PAGES 30-59. THE WAY THEY WERE FIRST PRESENTED ON THIS SITE.

February 01, 2022

PAGES 30-59. THE WAY THEY WERE FIRST PRESENTED ON THIS SITE.

ROLL OUT: PART 2. DENIAL. AND, WHAT DO RACIAL PROFILING, POLICE SHOOTINGS, AND GENDER IDENTITY TOPICS HAVE TO DO WITH LANGUAGE ARTS??

OVER A FOUR DAY PERIOD, WE'RE SHOWING THE EVIDENCE WE'VE COLLECTED OVER THE LAST YEAR.

Missouri lawmakers have already viewed this. They are working on legislation related to this topic. You should, view it, too.

Pictured:
Rockwood school board candidate Amy Ryan.

THE DENIAL

For months, naysayers, including Rockwood administrators and current school board candidates Deborah Stine and Amy Ryan, have told us Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not taught in schools, K-12.

TAUGHT. Did you catch that?

Of course, it's not.

Students don't sign up for CRT "classes" in Rockwood, like language arts or PE.

So, the denial is technically correct. But, it's misleading. And, dismissive of what actually IS found in class assignments, books, teacher resources and teacher training: the same beliefs that are IN Critical Race Theory.

A resource used by Rockwood teachers. Language arts lesson materials,
such as a 9th grade video and an article, came from this site.

CRT BELIEFS INCLUDE

*The idea that race is not biological; it's made up by white people (a social construct).

*The idea that your race (gender is in there, too) decides whether you are oppressed or privileged.

*The idea that our country and its institutions/laws/judicial system are set up to be racist against people who aren't white. (They also, generally, discriminate against people who aren't male.)

COVER PHOTO IS AN EXAMPLE

For an immediate example of a CRT belief found in Rockwood, look no further than the cover page of this website. It's a page from a book parents found in a kindergarten classroom at Pond Elementary.

Purchase records show Rockwood bought the book per a teacher's request.

The book tells young children that white people made up race; it's not biological. Sound familiar? It also says white people believe they are smarter, prettier, and, deserve more than everybody else.

WHY, THEN?

Why do so many leaders keep telling us CRT is not in schools?

Honestly, they generally aren't aware of what we found in class lessons and books.

They keep saying the complaints are about what's taught in history class, but, nearly every piece of evidence we found comes from language arts classes. Not history classes.

Below are links so you can see it for yourself and judge for yourself.

Part 3 will be released tomorrow.

Table of contents (part 2, featured in this post, starts with page 30 and ends with page 59.)