Question for critics of the left-identitarian approach to teaching about race in America: if the curriculum were up to you, what's your vision of what kids should be taught about race in America?
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Teach honestly about the history of racism and injustice, but place it in the context of America's highest ideals and our steady progress towards achieving them. Cultivate a sense of agency and common purpose in children of all racial backgrounds.
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@realchrisrufo that’s incredibly well putThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Yup! Because without agency it’s just bad news reporting.
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And disavow homogeneous, unsubstantiated narratives about racial disparities, e.g., "All racial inequality is caused by racism." To the extent explanations are possible, only empirical analyses.
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They're 100% substantiated, you guys just handwave away the evidence lol
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An honest teaching about the history of racism and injustice wouldn't brush their ongoing effects under the rug. Yet you've devoted yourself to discrediting endeavors at examining and rectifying exactly that. Doesn't seem like honesty is what you want.
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What about present day racial inequality where the causes are widely contested by lots of factions? How should schools handle, say, the fact of racial disparities in mass incarceration? Teaching the debate? Trying to discern and teach the true view? Something else?
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"Teach the controversy" has a lot of merit to it, especially in older grades. And if CRT was being taught in older grades as one viewpoint of several it'd be a totally different conversation, rather than warmed-over racism being taught as sacred scripture.
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