{"id":7846,"date":"2022-08-20T21:43:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T01:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=7846"},"modified":"2022-08-20T21:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T01:47:57","slug":"waterloo-region-district-school-board-will-use-anti-white-critical-race-theory-but-wont-tell-a-trustee-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=7846","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Region District School Board Will Use Anti-White Critical Race Theory. but Won&#8217;t Tell A Trustee What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Request for Critical Race Theory definition, relation to lesson plans voted down by WRDSB<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kitchener.ctvnews.ca\/ctvnewskitchener-ca-1.4768668\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><\/li><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Anti-racism education was a focus of a Monday night Waterloo Region District School Board meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A trustee&#8217;s request for board staff to explain the working definition of Critical Race Theory and white privilege, and how they relate to developing anti-racism lesson plans, has been voted down almost unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Help me to understand how a conscious decision to put forward this motion under the guide of CRT can be acceptable to this community,&#8221; said delegate Pam Mounsey. &#8220;We vehemently oppose.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public delegates spoke to trustees before the vote and argued the motion was not a way to advance anti-racism education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would ask for this motion to be denied,&#8221; said Amanda Brijpaul. &#8220;Let&#8217;s not bring these political games and dog whistles into the world of our children. 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