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As a right-wing fear campaign against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in schools across the country shows no signs of abating, several educators are leaving the profession to avoid facing the sometimes dangerous rage and rhetoric of conservative activists, who often demonstrate a total misunderstanding of CRT.
A report from NBC News published on Monday morning details how a “small but growing number of educators” are leaving schools because conservative parents and community members are accusing them of teaching CRT in the classrooms.
Critical race theory is a decades-old academic framework for studying law that seeks to understand how race and gender shape laws and policies in the United States. It is most often taught at the college or university level, and rarely seen or discussed in K-12 classrooms.
Nevertheless, conservative commentators, lawmakers and news organizations (particularly Fox News) have launched a campaign of fear and disinformation focused on CRT — a concept that they rarely can explain, yet they insist that children are being indoctrinated by educators that are supposedly teaching it to them.
The report from NBC News detailed several examples of educators leaving their jobs over threats…Read rest here.
