I didn't mean to talk about Critical Race Theory, but with Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday, people have been ranting about how we can't teach the truth about Juneteenth and enslavement because of all the bans. Well, like most trending social media rants, this one is not based in fact. 

As I have stated, you aren't teaching critical race theory when you teach critical aspects about race and racism. Since your job as an educator is to teach your students to think critically about the world around them; since you want to teach them to be good problem-solvers; since you hopefully aren't training them to be your ideological minions; you do not have to worry about critical race theory bans in education. First, CRT is more concerned with the systems that disenfranchise populations than the individual racist. The bans seem more concerned with evil educator ideologues teaching students that all members of any particular group are racist, sexist oppressors. Raise your hand if that was on your syllabus last year. 

If you weren't telling your students they were guilty or superior or inferior, stand down. Know your standards. Read the bills (Here's HB3979 from Texas). Prepare your lessons and teach your students to read, investigate, write, evaluate and be good citizens.

If you'd like more info, here is my Critical Race Theory series on YouTube, along with some additional resources to help you do your own research so you can feel confident about the upcoming school year:

Critical Race Theory-The Basics (15m listen)

What You Need to Know About Critical Race Theory with Sheldon Eakins (45m listen)

Critical Race Theory and SEL (4m read)

Get the more resources at hedreich.com/.