Angela Davis: 'Forces of White Supremacy' Are Behind Attacks on Teaching Critical Race Theory

This clip is from the Nov. 19, 2021 broadcast.

"Democracy Now!" speaks to legendary activist and scholar Angela Davis about the latest war waged by ultraconservative lawmakers against teaching the racist history of the United States. North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug Burgum signed legislation banning the teaching of critical race theory, defining it as any suggestion that racism is systemically embedded in American society. The law prohibits even discussion of the law in state schools. Critics say the ban also endangers honest narratives of slavery, redlining and the civil rights movement.

"What we are witnessing are efforts on the part of the forces of white supremacy to regain a control which they more or less had in the past," says Davis.