Priscilla Rahn, the vice-chair of the Colorado Republican Party, gave a presentation in July called “Unpacking CRT” where she equated critical race theory (CRT), a legal framework taught in law and graduate schools, with Marxism.
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Mesa County Schools Reinstate Equity Position Amidst False Claims of Critical Race Theory Teaching
Tracy Gallegos was officially hired as Director of Equity and Inclusion at a special Mesa County school board meeting Wednesday, July 21 – a position that has come under fire in recent months.
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Buck: Outrage Over Critical Race Theory and ‘Boys Playing Girls Sports’ Will Lead GOP to Victory
Colorado Republican Congressman Ken Buck appeared to acknowledge in a leaked video yesterday that stirring up outrage over critical race theory and transgender kids playing on sports teams is a political strategy for Republicans to turn out voters and win back seats in Congress in 2022.
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The Cynical War on ‘Critical Race Theory’
One conservative activist is weaponizing resentment over diversity trainings into an all-out, red-baiting culture war.
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Far-Right Militia Apparently Attends CO School Board Meeting on Critical Race Theory
The academic concept of Critical Race Theory (CRT), the Republican Party’s latest boogeyman, is drawing angry conservatives, apparently including members of far-right militias, to school board meetings across Colorado.
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Don’t Be Afraid: Critical Race Theory Won’t Bite (But It May Make You Think)
I have been teaching graduate seminars in critical race theory for over a decade. So I find the recent wave of hand wringing about critical race theory infecting K-12 education and infiltrating the federal government to be puzzling, troubling, and heartbreaking.