Towards a Critical Race Theory of EducationOne slide includes a quote from author bell hooks reminding white people, even the liberals, they’re white supremacists: “When liberal whites fail to understand how they can and/or do embody white supremacist values and beliefs even though they may not embrace racism as prejudice or domination , they cannot recognize the ways their actions support and affirm the very structure of racist domination and oppression that they wish to see eradicated.
If you are not making any of these points as a teacher, you should not be in the classroom. It has nothing to do with race, religion, sex, gender, etc. This is no better than schools treating students like numbers to receive more funding.Why do they think only non-white students struggle with learning? That sounds pretty racist to me.
Then the teachers show others how to integrate anti-racism and Critical Race Theory into mathematics. The teachers used something called the “Hope Wheel.” Of course, it comes fromDon’t worry! The teachers suggested weaving anti-racism ideas into pre-existing lessons and perfect news sources.