Critical race theory
Intellectual movement and framework
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| 2025 | Co-authored 'Truth Matters' with Robert P. George, indicating ongoing intellectual collaboration and engagement with contemporary discourse. |
| 2025 | Named recipient of a Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in the non-fiction category. |
| 2024 | Cornel West ran as an independent candidate in the United States presidential election. |
| August 2024 | Cornel West and his running mate Melina Abdullah were disqualified from the 2024 Michigan presidential election ballot. |
| February 1 2024 | West announced the establishment of the Justice For All Party (JFA), aimed at securing ballot access in select states including Florida, North Carolina, and Washington. |
| 2023 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Republican state senator Clay Yarborough proposed an expansion of the bill to prohibit teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, with DeSantis signaling support for potential signing if the bill passes the legislature.
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| October 5 2023 | Cornel West abandoned his candidacy for the Green Party nomination and announced he would continue his presidential campaign as an independent candidate. |
| September 2023 | FAIR supported a petition by SEGM and Genspect calling on the FDA to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth. |
| September 2023 | FAIR supported a petition calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth. |
| July 2023 | Published '#SayHerName: Black Women's Stories of State Violence and Public Silence' with the African American Policy Forum, centering Black women's experiences in discussions of police and gender violence. |
| June 14 2023 | West decided to seek the Green Party nomination for the 2024 presidential election, focusing on issues such as Medicare for All, public housing, climate change, and military budget cuts. |
| June 5 2023 | Cornel West announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election under the People's Party. |
| May 2023 | FAIR sponsored a letter to Springer Nature demanding they retain Kenneth Zucker as editor and not retract a paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria. |
| March 2023 | Harris-Perry publicly announced WNYC's decision to cancel The Takeaway, criticizing the station's management on Twitter. The show was set to end on June 2, 2023. |
| 2022 | Elected to the AERA Council, recognizing his significant contributions to educational research and leadership. |
| 2022 |
White privilege
A study examines the impact of discussing white privilege in online discussions, finding it leads to more polarized conversations.
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| 2022 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, prohibiting discussion of LGBTQ topics from kindergarten to third grade.
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| October 20 2022 | FAIR legal analyst Reid Newton and attorney Leigh-Ann O'Neill published an opinion in The Hill criticizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposed Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Rule. |
| October 17 2022 | FAIR hosted a webinar titled 'Understanding Gender Dysphoria and Its Impact on Clinical Care' featuring Lisa Littman, Stella O'Malley, and other speakers. |
| September 2022 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Youngkin's parent tip line for reporting critical race theory violations was quietly shut down after receiving very little volume.
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| August 2022 | FAIR responded to an anonymous parent complaint about pronoun surveys at New Trier High School, arguing that requiring students to announce pronouns violates freedom of speech. |
| May 2022 | FAIR suggested that lessons on gender and pronouns in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 may be unconstitutional, claiming they were inappropriate for children aged 4-9. |
| March 30 2022 | Received an honorary degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp in recognition of her expertise in race, gender, literature & law, and her contributions to legal and ethical debates. |
| January 15 2022 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Governor Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order banning critical race theory in Virginia schools upon his inauguration.
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| 2021 | Received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Claremont Graduate University, honoring his outstanding professional accomplishments. |
| 2021 | Received the Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medal, which is the highest honor bestowed by the Graduate School. |
| 2021 | Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her pioneering work in intersectionality, civil rights, critical race theory, and law. |
| 2021 | Received multiple significant honors: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Service Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), AALS Triennial Award, and elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| 2021 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Multiple state legislatures introduced bills to restrict teaching of certain concepts like critical race theory (CRT) and sexism in public schools. 14 states passed such bills, all with Republican-majority legislatures and Republican governors.
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| 2021 | Khiara Bridges defined critical race theory as an 'intellectual movement', 'body of scholarship', and 'analytical toolset for interrogating the relationship between law and racial inequality'. |
| 2021 | Encyclopaedia Britannica described CRT as an 'intellectual and social movement' examining race as a socially constructed category used to oppress people of colour. |
| December 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
A San Antonio school district removes more than 400 books in response to investigations by Krause and Abbott.
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| December 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
Senate Bill 3 became law, further solidifying restrictions on curriculum content in Texas public schools.
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| December 2021 | Letitia Kim, FAIR's legal network managing director, argued that a school questionnaire asking students their preferred pronouns violated the First Amendment. |
| November 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
Governor Greg Abbott launches an investigation into potential pornography and obscenity in school libraries.
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| November 2021 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Glenn Youngkin was elected Governor of Virginia, making education and banning critical race theory a core part of his political platform.
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| October 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
Texas Representative Matt Krause distributes a list of 850 books to school superintendents, targeting materials related to race, sexuality, and history that might 'make students feel discomfort'.
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| October 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
The Carroll Independent School District school board makes controversial recommendations about curriculum interpretation, suggesting books about the Holocaust should be balanced with 'other perspectives'.
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| October 18 2021 | Harris-Perry was announced as the permanent host and managing editor of The Takeaway. |
| September 2021 | Ben Morley, FAIR Vermont chapter founder, published an open letter questioning a school's practice of asking students to share their pronouns in an eighth-grade humanities class. |
| September 1 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
HB 3979 became effective, implementing new regulations on curriculum in Texas public schools.
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| July 23 2021 | Melissa Harris-Perry was named interim host of The Takeaway radio show following Tanzina Vega's departure. |
| July 16 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
Senate Bill 3, a follow-up bill to HB 3979, was passed. Co-authored by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), the bill amended the Education code and essentially banned teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) in Texas schools.
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| July 9 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
Senator Bryan Hughes files Senate Bill 3, a follow-up bill to HB 3979 that aims to limit instruction about race, racism, sex, and sexism in Texas public schools.
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| July 1 2021 | Cornel West rejoined the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, taking on the prestigious Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair. |
| June 2021 |
Censorship of school curricula in the United States
Professional organizations, including the American Association of University Professors and PEN America, released a joint statement opposing legislation restricting teaching about race and gender.
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| June 30 2021 | Cornel West submitted his resignation letter to Harvard. |
| June 15 2021 |
Texas House Bill 3979
HB 3979 passed during the regular session of the Eighty-seventh Texas Legislature with a unanimous record vote of 36-0 in the Senate, and a 79-65 vote in the Texas House.
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