Missouri legislative committee holds a hearing on how educators teach K-12 students about race and racism without hearing from any Black Missourians.
Republican Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, who leads the committee, said she wanted to use the hearing to highlight voices of parents upset about critical race theory who have said local school officials ignored their complaints.
“I felt today it was important to hear from people who have tried to go through the official cycle of authority within their districts and have basically been turned away,” she told committee members.Jeff Roberson / AP file O’Laughlin said she also invited an associate professor of teaching who specializes in Black history, but he declined to testify.
She said there will be more committee hearings on critical race theory and more opportunities for the public to weigh in.Heather Fleming, a former Missouri teacher who now offers diversity and inclusion training, said she wanted to testify Monday but was not allowed. She said without any African Americans involved in the discussion,"you’re talking about us, without us."
"What not having any African Americans in the room really showed was that this wasn't really about understanding," Fleming said.
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