In June 2020, shortly after George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer who pinned Mr. And leaders there have advocated a similar antiracist stance. Cruz’s daughters are students, is also an elite institution, with annual tuition topping $32,000, according to its website. Cruz held up book after book that he described as assigned reading at the school and grilled Judge Jackson about whether she endorsed their messages. Cruz said during the hearing that the curriculum of Georgetown Day, an expensive private school in Northwest Washington where Judge Jackson is one of 23 members of the board of trustees, was “filled and overflowing with critical race theory.” Critical race theory is an academic concept that Republicans have increasingly used as a vague, catchall term to criticize how educators infuse ideas about racism and inequality into curriculum.įlanked on Tuesday by a blown-up page from “Antiracist Baby,” by Ibram X. But leaders at the private school in Houston where the senator sends his two daughters have articulated a similar commitment.

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas helped lead the Republican charge against antiracism efforts at a private school in Washington during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

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