b"CRITICAL Dont BelieveRACETHEORY the HypeBy Debra YoungBlackhistoryisinextricablyconnectedtoAmericangroups of people.She highlighted Dr. Gloria Ladson-history.ItisimpossibletotellthefullhistoryofBillingsandWilliamF. Tates1995articleonCRT Americawithoutincludingthecontributionsofthat gained traction in the education field. She believes African Americans - from slavery to the present day.that over the decades this article has become popular YetthereisalegislativeeffortinmanyRedStates,in education because its easy to grasp the concept in includingSouthCarolina(SC)towhitewashorinterms of looking at the policies and practices in schools somecaseseliminatediscussionsandteachingofanduniversitiesbasedonwhatsfairandwhatsnot Americas turbulent and brutal racial history in publicfair. If we want to change and make the world fair and schools.TheCriticalRaceTheory(CRT)isbeingequitable, Boutte stressed that we must look at policies used to justify their efforts.and practices that are in place to see if they are fair or WhilemanypeopledonotfullyunderstandCRT,not. ithasbecomeahotlydebatedanddivisivetopicinCENSORING CURRICULUMlegislatures and academia in SC and across America.Republicans in SC and across the country are fighting TheLegalDefenseFund(LDF)definesCRTastokeepCRToutofthepublicschoolcurriculum, anacademicandlegalframeworkthatdenoteseven though its not being taught in any K-12 schools thatsystemicracismispartofAmericansocietyinSC.Oneonlyhastoturnonthenewstohear fromeducationandhousingtoemploymentofthemanybillsthatsomeRepublicanlegislators andhealthcare.Accordingtoresearch,CRTwasareintroducingthatwouldlimitBlackandother firstdevelopedbylegalscholarsinthe1970sandpeople of colors histories from being taught in public 80sfollowingtheCivilRightsMovement.Inaschools.OnesuchbillwasrecentlydefeatedinSC recentinterview,Dr.GloriaBoutte,aDistinguishedafter100peoplecameoutandopposedit.Their ProfessorattheUniversityofSouthCarolinastated rationale for the attempt to censor curriculum (USC), shed some light on CRT and the controversyisthatlearningabouthowAfricanAmericanswere surrounding it.Even though Boutte is a professor atandstillaretreatedinthiscountrywouldmake USC, she emphasized that she is speaking for herselfwhitechildrenfeeluncomfortableorguilty.This andnotrepresentingUSC.Shealsoclarifiedthatbegs the question, if white children are uncomfortable she is not a Critical Race Theorist but borrows somehearing it how do they think Black children who are of the framework for the Black Emancipatory Worklivingitfeel?Bouttecautionedthatsomepeople Paradigm that she works from.intentionallyconflateculturallyrelevantteaching withCRTtoscarepeople.Inhisarticleentitled Boutte emphatically pointed out that a lot of what weWhat is Critical Race Theory and Why is it Under hear in the media is inaccurate.There is a lot of hypeAttack,StephenSawchukalsonotesthatseveral that makes people think that CRT is a bad thing andlegislatureshavealreadyseverelylimitedtheway it's not, Boutte explained.She described CRT as ateacherscandiscussissuesofraceintheclassroom. theory created in legal studies on the graduate level toAccordingtoBoutte,someteachersarefearfulof betterunderstandandcritiqueinjusticesinthelegallosing their jobs for teaching the truth about our lived system.ShefurtherexplainedthatCRTexamineshistory and experiences. Boutte expressed dismay that howlawsareunequallyadministeredtodifferentBlack educators are losing positions for just basically 10IMARA"