July 14, 2021 What's driving the backlash to Critical Race Theory?
What's with the sudden explosion of statehouse bills, angry parents protesting at school board meetings, and right-wing media attacks on Critical Race Theory? What even is CRT? Assistant Director Stephen Menendian examines these questions and offers context to the current backlash in a new blog post. He writes:
"The attacks on 'CRT' reveal that most of the critics have very little idea what they are even aiming at. ... These attacks are frustrating, because they are generally baseless in fact, but nonetheless prove to be rhetorically and symbolically potent."
Segregation project captures national media attention
The media response to our "Roots of Structural Racism" project on racial residential segregation we launched last month has been stunning. The project has been featured in dozens of national, state and local reporting, in online, print, and broadcast media. Among the most recent coverage include reports in The Guardian, The Atlantic, The LA Times, The Hill, and many others. These are in addition to the coverage in CNN, Time, Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle and others we shared in our previous newsletter. See our media tracker page for a full list of coverage.
We've also added an FAQ page to respond to common questions and inquiries about the Roots of Structural Racism project. For example, people often ask us about the causes of segregation and solutions to the problem. See our answers here.
Remember to bookmark our report's landing page from which you can access the various components of the project, including the interactive web map which allows you to view different levels of segregation in different parts of the country. The map was recently optimized to allow for increased web traffic and smooth browsing (after allowing some time to load).
Meet our new staff! Robin Pearce is the institute's new Cluster Coordinator for our Faculty Cluster Initiative where she'll be working closely with Associate Director Denise Herd to provide critical research, administrative, and logistical support in the planning, coordination, development and administration of the faculty clusters and their related activities. Ashley Gallegos is the new Belonging Coordinator at the Institute. She is the first to hold this new role aimed at building out real-world applications related to the “othering and belonging” conceptual framework. She is excited build out the position and to apply research on belonging towards the development of strategies to operationalize it.
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