I’m A Middle School Teacher And See How Critical Race Curriculum Is Creating Racial Hostility In School
Yes, I am speaking about the controversial critical race theory that has infiltrated our public schools here in Rhode Island under the umbrella of. You won’t see the words “critical race theory” on the materials, but those are the concepts taught. The new, racialized curriculum and materials focuses almost exclusively on an oppressor-oppressed narrative, and have created racial tensions among students and staff where none existed before.
Missing from our curriculum during the 2020/ 21 school year was the diversity, perspective, truth, and rigor that previously were taught. Previously, Holocaust studies, world genocide, world art, universal themes, universal characters and any book or short story from the literary cannon. Finally, for some students, standing for The Pledge of Allegiance was no longer something they did. We are not allowed to question why, and the truth is, I knew why. Already these young people were beginning to hate America. I was the only person standing and the only person that could be heard saying “liberty and justice for all”.
At my school, the increasing hatred towards America seemed on the rise. I blame the books, I blame the media, the literature showing kids themes akin to America is bad, and white people are the enemy. While some teachers embraced this ideology, many secretly modified the lessons to include historically accurate supplemental materials.
“Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them” Students in the United States who exist within the boundaries of groups that have been systemically discriminated against in their educational experiences have, on average,disproportionally lower academic outcomes than their peers who exist outside these marginalized groups .
It was a “What!!” moment of tragic proportions. All the wrong emphases now in education as the so-called Attributes or Psychological Dispositions of the students are a main focus in the classroom. In fact, Dispositions are upfront as the Desired Learning Outcomes in the Social Studies teachers’ C-3 framework–College, Career, and Citizenship Ready.
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