Critical Race Theory

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It is vitally important that CRT be taught. Not necessarily to school-age children, but to Virginia state legislators.

Lincoln-Douglass Debate

The bill, introduced this week by freshman Delegate Wren Williams ®, appears to confuse Frederick Douglass with Sen. Stephen Douglas (D), who battled Lincoln for a seat in the Senate in 1858.It requires schools to provide students with an understanding of America's founding documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers.

It also says that Virginia students should also be able to demonstrate knowledge of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," the writings of the Founding Fathers, and "the first debate between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass."

The only problem is that Lincoln and Douglass never debated. Lincoln debated Sen. Stephen Douglas (D).

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