Teachers are gathering in more than 115 cities this weekend to 'teach truth' in protest of the anti-race education and anti-critical race theory legislation being proposed across the country.
George Stephanopoulos discusses the new cultural flashpoint with professors Leah Wright Rigueur and Glenn Loury.to"teach truth" in protest of the anti-race education and anti-critical race theory legislation being proposed across the country.
Lawmakers in at least 27 states have introduced or implemented legislation that would require teachers to remove certain lessons about the role of racism, sexism and oppression in U.S. history.
"By censoring and restricting what teachers can teach, that is censoring what students learn and it's going to change the trajectory of our country," said Nelva Williamson, a history teacher in Houston."We are not doing harm to students by teaching them the history of this country -- the good, the bad and the ugly."
This academic discipline, typically used in higher education, has been invoked by legislators pushing these bills that limit lessons on oppression, though the vast majority of the bills don't mention it in their texts.Educators rallied to pledge to teach the truth in Seattle, Wash. on June 12, 2021.
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