AMAC agrees with the resolutions’ description of CRT as a prejudicial ideological tool rather than an educational tool and believes that children should be taught the fundamentals of how government works and how to effect change within a civil society.
June 24, 2021
The Honorable Rick Scott
Senator from Florida
716 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Burgess Owens
4th Congressional District of Utah
1039 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C, 20515
Dear Senator Scott and Representative Owens,
On behalf of the 2.3 million members of AMAC – Association of Mature American Citizens, I write to offer our support for S. Res. 246 and H. Res. 397, resolutions that express the sense that Critical Race Theory (CRT) should not be taught in K – 12 schools as a way to teach students to judge individuals based on sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
AMAC members have expressed their concern over the components of CRT and its infiltration into United States’ primary and secondary schools. They agree with the resolution’s description of CRT as a prejudicial ideological tool rather than an educational tool and are not interested in this curriculum being taught to their children and grandchildren.
AMAC believes that children should be taught the fundamentals of how government works and how to effect change within a civil society. Conversely, some proponents of CRT focus on disruption techniques that ignore these fundamentals and rob our children of essential civics lessons.
Thank you, Senator Scott and Representative Owens, for your resolutions that call for teaching the rule of law and the tenants of our Constitution, defending individuals’ civil rights, and condemning racism in all forms, particularly in our Nation’s schools.
AMAC is pleased to offer our association’s full support for S. Res. 246 and H. Res. 397.
Sincerely,
Bob Carlstrom
President, AMAC Action
