Editor:
“Writer should stop harping on critical race theory” (Reading Eagle, Nov. 19) flatly states that critical race theory “is not being taught to children” in public schools.
There is no course titled “critical race theory” in local schools, but that does not mean the teachers aren’t being encouraged in school district-provided training programs to teach their subjects — history, English, mathematics — through the lens of critical race theory.
A Nov. 9 Washington Examiner article states that “Foundations of Critical Race Theory in Education” by Edward Taylor et al. and “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi are among the books recommended by the Virginia Department of Education’s Office of Equity and Community Engagement. Kendi is a Boston University professor and promoter of critical race theory.
In January Dr. Khalid Mumin, then of the Reading School District, and others from the Berks County Intermediate Unit delivered a presentation to Wilson School District teachers. It included a slide titled “Becoming Anti-Racist” credited to the work of Kendi.
Another slide in the presentation defined race as “major groupings into which humankind is considered to be divided on the basis of physical characteristics,” and stated, “Race is socially-constructed and not a biological reality.” A copy of the presentation was obtained through a Pennsylvania Right To Know request.
It seems to me that kids of all races, with guidance from their parents, can live and learn together in harmony, and what is called critical race theory is just another form of racism.
Joseph M. Daly
Spring Township
Source: Berkshire mont
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