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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Jul 20, 2021, 02:47 PM Jul 2021

No Black parents, teachers or scholars invited to Missouri hearing on teaching race

A Missouri legislative committee on Monday held a hearing on how educators teach K-12 students about race and racism without hearing from any Black Missourians.

No Black parents, teachers or scholars testified to the Joint Committee on Education during the invite-only hearing on critical race theory.

Aside from an official from Missouri’s education department, the only people who testified Monday were critics of critical race theory, which is a way of thinking about America’s history through the lens of racism.

Missouri NAACP President Rod Chapel called it “ridiculous” to have a conversation about inequity while “excluding the very people who are saying we’ve been treated inequitably.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-black-parents-teachers-scholars-165812368.html

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No Black parents, teachers or scholars invited to Missouri hearing on teaching race (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Par for the course .... Diamond_Dog Jul 2021 #1
Racist to the core malaise Jul 2021 #2
Every time GQP tries to deny systemic racism exisits... IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2021 #3
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #4
Missouri legislators didn't invite any Black people to an invite-only hearing on teaching about race LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #5
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