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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 Missouris education department, the only people who testified Monday were critics of critical race theory, which is a way of thinking about Americas 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 weve been treated inequitably.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-black-parents-teachers-scholars-165812368.html
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