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Kevin Lawrence Henry Jr.; DeMarcus Jenkins; Mark White; Carl D. Greer – Thresholds in Education, 2023
In this paper, we explore white supremacy's "projection" of the "devil" by focusing on its construction and deployment of what Stanley Cohen (1972/2002) terms "folk devils" or those who are seen as deviant. We argue Critical Race Theory (CRT) and conjoining equity centered discourses and practices are situated as a…
Descriptors: Educational History, Critical Race Theory, Equal Education, Political Attitudes
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Richard Miller; Katrina Liu; Arnetha F. Ball – Thresholds in Education, 2023
Recent efforts to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in U.S. public schools have been criticized for fundamentally misunderstanding both CRT and K-12 teaching and teacher education. This paper argues that Anti-CRT fear-mongering in the U.S. is a new face on an old practice, the racist use of public education to sustain White supremacy. Using…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Critical Race Theory, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Whites
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Erin C. Scussel; Jennifer Esposito Norris – Thresholds in Education, 2023
As of February 2023, 44 states have either introduced or passed legislation that aims to control the teaching of race in K-12 public schools. Using political discourse analysis, we investigate the discourse from six "anti-CRT" documents. We frame the discourse from an agnotological perspective; agnotology is the study of how ignorance is…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Critical Race Theory, Negative Attitudes