AHA executive director James Grossman was quoted in a Washington Examiner article by Michael Lee about public perceptions of critical race theory. Teaching about the role of racism in American institutions and American culture, Grossman said, “doesn’t mean that you are teaching students to hate them. It means you are teaching students to understand them.” Grossman also appeared on the online radio show The Perkins Platform in an episode on American History Perspective: What Our Public Schools Need in June 2021.