Tuesday, October 19, 2021

CRT in Public Schools - By RBL

 CRT in Public schools

hello this is RBL here with another blog post. This blog will be based around a video that I've created. It's based around the topic of CRT (critical race theory) that we've been talking about in my class the war on X. I will also post my script under the video if needed. Without further to do, here's my video and I hope you enjoy it.


Video Script:

Critical Race in Theory (CRT) in public schooling 


Over the past 2 weeks in my class War on X, we’ve been studying different aspects of CRT. In this video I’m going to be doing some more research on the topic of CRT.


Slide: What is CRT?


  • CRT is the study of different racist acts in the United states and seeing how racism was built into different institutions and has evolved from it.

  • Today it’s seen as the study of race and the different topics connected to the impact of race. With this in mind some schools now want to teach students about CRT and the impacts of racism in the United States.


Transition to next slide: Defined Research 


  • Now that we’ve established what CRT is, I want to look at a specific question based around CRT, "Why did schools ban the teaching of CRT?"



Transition to next slide: Peoples thoughts 


  • One reason why schools are banning CRT being taught in schools is because some parents are hesitant on having their children be taught about CRT for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons is having students learn about race and who they are as an individual.

 

  • I believe that schools banned teachings of CRT because states thought that if students were learning about each other's races, it would possibly cause conflicts inside the classrooms. There are problems with banning CRT’s process in public schooling. At some point students might see something on the news or experience something that might open them up to race. One of the articles I looked up was, “Here’s what Black students have to say about 'critical race theory' bans”. In this article it states that the battles around the teachings   of racism in the nation’s public schools have risen in the past few months. With this at least five states passed different bills to ban educators from teaching about racial equity. The problem with this is that if we don’t teach students about CRT,they might not be able to understand the different contexts and issues that have to do with race and how it impacts their own identities. 


Next slide: A different perspective

  • I first looked at an article on why CRT was banned in Florida titled “Why Is Critical Race Theory Being Banned in Public Schools”? Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, wanted to ban CRT education in public schools because he states that he wants students to judge others based on their actions, or in his words "character education." 


Next slide: Should CRT be banned?

  • I still stand that CRT shouldn’t be banned because it’s important that children get to see each other the way they are and to be accepted as young individuals. I also believe that it should be taught in schools because it’s a term that not a lot of students my age know about so it’s important that they should learn about it as well. If students aren’t taught CRT in schools, where else would they be able to learn about critical race theory? An article by James E. Causey also talks about why CRT should be taught in Wisconsin schools stating that, “You can’t teach a sanitized version of race and racism and expect anything to change.” 


Closing:

  • Overall CRT has been a topic that has continued to cause controversy overtime. It can become harder and harder for students to not get exposed to it. It’s up to us to educate students about CRT so they can understand it for themselves. Thanks for watching.

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