Ben Carson keynotes grotesque anti-CRT conference over MLK Day weekend

[Tanuki]

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2022/01/14/ben-carson-headlines-anti-critical-race-theory-conference-franklin/6531665001/

"Conservative groups Moms for Liberty Williamson County and Be the People launched a two-day event to oppose critical race theory in Tennessee schools Friday evening. The American Dream Conference featured speakers including Ben Carson, the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary under Donald Trump, and former Vanderbilt University professor Carol Swain.

The event was held three days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day and advertised as a conference that "examines the American Dream of Dr. Martin Luther King and features a number of national speakers who continue to warn about the dangers of critical race theory."

Critical race theory, a framework to understand and address inequality and racism in the United States, is not formally part of K-12 school curricula in Williamson County or anywhere else in Tennessee.
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Bernice A. King, King's daughter and CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, condemned the event soon after it was announced on Jan. 5.

"Even beyond #MLKDay, some individuals, organizations & groups misuse my father & take his words out of context to promote ideas that oppose his teachings," King tweeted."....(more)

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