Send us a text If you're a history teacher, you've heard about and perhaps have been subject to laws that prohibit you from teaching Critical Race Theory, or CRT, in your classroom. You also may have never even heard of CRT until it became a political buzzword used to divide. And chances are you were not and are not teaching it considering it is an advanced, complex academic theory. Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, a law professor at the U.C.L.A. is known for coining the term and CRT points out the existence of racial disparities that have continued over time in the United States and points to systemic issues rather than individual racists that create and uphold these disparities. CRT also acknowledges that race is a societal construct and is not biological and that those who experience racism should and deserve to have their voices amplified. The first in a series of episodes in which I interview how laws prohibiting teaching "CRT" in schools affects history teachers in different regions among a spectrum of identities, Katie Kinder, a public school teacher in Oklahoma, talks about Oklahoma HB1775. She gives us her opinion about why it is wrong, how it has affected her teaching, and the ways she is resisting by teaching the truth. Get in touch with Katie: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/untoldteachingtruths Buy Katie's Book, Untold Teaching Truths : https://store.bookbaby.com/book/untold-teaching-truths Let's be Friends! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherway On the Web/Blog: http://www.teachinghistoryherway.c om Let's be friends and continue the conversation! Instagram: @teachinghistoryherway X: http://www.twitter.com/historyherway On the Web/Blog: http://www.teachinghistoryherway.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/teachinghistoryherway BlueSky: @historyherway.bsky.social Support the production of the Teaching History Her Way Podcast by purchasing some really great history tees. Click here to shop now or go to www.teachinghistoryherway.com and click on "Merch."
