**PBS NewsHour pushes radical reparations agenda amidst conservative backlash against Critical Race Theory in schools**
Former PBS NewsHour host Judy Woodruff ventured to her birthplace in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to amplify calls for racial reparations and criticize Republicans, accusing them of making it harder to teach the history of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre. This comes as conservative reactions to left-wing overreach in education are seen as dangerous. Amid this context, Tulsa faces reckoning with its long-standing issues of historical racism and life-span discrepancies between black and white residents.
While conservative state lawmakers have passed laws restricting the teaching of American history, focusing on preventing discrimination on the basis of race, some worry this may have a chilling effect on teaching heartfelt subjects, like the 1921 massacre. The law has real-world consequences, as the accreditation ratings of two Oklahoma school districts were downgraded due to implicit bias training. Consequently, this has sparked debates on whether Critical Race Theory is vital for understanding history, or detrimental to the educational system.
**As Tulsans confront their harrowing history, the ensuing battle over Critical Race Theory presents a further challenge to reconciling and moving forward.**
