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Great Oak High School students hold signs during a protest of the districts ban of critical race theory curriculum at Patricia H. Birdsall Sports Park in Temecula, Calif, on Dec. 16, 2022. (Watchara Phomicinda / The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images)

BY KARSONYA WISE WHITEHEAD | “The Journey to Justice: A Critical Race Theory Primer”—a joint initiative between Ms. magazine, the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) and the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice—includes articles, essays and lesson plans that address teaching critical race theory from kindergarten to college settings.

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Activists gather on International Women’s Day, 2022, in in Los Angeles to oppose the growing assault on abortion rights ahead of a Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)

BY TAIFA SMITH BUTLER | Black women have stood at the vanguard across social movements and efforts to create a just and inclusive democracy and economy. But despite our critical role in social, political and cultural movements, Black women are ignored, overlooked and disrespected. It’s time to put our work front and center in the fight for an equitable and inclusive democracy and economy. 

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Protesters gather outside the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was speaking about “Saving America from the Woke Left,” on April 26, 2023. (Allison Joyce / AFP via Getty Images)

BY BRANDI LAWLESS | I don’t know when I caught it, but I’ve been infected with what Ron DeSantis has so eloquently named “woke mind virus.” I’m like a walking, talking Petri dish of intersectionality, feminism and critical race theory, spreading my contagion to all the unsuspecting students who stumble into my classroom.

Here are some of my symptoms: I teach about marginalization, encourage my students to challenge authority, and believe that intersectionality gives us a better understanding of context in communication with others. And now, I’ve gone and infected these poor kids with my dangerous ideas about social justice and equity. 

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