South Dakota professor complains about Critical Race Theory ban

Originally Published on Accuracy in Academia

The parent-led fight against Critical Race Theory’s implementation in public schools is not losing momentum, contrary to the expressed wishes of left-wing teachers, college professors, education bureaucrats and administrators. One example of Critical Race Theory’s statewide loss is in South Dakota, where the Republican-majority state legislature passed a law banning the flawed and inaccurate theory from being taught in all education levels in the state.

The local news outlet KELOLAND News interviewed an assistant professor of curriculum instruction at the University of South Dakota named Dyanis Conrad-Popova. Conrad-Popova said that she has voluntary left employment with the state university in part over “divisive concepts” making its way from politics into education.

But her professional profile shows that she is keenly interested in race-related academic studies. Her University of South Dakota profile page notes that she “holds a graduate certificate in Race and Social Policy, Dr. Conrad’s research interests center on educational equity, racial literacy, critical social justice, and the deconstruction of colonial legacies….