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The Best Of Our Knowledge #1606 "Trying To Reason With Critical Race Theory"

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett
Published July 1, 2021 at 2:00 AM EDT
University of West Florida

Many states have either passed or proposed bans on teaching Critical Race Theory in schools. The bills seem to have less to do with education and more to do with political culture wars. But what exactly is Critical Race Theory. Instead of asking a politician, we went to an educator.

We’ll also spend an Academic Minute trying to keep graduates in town.
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Bob Barrett
Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.
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