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Nass Denounces, Mnookin Responds on Critical Race Theory

Frederica Freyberg:

The Board of Regents this week named the new chancellor of UW-Madison. Jennifer Mnookin will take the helm of the UW’s flagship campus in August. She’s currently dean of the UCLA Law School. No sooner had she been named than legislative Republicans torched her hire. Steve Nass, vice chair of the Senate Universities Committee called it ridiculous, saying, Jennifer Mnookin has a very clear history of advocating for the forced indoctrination of college students with critical race theory. Mnookin responded to critical race theory this way.

Jennifer Mnookin:

When I get to Madison, Id love to sit down and talk in great detail about meaning of critical race theory. I think there’s a lot of different perspectives on it, and it’s become something that when people engage with, Im not even sure they’re talking at all about the same thing.

Frederica Freyberg:

By way of disclosure, PBS Wisconsin is part of UW-Madison.