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(2021) 34.3 DOI 10. 51845/34 .3.12  \nPoisoning the Well of Art Education  \nMichelle Marder Kamhi  \nIn his inaugural speech to the nation, President Biden rightly emphasized that in our quest for national unity, we need to “defend the truth and defeat the lies.” Sadly, however, he subsequently perpetuated one of the most consequential lies now in wide circulation—the notion that America is entrenched in “systemic racism.” That lie is gravely poisoning the well of art education, among so many other aspects of American life.  \nIn June 2020, James Haywood Rolling, Jr.—then president-elect of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and inaugural chair of the organization’s Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Commission—issued an open letter to art educators “on constructing an anti-racist agenda.” Titled “Black Lives Matter”after the radical protest movement, it called for resistance to “the systemic racism that violently impacts the daily lives” of students.  \nExamining the Lie  \n“Systemic racism” implies that racist policies are embedded in our laws andinstitutions. That claim is patently false, however, as evidenced by Americans having elected a biracial president for two terms and, more recently, a biracial vice president—not to mention blacks serving in the cabinet, in the highest ranks of the armed services, and in various other prominent positions, both public and private. The truth is that the only systemic racism that exists today is in the form of affirmative action measures favoring blacks, among other presumably disadvantaged groups  \nRolling, a black professor of arts education at Syracuse University, is undeterred by such facts, or by his own election to high position in his profession (the woman who will succeed him is also black) . In his view, any manifestation of racism, however individual, is ipso facto “systemic.” And he repeats the  \nMichelle Marder Kamhi is an independent scholar and critic and co-edits Aristos, an online review of the arts . Her latest book is Bucking the Artworld Tide: Reflections on Art, Pseudo Art, Art Education & Theory (Pro Arte Books, 2020); [www. mmkamhi.com. Kamhi](www. mmkamhi.com. Kamhi) last contributed to Academic Questions with“Beware the Semmelweis Reflex,” in the Spring 2021 issue.  \nall-too-common claim that any organization “that is not actively [emphasis his] anti-racist is complicit” in allegedly racist outcomes.  \nWhat is Rolling’s evidence? Predictably, it is “the casual murder of a litany of Black men and women like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.” It has reminded him, he says, of “what it feels like to be exposed, vulnerable, and preyed upon every day.” Like others on the left, he thus asserts the prevailing victim narrative, which presumes that the chief cause of such events, as well as of the economic and social disadvantages of blacks, is antiblack racism. In so doing, he is either unaware of, or willfully ignores, the evidence-based alternative explanations offered by numerous conservatives, black as well as white—from Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, and Walter Williams to Heather Mac Donald.  \nAs such writers have cogently argued and extensively documented, the primary underlying factor in racial disparities regarding both policing and economic and social outcomes is not white-on-black racism or the system of“white supremacy” that Rolling and others allege. It is, instead, the increasing breakdown of the black family (nearly three of every four black children are now born out of wedlock), which is closely correlated with a high rate of crime among blacks, the primary victims of which are other blacks. Though the left now turns a blind eye to that tragic breakdown, it was first prominently noted decades ago by no less a liberal than Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who clearly recognized its dire consequences.1 Moreover, as the conservative writers cited above further argue, the breakdown has been grievously exacerbated by the very welfare prog","cbCaidGWgTRx19W2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidGWgTRx19W2","pdf",290147,"English","# Poisoning the Well of Art Education\n## Inaugural speech and the “systemic racism” claim\n## The open letter on constructing an anti-racist agenda\n## Examining the lie and its alleged evidence","[{\"question\":\"What does the author claim “systemic racism” does to art education?\",\"answer\":\"The author argues the notion “systemic racism” is poisoning the well of art education and is damaging broader aspects of American life by spreading what she considers a grave falsehood.\"},{\"question\":\"Which organization’s anti-racist agenda does the author discuss?\",\"answer\":\"The author discusses an open letter issued by James Haywood Rolling, Jr., then president-elect of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), titled “Black Lives Matter,” calling for resistance to alleged systemic racism impacting students.\"},{\"question\":\"What evidence does the author say is used to support the systemic racism view?\",\"answer\":\"The author says the evidence cited is the “casual murder of a litany of Black men and women” such as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, while challenging the interpretation and the completeness of what the public saw.\"}]","Poisoning the Well of Art Education | PDF",1792064749,23]