In Virginia, newly elected Trumper Governor Glen Youngkin created a tip line that encourages parents to anonymously report any teacher who teaches uncomfortable or divisive subjects, like critical race theory. In South Carolina, a bill would ban teaching that “equity is a concept that is superior to or supplants the concept of equality.” In New Hampshire, “promoting a negative account or representation of the founding and history of the United States of America” could become illegal, if a bill were to pass. In Florida, a bill would ban teachers from saying “racial colorblindness” is racist. I raised my hand, but there would be no discussion allowed. The Smith Act was a law that legally banned the teaching or advocating of socialism.Ī vestige of McCarthyism that remained alive and well in American classrooms. I wanted to talk about how my father had been arrested, charged, convicted and sentenced under the Smith Act. capitalism versus the totalitarianism of communist Russia. A section in the book on the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union compared what it described as the democracy of U.S.
I remember sitting in high school social studies class in the early sixties reading from a three inch thick text book. The movement has exploded into over 60 state bills that make illegal the teaching of race, gender or class reality. What started in early 2021 as a campaign by Republicans to use Critical Race Theory as an election wedge issue has now become actual laws that prevent teachers from talking about racial inequality in this country, both current and in our history. In Florida a law against making white people uncomfortable is seriously being debated. Teachers who mention them can be fired or worse. In 2022 the dirty words are about race, gender and class. In 1972 Carlin’s seven dirty words referred to sex. Carlin was arrested for disturbing the peace when he performed the routine at a show at Summerfest in Milwaukee in 1972. It contained a monologue in which he identified these words. In 1972, comedian Carlin released an album, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television".
Remember George Carlin’s seven dirty words?Ĭarlin was a great social critic who focused on society’s rampant hypocrisy.
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