Exploring Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Theory. These three words and their actual meaning have both divided and rocked our nation.
January 3, 2022
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Hi, I’m Deidre! I recently joined the Town of Manchester as the Journalism Intern for Better Manchester Magazine. I’m currently a student majoring in Communications – Journalism at Manchester Community College. I was a former Editor in Chief for the MCC Live Wire Campus Newspaper, and am the current Treasurer for MCC’s ICE Radio at 1620 AM. I am also a freelance writer for the Northend Agent’s Newspaper, Connecticut’s largest and longest-published African
American newspaper.
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Critical Race Theory. These three words and their actual meaning have both divided and rocked our nation.
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