State of North Dakota in whole needs to be put over a knee and given a real hard spanking. So, it seems that facts of real history are bad for white people who want to write their own history, now it can't even be debated in polite society. Facts will always be facts, no matter how much "white" paint you attempt to cover it with.
The GOP just trying to erase our history and take us back to the days before women and people of color could vote...this is fine. *sips coffee*
“Faced with these constraints, how can a teacher discuss slavery, the civil rights era, or the history of redlining? All of these topics are inextricably related to systemic racism in American society and its legal system.” -
Umm faced with these constraints, how can a teacher discuss the (amended) Constitution itself?
This is clearly a prior restraint on the free speech rights of teachers, and should be stricken down, though of course it will take time & $$ to do that. I’d honestly be surprised if another 28 states follow suit given the inherent stupidity of this legislation, and the excellent reporting Judd & Co have done - practically a legal brief. Thank you so much! - and big props on the complimentary coverage. Very well deserved!
Why not just call the people complaining about CRT what they actually are? Racists. I don't get why old white people have such a hard time acknowledging this country was built on racism. It's an indisputable fact. Teaching that to children won't ruin the world like the GOP seems to think it would. In practice, I think this would lead to more understanding of people who look different from you and less racism in the future. Not acknowledging previous mistakes means you are destined to repeat them. I thought this was a lesson everyone was taught as a child. I guess I was wrong...Great reporting Judd, keep up the excellent work!
One step closer to Soviet style Fascist society in USA ....
There is a saying that history is written by those who rule. I do believe that this is what all the politicizing is about concerning a proposition like critical race theory or CRT. CRT appears to be an attempt to explain the persistence of racial attitudes and inequality in the US. If you look at the history of the US, you see it is a Country full of prejudices of “the other”. Besides treating black people who had been slaves poorly, just look at how Native Americans were treated; or how about the Japanese Americans during WWII; or how about the attitudes that persist toward Jewish people? The prejudices are based on fear and a warped view of what it means to be a Christian. The cognitive dissonance can be deafening. It makes for crazy people who cannot see the humanity in other human beings and it is certainly missing in themselves.
New to Popular Information. Found it through a link provided by, and subscribed partially on the advice of, the writer of another letter I follow. If future work is of same quality as this, there will be no regrets I ponied up the plastic.
Racism is endemic in our culture and these so-called “laws” put forth by white Republican people prove it. It’s the New Jim Crow.
The C- Students are running the State. Pathetic! Can’t believe they get 2 Senators 🤦🏻♀️
Congratulations on being featured in The Hill, Judd. Your examples of the parent complaints about 'CRT' are so sadly misinformed. How can teachers possibly teach history with these constraints?
It's clear our educational system(s) will never catch up to the rest of the world. Pew compiled this research in early 2017, before we'd ever heard of CRT, and only just after the election of DJT. Can you imagine what the results are now, after that AND Covid?? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ .
Another thought, looking at this stream of comments...don't feed the trolls.
Next stop...thought crime.