As we celebrate Juneteenth & commemorate the liberation of enslaved peoples, we also note with alarm the spread of legislation across the country that prevents the telling of our history under the phantom threat of ‘critical race theory’ #TruthBeTold
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The right-wing effort to suppress the teaching of racial injustice has metastasized: in over 24 states, conservatives are engaged in a full frontal assault against the racial reckoning that a multi-generational, multi-racial group of Americans demanded last summer. (5/)pic.twitter.com/hdOu76SKUZ
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Legislators rushing to suppress a phantom threat have threatened educators with censure, fines, termination & budget cuts.
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It’s time to fight back. Since the fall, AAPF has been leading the
#TruthBeTold Campaign alongside the NAACP LDF and other partners to push back against federal and state-level repression. (7/)pic.twitter.com/OLJGgG03y1
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We applaud the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers for condemning these efforts to suppress accurate history in schools and to deny our children the opportunity to learn from events that should never be forgotten. (8/)
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Across the country, educators are speaking out against these laws that gag their ability to teach a truthful version of history to the next generation and pass down values of honesty, integrity, and justice. (9/)https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/12/teachers-protest-laws-restricting-antiracism-lessons-in-school/ …
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Why have these attacks emerged now? We must not underestimate that this backlash arrives because we are in a position of ascendancy — a transformative momentum that we need to sustain and advance against those who yearn for a racially oppressive past. (10/)pic.twitter.com/pyLKkXZcC9
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On days of celebration like Juneteenth, we must not let these attempts to silence our history obscure that we have overcome before and we will do so again. To support the campaign and for more resources, visit http://www.aapf.org/truthbetold (11)pic.twitter.com/ZErUSDG2z3
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