[alipang]

Not having it funded by the tax payer is not the same as outlawing it.

This all comes down to whether critical race theory is truly an unacceptable set of ideas, like e.g frenology, or not, that should be legitimately banned.

Should be easy to make an honest defense of that point if this is indeed the case?

[eesmith]

What an odd comparison.

Is the teaching of phrenology banned? By executive order or Congressional law?

Not that I'm aware of, but hey, I can be wrong.

By comparison, critical race theory is currently taught at some schools. Eg, https://law.ucla.edu/academics/centers/critical-race-studies , "Led by renowned scholars who have influenced law and policy for decades, UCLA Law’s Critical Race Studies Program is the premier setting for studying the intersection of race and the law."

Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory points out:

> By 2002, over 20 American law schools, and at least 3 law schools in other countries, offered critical race theory courses or classes which covered the issue centrally.[7] In addition to law, critical race theory is taught and innovated in the fields of education, political science, women's studies, ethnic studies, communication, sociology, and American studies.[8] Important scholars to the theory include Derrick Bell, Patricia Williams, Richard Delgado, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Camara Phyllis Jones, and Mari Matsuda.

Personally, I think evolutionary psychology is a load of crap about equal to phrenology - why not defund those departments too?

[choko]

The teaching of CRT isn't banned. You can teach CRT all you like, just don't expect taxpayer funds or government contracts. The government shouldn't be funding racist ideologies or vendors who teach such ideology. CRT, in teaching what amounts to original sin, is at best reinforcing stereotypes and at worst is boldly racist.

I would not support an actual ban because it violates the first amendment. That doesn't mean we (taxpayers) should have to contribute to a divisive ideology.

[eesmith]

I just finished reading the EO. (Instead of clicking through the images, read it directly at https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-or... .)

The EO doesn't abolish CRT.

The title of this HN link is click-bait for whackjobs who use outliers as representative of the entire concept.