Jun 17, 2021
6 min read
The Pledge, “Critical Race Theory,” and Performative Patriotism
How the Pledge of Allegiance got into our schools — and what it tells us about “patriotic education”
If you had a childhood like mine, you had to stand up every morning before school started, put your hand over your heart, turn to the American flag (which hung, for some reason, in your math…
