Maud Maron on NYC Schools Pushing Critical Race Theory; the Assault on Merit; and the Emerging ‘Community of the Canceled’

<p>“You can teach kids how to treat each other with respect and dignity without trying to racially essentialize kids.”</p><p></p><p>I sit down with Maud Maron, an elected New York public school council member and public defender who was fired from her job at the Legal Aid Society after speaking out against race essentialism in schools. She is running for New York City Council.</p><p></p><p>We discuss the injection of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-critical-race-theory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 140, 255);">critical race theory</a>&nbsp;into schools, why lowering education standards hurts poor, minority kids, and what she describes as a new “community of the canceled” that has emerged in the last year.</p>