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Owner: Fatoumata Binta Bah
Owner Email: bintabah30@gmail.com
Paper Title: Imma Tell My Kids CRT Bans Were the Exception, Not the Rule
Session Title: Moving Toward Equity in Current Education Policy Debates (Table 5)
Paper Type: Roundtable Presentation
Presentation Date: 4/13/2023
Presentation Location: Chicago, IL
Descriptors: Critical Race Theory, Policy
Methodology: Conceptual/Theoretical
Author(s): Fatoumata Binta Bah, Muhlenberg College
Unit: Division L - Educational Policies and Politics
Abstract: Educational policy and legislation are often unquestionably heralded as the most optimal means to attaining racial equity within education. This study utilizes Afro-pessimism and The Afterlife of Slavery as theoretical frameworks to critically examine the reactionary discourse surrounding the recent attacks and bans on Critical Race Theory (CRT) within K-12 education. This paper attempts to theorize what we might learn from the public reactions about the CRT bans and how public discourse serves to further legitimize the political arena.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3102/2016907