“In a democracy, we are free to do many things, but we are not free to ignore the truth.” —Jonathan Schell
If we have learned anything in the last few years about life in these United States, it is that people live in many different realities, based on life experiences, race, class, education, opportunities, values, beliefs, myths, ideology and a multitude of other factors. One thing is clear: No matter what your “reality” is, there is an objective world that we all exist in, but which is interpreted differently based on our personal weaving of the above mentioned factors.
Recently The Boulder Monitor has run two opinion pieces by Jane Lee Hamman, a member of the state Board of Education, which are examples of one person’s view of racism in the United States. In her June 30 column, she attacks the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in our public schools stating that it is,
