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Part 2: United States of Amnesia: The Real Histories of CRT - Weaponizing (White) Parents' Rights

September 17
40 mins

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Episode Description

In part 2 of this series, host Kimberlé Crenshaw, refutes the myth that book and curricula bans seek to restore “parental choice” over what kids are exposed to, linking attacks on school lessons about race, gender and more to a broader attack against public education and democracy itself. Join as she traces the history of today's prominent, pro-censorship parent groups throughout American history, back to the Daughters of the Confederacy. 


Featuring:

- Karen Cox, professor of History at UNC-Charlotte

- David Yacovone, lifetime associate at Harvard University’s Hutchin’s Centre for African and African American Research, and author of author of Teaching White Supremacy


This is an Intersectionality Matters! podcast, produced by the African American Policy Forum.


Hosted and co-written by Kimberlé Crenshaw (@sandylocks)

Sr Producer and co-writer Nicole Edwards

Associate Producers Madison Belo and Sana Hashmi

Mixing by Reza Daya with support from Sean Dunnam

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