“Nearly half of college Republicans support public schools teaching about institutional racism – and six in 10 don’t think state legislatures should be able to stop it – according to a new Generation Lab/Axios poll. The findings suggest that younger, educated Republicans think much differently about racism and academic freedom than GOP-led state legislatures seeking to censor the teaching of critical race theory. 93% of college students overall – including 73% of college Republicans – say their high school’s curriculum was flawed for focusing insufficiently, rather than too much, on the impact of racism on U.S. history.”
“82% of college students overall say public schools should teach ‘that patterns of racism are ingrained in law and other institutions’ – including 97% of Democrats, 74% of independents and 46% of Republicans. 77% of college students overall say that state legislatures should not be able to limit how public schools or universities teach history. 41% of respondents said they don’t really understand the term ‘critical race theory.’ 85% said they first heard about it within the last year and for 30%, this survey was their first time hearing of it” – Axios.