Weekly Opinion Editorial
CRT
IS PASSIVE THINKING!
by
Steve Fair
Critical race theory (CRT) is an academic movement of civil rights activists who seek to critically examine the law on issues of race. The advocates of CRT believe social problems are influenced and created by society and culture because racism is inherent in skin color. Critics of CRT say CRT elevates storytelling over absolute truth, revises history and automatically assumes white supremacy by whites. CRT dates back to the 1970s when law school professors, activists and attorneys examined why civil rights victories had stalled and in their estimation were eroding. The ‘hate crime’ legislation that has made its way into law was birthed in the CRT movement.
HB #1775, authored by Rep. Kevin West,
(R-Moore) and Sen. David Bullard, (R-Durant) prohibits Oklahoma public schools,
colleges and universities from incorporating certain messages about sex and
race into any course instruction. The
bill would also prohibit requiring mandatory gender or sexual diversity
training or counseling in the schools. HB#1775 passed
the House 70-19 and the Senate 38-9. It is
now on the governor’s desk.
On Sunday, the Tulsa Race Massacre
Centennial Commission requested Governor Kevin Stitt veto HB#1775. "If this bill becomes law it will have serious
implications on teaching the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in schools, as well as
much of the history of the U.S. which is rife with racism, sexism and
discomfort," said Phil Armstrong,
project director for the Commission. Two
observations:
First, racism is not an inherited trait.
There is no evidence there is a racism gene. Every person is born with an inherit sin
nature. They got it from their father,
who got it from his father, all the way back to Adam. That depravity/wickedness/sin can manifest
itself in racism, but not every white person is a racist simply because they
are white. To condemn every person as racist
because of the color of their skin is the height of racism.
Second, HB#1775 does not stop the teaching of history. Armstrong is being intellectually dishonest
with that statement. The language in HB#1775
doesn’t state or even infer that incidents of race riots and violence be
ignored. The bill specifically states that no teacher,
administrator or other employee of a school district, charter school or virtual
charter school shall require or make part of a course the following concepts:
(a) one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex, (2) an
individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist
or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously, (3) an individual should
be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because
of his or her race or sex.
“This bill will in no way stop the teaching of history or anything currently in our Oklahoma education standards, including curriculum that shows historical examples of racism or genocide. This bill simply says that teachers can’t force a student to answer that they are inherently racist or sexist or that they must feel personally responsible for things perpetrated in the past by people of a similar race or gender,” Rep. West said.
HB#1775, if signed by the governor, would go into effect immediately and would require the state Regents and the state Board of Education to implement the changes in the bill.
Contact the governor’s office and encourage him to sign HB#1775. Children should be taught critical thinking skills. CRT is passive thinking and rooted in Marxism. Oklahoma students shouldn’t be subjected to it.
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