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School Board in Georgia's Cobb County Bans Critical Race Theory
I really think white people are allergic to acknowledging racism.
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Why Everyone Is Wrong About Critical Race Theory In Schools: A Very Special Clapback Mailbag
There’s a lot of misinformation about Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project and schools teaching kids that white people are evil.
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Doing Gov. Brian Kemp's Bidding, Georgia Board Passes White Fragility Resolution Denouncing CRT, Declaring Slavery a 'Deviation' From Founding Principles
There’s a reason I write so damn much about the Republican war on Critical Race Theory—it’s just such a shining example of how whiteness works. CRT has existed as an academic study since 1989, and the volumes of research and data that CRT was developed from date back to the late ‘60s-early ‘70s. White people…
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Texas Senate Passes Anti-Critical Race Theory in Schools Bill That Waters American History Down With White Tears
America is a racist country, and the people working the hardest to prove that it isn’t are the same ones actively demonstrating that it is. At this point, it couldn’t be more apparent that the Republican war against Critical Race Theory isn’t actually about CRT—because they don’t have the first clue what CRT even is.…
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Republicans Introduce Federal Bills to 'Restrict the Spread' of Critical Race Theory as CRT Continues to Live in Their Heads Rent-Free
At this point, Republicans are Haley Joel Osment curled up underneath his covers whispering to Bruce Willis, “I see Critical Race Theory.” They’re convinced that you can’t get Critical Race Theory wet or feed it after midnight, otherwise it will spread and gremlin-ize Americans everywhere into hating their country as well as their whiteness. They…
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Oklahoma City School Board Rejects New Anti-Critical Race Theory Law, Says It Only Exists to 'Protect White Fragility'
Last Friday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law a bill prohibiting Critical Race Theory or any curriculum that might cause white students “discomfort, guilt, anguish or psychological distress” from being taught in K-12 schools in the state. On Monday, the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education unanimously denounced the new law and called…
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Idaho Wants to Pass Bill Making It Illegal for Schools to Teach About America’s Racist Past or Present
You know what white people hate more than Seinfeld’s ending? Admitting that America was and still is racist AF. So Idaho—which, let me say here and now that I’m not into sexual shaming, and I don’t know Ida or whether or not they are a ho, but they are definitely on some ho shit—wants to…
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Let Them Lead: It’s Time to Follow Black Women and Girls Toward Justice
Despite some (if uneven) progress with vaccinations, we still face a pandemic of pandemics: A deadly virus that exposes and aggravates deep-seated racism and gender-bias throughout our societies and institutions. Indeed, all of the data affirm, women—particularly women of color—bear the brunt of these interconnected crises. The facts are devastating: Women of color have been…
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With a $15 Million Start From the Ford Foundation, The Black Feminist Fund Takes Flight
Black women matter—because when we win, we typically bring everyone to the finish line. The Ford Foundation clearly recognizes the value in investing in Black women, as on Thursday, it was announced that the philanthropic organization is providing $15 million to launch The Black Feminist Fund, “a philanthropic organization led by Black feminists whose mission…
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Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People
It feels counterintuitive to suggest that straight black men as a whole possess any sort of privilege.
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