Educators who live in states where laws limit how they can discuss race, “divisive concepts” or current events took to social media this week to say they did not mention the racist attack in class for fear they would be penalized.
for fear they would be penalized. It’s part of the latest wave of controversy over what parents, lawmakers and teachers say students should be exposed to when it comes to current events and the societal context surrounding them.that ignoring the anti-Black violence that transpired in Buffalo — and occurs elsewhere — does a disservice to students who need safe spaces to discuss real-world events and may benefit from an antiracist curriculum.
“We haven’t seen the effect yet of all the laws that passed this year,” she said. But she fears that what students learn about bias and hate will ultimately be determined by whether they live in a state that bans educators from broaching “sensitive” subjects. Spiegler takes issue with lawmakers leading charges to ban classroom materials and discussions about race and identity because White students might feel uncomfortable. She toldthat White youth are being recruited online by white supremacist extremists. In 2021, the ADL surveyed teens for the first time about whether they’ve beenof them said they had.
Prerna Arora, assistant professor of school psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, said teachers enter the education profession to support students in ways that go beyond academics. Legislation that limits how educators can discuss race in class interferes with their ability to provide children with the support they need during trying times.
“We won’t get into that racial stuff,” Turner said. “We are getting to the fact that killings are wrong. I don’t care who’s doing it.”
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