{"id":104801,"date":"2021-07-03T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104801"},"modified":"2021-07-03T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T19:07:11","slug":"critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104801","title":{"rendered":"Critical Race Theory&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104801\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=104801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-104802 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/unnamed-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/unnamed-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/unnamed.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Bethany \u201cBST2\u201d Armstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.\u201d Churchill<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of people freaking out about Critical Race Theory but most can\u2019t even define it. It began with the 1619 Project; a Pulitzer Prize winning piece of journalism. Its purpose is to help teach the role of slavery in American History. With only 8% of US High School seniors surveyed identifying that slavery was the primary cause of the civil war and the pervasive belief that the Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves as soon as the ink dried, we desperately need a more cohesive and honest narrative of our past so we can move forward and heal. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time we\u2019ve had divides over history curriculum. In the late 1930\u2019s through the early 1950\u2019s, education professor Harold Rugg\u2019s social studies textbooks came under fire because they critiqued income inequality and social stratification and embraced the New Deal. These textbooks were called \u201cun-American\u201d and \u201csubversive.\u201d In the 1970\u2019s and 80\u2019s, the term \u201cherstory\u201d was used to promote the influence of women on history&#8230; to much mockery and derision.<\/p>\n<p>History is written by the victors &#8211; often the oppressors &#8211; and is meant to reflect their story and their ideals in a positive light, making heroes of mortals and villains of any that oppose them. American history as it is presented to our youth is more mythology &amp; propaganda than fact with the horrific parts white-washed or ignored. American History is about looking good.<\/p>\n<p>When I went to school in the 80\u2019s and 90\u2019s, I learned that the civil war wasn\u2019t primarily about slavery, it was about \u201cstates&#8217; rights\u201d, that many slave-owners were kind to their slaves and they were more like families than owners and owned, along with a whole lotta bullshit about our founding fathers. I learned what homes Native Americans (they were still called Indians at this point) had, wigwams &amp; teepees &amp; long houses, but I did not learn about the Trail of Tears and the other horrific things that were done to them. I learned that the Chinese helped build our railroads but not the conditions they endured.<\/p>\n<p>Now, what is taught in American history can vary from state to state and even from school district to school district. My 11-year-old learned in school about Native Americans &amp; slavery the same way I did&#8230;. sparsely and superficially. She\u2019s learned more real history from tik-tok videos and dinner table conversations than she learned in school. Critical Race Theory explores reality researched by scholars rather than watered-down rationalizations proposed by politicians. My daughter deserves facts over fallacy. Our nation\u2019s youth deserves the truth.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Bethany \u201cBST2\u201d Armstrong \u201cThose that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.\u201d Churchill There are a lot of people freaking out about Critical Race Theory but most can\u2019t even define it. It began with the 1619 Project; a Pulitzer Prize winning piece of journalism. 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