- Colorado father who is a descendent of slaves slams CRT in classrooms
..."I am a direct descendant of the North American slave trade. Both my parents are black. All four of my grandparents are black, all eight of my great great grandparents, and all 16 of my great greats. On my mother's side, my ancestors were enslaved in Alabama. On my father's side, we were enslaved in Texas," father Derrick Wilburn said during a board meeting last week.
"I am not oppressed. I'm not oppressed and I'm not a victim."
Wilburn went on to say that "racism in America would by and large be dead today if it were not for certain people and institutions keeping it on life support."
"Sadly, one of those institutions is the American education system."...Read all.
This Colorado Springs father denounces critical race theory and says that "racism in America would be dead today if not for certain people and institutions keeping it on life support"—including public education.
Following his testimony, the school board voted 3-2 to ban CRT.
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