My wife was a Teacher. In fact, my wife has her Doctorate in Education. I asked her if she had ever seen a course call Critical Race Theory. Of course the answer was no. I know that there is a theory called Critical Race Theory and like many theories and it may be taught in some colleges.  It should be discussed and debated. To say that something cannot be discussed among children is not a bad thing. Would they understand Critical Race Theory? Probably not. I wouldn’t want unproven theories to be clouding our young people’s mind. If we taught Critical Race Theory to a 1^st grader next you would probably want that “God Theory” taught too? Oh what? You say that teaching children about god is ok, where there is probably more proof that backs up the Critical Race Theory than your religion. Of course, I am wrong to call your religion the “God Theory”. What it is your faith? Should your faith be taught to my children?

As a nation we cannot hide from our racial past. It must be taught in our schools because it is a major part of our history. To say that the Civil War was not fought about slavery is just a lie. Yes, you can say it was fought to save the South’s economic system. That economic system was based on slavery. The south’s way of life was based on slavery. Our White Supremacy has its roots in that war. To really study our history you have to study about race. I am sorry it is an uncomfortable subject for some on both sides of the issues but it must be taught. Germany cannot just write Hitler from its history just like we cannot eliminate Robert E. Lee from ours. Our education should be a search for the truth, not just what is easy and painless.

Our schools are a place for learning. When we teach a subject it should be based on the expansion of that child’s knowledge not the suppression of it. Do you know what the suppression of knowledge creates? It creates ignorant adults. That should never be the goal of any educational system. Its goal should always be for a well educated and well informed public. It goal should not only to teach facts but also to teach the students how to think. There lies the problem. People thinking on their own. They may actually think something different than their parents or church. A lot of parents would think that is just fine but there are some that don’t. When you look at countries that suppress knowledge most of them are either fascist dictatorships or communist countries. Hitler burned books that he thought were unsuitable. China suppresses the internet. The suppression of knowledge is never a good thing for the people. Suppression of knowledge will end in the suppression of people.

I would not have a problem with religion being taught in school, if, it was about all the major religions. Yes, let’s teach every child about Islam, Buddhism, Hindu, Judaism, and even Atheism. You are not presenting students with alternative to believe something different. What religion and person practices are up to the home not the schools.  You are just giving them a better understanding of the world. Having an understanding of the real world is what every educational system should do. I use the internet to understand more because I was not taught these things in school. Just maybe if we had more knowledge we would also have more tolerance. Through tolerance maybe we could bring about some peace and understanding.

Your faith is important to you. I understand that. What you need to understand is that I am really glad that it is important to you. What you also have to realize is that it doesn’t mean that it has to be important to me. I would never deny someone their faith. Just remember that my rejection on that faith is not a suppression of you. You want freedom for your faith and I want freedom from your faith. That is not suppression. That is what we should be teaching in our schools.