event 3
Event 3: Critical Race Theory Controversy
top retweets:
Here is my full statement about my decision to decline tenure at UNC Chapel Hill and instead accept the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at @HowardU. https://t.co/SDs9nJEB27
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) July 6, 2021
JUST IN: Award-winning journalist @nhannahjones reveals on @CBSThisMorning she has declined the University of North Carolina's offer for tenure and will be the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at @HowardU. pic.twitter.com/w9j0gVe0cd
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) July 6, 2021
SCOOP: Raytheon, the nation's second-largest defense contractor, has launched a critical race theory program that encourages white employees to confront their "privilege," reject the principle of "equality," and "defund the police."
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 6, 2021
Let's review the internal documents.🧵
Joy Reid: Critical race theory is only taught in law schools.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 5, 2021
NEA: Actually, critical race theory is our #1 priority and we want to implement it in all 50 states and 14,000 local school districts.
TODAY: @HowardU’s new Knight Chair in Race and Journalism will help train the next generation of Black journalists. Howard has selected @nhannahjones as the inaugural chair. Knight president @ibarguen shares more about the new role: https://t.co/AnOMPBJFuT
— Knight Foundation (@knightfdn) July 6, 2021
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Defund Critical Race Theory.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) July 6, 2021
For Scholars of Color applying for tenure. Email me if you wonder whether or not you shld name potential reviewers. Also, no matter school directions and esp if you work on race, write a 'so-what' cover ltr (3/4 pg, dbl space) explaining "what I do and how to read my work."
— karla fc holloway (@ProfHolloway) July 6, 2021
For the teachers union:
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) July 6, 2021
Opening schools? Low priority.
Pushing critical race theory on kids? Top priority. https://t.co/QI411c9v8Z
There is only one climate champion in the race to represent Ohio's 11th Congressional district -- @ninaturner.
— Ed Markey (@EdMarkey) July 6, 2021
Our intersecting crises must be met with ambitious solutions. Nina Turner is the kind of progressive we need in Congress to get things done. pic.twitter.com/JpOuqyRS5m
Here’s a new working paper from me that tests the effects of class vs. race + class messaging on views for local services, policing, & mayoral voting. 1/
— Nathan Kalmoe (@NathanKalmoe) July 6, 2021
“Messages w/ Race & Class Frames are More Effective than Class Alone in a Local Political Context” https://t.co/7bZgcbw5H8