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Ridgewood NJ, as Back to School Night activities conclude this September parents are examining why Cottage Place employees were handing out new eye glasses for students to wear during this 2025-2026 school year.
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Ridgewood NJ, Page one of Critical Race Theory: An Introduction places the reader into an elementary school classroom where they are asked to observe the following scene: “A child raises her hand repeatedly in a fourth-grade class; the teacher either recognizes her or does not” (1). Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, the authors, then ask the reader to imagine receiving messages from others as a white person: “are you annoyed? Do you, even for a moment, think that maybe you are receiving this treatment because of your race? Or might you think that all these people are merely having a bad day? The authors question the reader if a sense of anger or depression arises within if a person of color delivered that negative message. Delgado and Stefancic then ask the reader to imagine being a person of color: “do you immediately think you might be treated in these ways because you are not white?” (1)
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Ridgewood NJ, I read it so that you do not have to: Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students by Afrika Afeni Mills.
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Ridgewood NJ, recent presentations made by Ridgewood Public School administrators confirm that DEI is enjoying a celebratory parade right into the village’s schools. Few in the public have been warning of its approach. Some succumb to the charlatan gifts. Others notice that the movements observed from shadows and dark corners are simply images. Fewer return to warn the public that it is not too late to exterminate the policies and practices emerging from hibernation after a cold winter.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ali Harwin, the controversial Village council campaigner known for race-baiting and anti-Catholic rhetoric, has resurfaced—this time as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Chair at Somerville Elementary School.
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Ridgewood NJ, last October, the Biden Justice Department ordered the FBI to stop alleged “threats and acts of violence” against school officials who were the largest of frustrated parents. The move was prompted by a letter from the National School Board Association to Justice claiming that parents who object to mask mandates and the imposition of critical race theory were engaging in “a form of domestic terrorism.”
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Ridgewood NJ, Critical Race Theory asserts that racism is “systemic” and therefore part and parcel of our everyday life, that the U.S. was founded upon racist structures such as slavery, and its institutions must be dismantled so we can fight inequality and inequity. In schools, children must learn about this “history” and the links between racism, race and power.
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Ridgewood NJ, the revolt by parents over Critical Race Theory being taught in schools is now nationwide. It is also so universally unpopular that it threatens to reverse the gains that Democrats made with independent voters last year. A headline in Politico sums it up: “Moderate and suburban voters share concerns about education changes and say national Democrats dismiss their arguments.”
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