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Critics Slam “Racist” Illinois Plan to Fund Colleges Based on Skin Color
Critical Race Theory and systemic racism in education are going to a whole new level in Illinois. In fact, under a proposed new scheme supposedly aimed at fighting alleged “disparities” in higher learning, people with darker complexions (or lower grades) will literally be worth more than those with lighter skin.
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Tagged African, Black, Chapin Rose, Civil Rights, College Admissions, Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, Critical Race Theory, Illinois General Assembly, Indian, Jeanne Ives, Latinx, Middle Eastern, Paul Vallas, Pranav Kothari, racism, The College Fix, The Real Story, U.S. Supreme Court, University of Illinois
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Most College Students Think America Invented Slavery
For 11 years, Professor Duke Pesta gave quizzes to his students at the beginning of the school year to test their knowledge on basic facts about American history and Western culture.
The most surprising result from his 11-year experiment? Students’ overwhelming belief that slavery began in the United States and was almost exclusively an American phenomenon, he said.
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Tagged A People’s History of the United States, Common Core, Duke Pesta, Howard Zinn, Slavery, The College Fix, Thomas Jefferson
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