As a SLO county resident, I'm so disappointed to hear that the ignorant and racist attack on teaching Critical Race Theory in schools is also happening here.
Here's an excerpt from The Tribune:
"The Paso Robles school board took no action Tuesday on a resolution to essentially ban critical race theory from being taught in classrooms, after an hour of public comment that included an emotional appeal against the effort from a top administrator.
Critical race theory largely focuses on tackling racism not on an individual basis, but by shifting structures and systems to become equitable for all.
It is not taught in Paso Robles schools — nor in most primary and secondary schools, for that matter.
Yet, it was introduced as a resolution written by board President Chris Arend because the district has reportedly received multiple letters asking for critical race theory to be banned from being taught.
After a long meeting Tuesday evening, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees ultimately provided no direction to staff on whether to bring the resolution to a vote during the board’s next meeting on July 13, but members indicated that it likely would not be brought up at that time.
See the article here.
I applaud Jen Gaviola who said, "I just can’t believe this is what our focus is. Our kids have been out of school for a year, and this is our focus now?”
The resolution presented to the board included:
- “Critical Race Theory (‘CRT’) is an ideology based on false assumptions about the United States of America and its population.”
- “The definitional foundation of Critical Race Theory involving an artificial distortion of the traditional definition of ‘racism’ is fatally flawed.”
• “Critical Race Theory is a divisive ideology that assigns moral fault to individuals solely on the basis of an individual’s race and, therefore, is itself a racist ideology.”
“Critical Race Theory is rejected and will not constitute the basis for any instruction in the PRJUSD,” before listing specific elements that cannot be taught.
Here's the Wikipedia page on Critical Race Theory.
A map of the attacks against CRT.
Featured image is from The Tribune. Paso Robles Joint Unified School District board of trustees held their regular meeting June 22, 2021 as boards across the county returned to in person meetings.
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