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Should Critical Race Theory Be Taught In Schools Essay

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“Why do I even care about this?” has always been a reoccurring question that I’ve thought about and said aloud in classes I have taken throughout my education. I have always had mixed feelings about certain subjects and topics that were taught in school because in all fairness, why do I need to be taught about something that happened years and years ago? In most classes, some students may feel the same as I would; learning about something that we’ll probably forget about within the next couple of days and possibly never need to use again. Nevertheless, if we’re never taught about history, how are we meant to know about how society functions the way it does now? How would we know not to make the same mistakes that people made years ago especially …show more content…

In recent years, there has been intense controversy and debate regarding the implementation of the Critical Race Theory in schools. Putting this pressure onto teachers to execute a lesson for students to teach them about Critical Race Theory is ridiculous because we wouldn’t even know if the teacher is teaching it properly. If the lesson isn’t taught properly, it completely defeats the purpose and doesn’t provide the students with the proper knowledge of racism since “teachers in K-12 schools are not actually teaching CRT” (Ray and Gibbons 2021). So what really is the point if only some get to learn it and some don’t? This would elicit a bias as some are provided with learning about racism while some aren’t. The bias between students would cause division and resentment due to opposing opinions and ideas. Ray and Gibbons continue to mention, “there are also some people who may recognize America’s racist past but have bought into the false narrative that the U.S is now an equitable democracy,” which demonstrates how providing students with the opportunity to learn about it will make no difference. Despite putting in efforts to provide this knowledge to people, they are still stubborn on certain facts and ideas and won’t be changing their view

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