Banning “Critical Race Theory”

Schoolchildren all around most of the country, and all over the world, are taught (roughly) the truth about U.S. history.  Alabama is one of few outliers.

There, children are taught that blacks and whites have, and have always had, equal rights, and equal protection under the law.

Educator Jonathan Kozol, who recently celebrated his 89th birthday, 67 years after graduating from Harvard summa cum laude, taught young white and black children in the Boston public school system, and wrote an essay in which he posed the question: Why do the parents of black kids not trust white teachers?

Answering his own question, he went on:  Did white teachers  protest against the use of the racist Scott Foresman elementary school textbooks that taught that “though slavery did exist, most slave owners treated their slaves kindly,” and made numerous other remarks that suggested that the North and South had equal rights to determine whether or not slavery was valid, and should be allowed to exist into perpetuity.

As to the trust issue, he concluded: “It’s simply because we are not worthy of their trust.” 

Here’s a suggestion for Kay Ivey, the governor of the most backward state in the union: Tell the truth.