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Race and Education

S1 Ep33

November 19, 2021  |  Flatland  |  1 min read

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Cody Boston, Producer

School board races across the U.S. found themselves revolving around controversy over Critical Race Theory, a legal framework that studies the history of racism in American institutions. But across most K-12 curricula, the teaching does not exist.

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