In this episode, Niki, Neil, and Natalia discuss the current controversy over critical race theory.
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Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:
- A series of legislative bills seek to ban the teaching of critical race theory in K-12 public institutions. At CNN, Niki looked at how the controversy over journalist Nikole Hannah-Smith’s appointment at the University of North Carolina is part of this larger battle. Natalia referred to historian Jonathan Zimmerman’s book Whose America?
In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: