Whitelash in American Schooling: A Critical Content Analysis of Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws
- UNCW Author/Contributor (non-UNCW co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Larissa Malone (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW )
- Web Site: http://library.uncw.edu/
Abstract: Despite a racialized awakening in the country, laws that silenced dialogue about race and racism have been introduced in more than half the states, mainly targeting American schooling. This research examined the language and context of anti-critical race theory (CRT) laws and explored how defunct executive orders served as a blueprint for state education policy. What is the language and context of anti-CRT laws? In what ways have the anti-CRT laws targeted American schooling? This study used critical content analysis as a methodology to engage with the text of the anti-CRT laws. The express purpose was to detect systematic patterns and identify themes across various documents to locate the ways in which the set of texts challenged racial justice. Using CRT as a theoretical framework unveiled myriad ways in which race was operationalized relationally, politically, legally, and systematically in the making of anti-CRT laws. As a result of this study, the author makes the following recommendations: Define terminology accurately in law, consult experts in the CRT and education fields, enact laws that protect vulnerable and marginalized populations, end the punitive measures that have been put into place, and repeal anti-CRT laws. This study aimed to demonstrate the impact anti-CRT laws have had on American schooling, and it provides insight into how to counteract laws that desire to suppress the acknowledgement and examination of the role of race and racism in the United States and American Schooling specifically.
Whitelash in American Schooling: A Critical Content Analysis of Anti-Critical Race Theory Laws
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Additional Information
- Publication
- https://issuu.com/congressionalblackcaucusfoundation/docs/2024_cbcf_jcpar?fr=sNWJiMzYzNjE2ODA
- Language: English
- Date: 2024
- Keywords
- African American/Black women, intersectionality, politics, equity