Deborah A. Gist hopes to stop a state takeover of the district, which is majority Black and Hispanic. Ryan Walters, the state superintendent, is a fiery conservative.
Tag: Race and Ethnicity
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Michael Oher’s ‘Blind Side’ Lawsuit Shows Strains in Depictions of Black Athletes
Michael Oher has long criticized the feel-good Hollywood version of his life as a struggling high school football player. His lawsuit against the family that took him in questions their relationship.
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Using Frederick Douglass to Rationalize Slavery? In Florida, Yes!
Is anyone served by this bastardizing of history?
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Arkansas Warns School Districts Not to Offer A.P. African American Studies
Like Florida, which refused to approve the class, the Arkansas education department suggested that the course violates state law.
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Richard Hanania’s Racism Is Backed by Silicon Valley Billionaires
Like many supremacist ideologues before him, Richard Hanania benefited from elite sponsorship.