After O.C. school district bans critical race theory, it faces Cal State Fullerton backlash
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“The University of California is the university that our state built for one reason, one reason only. Because of that, we cannot turn around and say that it’s no longer about the color of our skin or the color of our hair or the color of our country of origin.”
– Former Cal State San Bernardino student and now student at UC Merced
Karen Chilton, the superintendent of O.C. schools, made headlines Wednesday (Aug. 8) in a series of tweets and Facebook posts, saying that the school board would not accept any student who advocated for the concept of “critical race theory.”
She cited the school’s “zero-tolerance” policy for any form of bigotry and the fact that one of the school’s most prominent faculty members, Professor Dr. Charles Ogletree, supported the concept of black supremacy.
Chilton’s words drew fierce criticism across social media networks and quickly garnered a firestorm of negative reaction.
Criticizing Chilton in terms of her personal beliefs, a number of social media users suggested that the superintendent was simply ignoring or rejecting the science of racial differences.
“You’re either going to believe that there are different racial groups that are not the same, or that they’re not the same. You’re either going to believe that there