By David Gordon, associate editor
Critical race theory (CRT) is not a new phenomenon and alarms over it would have long since been sounded if it truly posed problems for society, according to Dale Taylor, a UW-Eau Claire emeritus professor.
Taylor spoke on Tuesday to some 50 retired faculty members and others attending the fall luncheon of the UW-EC Emeriti Faculty Association at Wild Ridge Event Center. He stressed that he was not discussing how CRT has emerged as a factor in current political controversies or whether it’s an appropriate teaching tool to use in elementary schools.
Instead, he described it as one approach that can be used to study how discriminatory policies have persisted even after the passage of federal legislation to outlaw them. That legislation included the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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