Yesterday, NC Family sent a letter to the members of the North Carolina State Board of Education, expressing our concern with the Proposed Standards Revisions for K-12 Social Studies that the Board is currently considering. These revisions appear to deal primarily with Critical Race Theory, which, according to a December 2020 Heritage Foundation report, “makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American life.”
(You can read NC Family’s letter in its entirety here)
Just a couple of the proposed revisions that we take issue with in this letter are:
“The use of charged terms like ‘institutional’ and ‘systemically,'” NC Family warns in our letter, “along with ‘the American system of government,’ can be read to suggest that the United States of America is, at its core, unresponsive, indifferent, and insensitive to the racial inequities and challenges that have faced our nation. This fails to recognize many of the important advancements our country has made in these areas over the years. In addition, many of the proposals call for a ‘critique’ of certain areas of study, which can be read to imply or suggest a negative or critical perspective. Instead, we suggest replacing this word with ‘evaluate,’ which would encourage a more neutral, open-minded approach.”
Please contact the members of the State Board of Education and urge them to remove these provisions, and to review the Proposed Standards Reivions for K-12 Social Studies and remove any similar provisions.
North Carolina State Board of Education
Chairman Eric C. Davis – eric.davis@dpi.nc.gov
Vice Chairman Alan Duncan – alan.duncan@dpi.nc.gov
State Superintendent Catherine Truitt – catherine.truitt@dpi.nc.gov
Lt. Governor Mark Robinson – mark.robinson@dpi.nc.gov
State Treasurer Dale Folwell – dale.folwell@dpi.nc.gov
Dr. Olivia Holmes Oxendine – olivia.oxendine@dpi.nc.gov
Reginald Kenan – Reginald.kenan@dpi.nc.gov
Amy White – amy.white@dpi.nc.gov
Todd Chasteen – todd.chasteen@dpi.nc.gov
James E. Ford – James.Ford@dpi.nc.gov
Jill Camnitz – Jill.Camnitz@dpi.nc.gov
Dr. Donna Tipton-Rogers – Donna.Tipton-Rogers@dpi.nc.gov
J. Wendell Hall – JWendell.Hall@dpi.nc.gov
Brenda Stephens – brenda.stephens@orange.k12.nc.us
Dr. Tony Jackson – ajacksonsbe@vcs.k12.nc.us
Kisha Clemons – kisha.clemons@n-ccs.org
Matthew Bristow-Smith – msmith@ecps.us
Maureen Stover – stoverscience@gmail.com
Mariah Morris – morristeach1@gmail.com
Nate Kolk-Tomberlin – fergus0425@gmail.com
Bryce Womble – brycewomble22@gmail.com