The George Floyd Protests of the Summer of 2020 initiated public conversations around the need for antiracist teaching. Yet, over time the discussion evolved into policy debates around the use of Critical Race Theory in civics courses. The rapid transition masked the fact that we know little about Americans' policy preferences. Do Americans support antiracist teaching? What factors best explain support/opposition? How does critical race theory factor in? Using a series of original survey experiments, this study by Jonathan Collins shows that Americans maintain strong support for antiracist teaching, but that support is drastically weakened when the curriculum features the term "critical race theory."
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November 10, 2022
They Only Hate the Term: Explaining Opposition to History Curriculum Policy and Critical Race Theory
Assistant Professor Jonathan Collins recently published a paper for the Annenberg Institute at Brown University titled, "They Only Hate the Term: Explaining Opposition to History Curriculum Policy and Critical Race Theory."
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Jonathan Collins. Photo credit: Watson Institute