constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of colour”.Conservative pundits and politicians have taken an opposition stance to a higher education theory, or framework that says what many already see as fact, that the racial divide in this country, or anywhere else is due to institutional problems made by people who did not see all people as equal. It also says that some of those institutional barriers still exist today. While this is an important conversation to have as a society and we all should do what we can to break down these barriers, it is not in our schools. What is in our schools is history, and we need to ensure we are teaching an accurate history of our county. That is how we live up to the American dream. In the 88th session and in local school boards across the state, we must demand that our community leaders continue to advocate for engaging civics to be taught and, regardless of its uncomfortably and work hard to ensure that students are being taught their obligations as a citizen.
Civics Op-Ed Reflection For this revision piece I mostly focused on the edits recommended by the Professor, and I believe through those I have successfully addressed the concerns of my peers. To start with I got rid of my introduction that included a definition and instead got right to the point on how civics education should be taught in schools. The Professor gave me two different paths that I could take when it came to an introduction, getting to the point through talking about the 87th legislative session or talking about civics education. I choose to discuss the context of and foundations of civics education. The definition was something that I thought was sort of interesting, but after looking at all the comments, it was clear that the Professor, and my peers thought this was not the best way to go. After reviewing their thoughts, I agreed and re-structured 22
