- Across the US, Republican-led state legislatures are passing bills banning public schools from teaching about systemic racism.
- The bills specifically target “critical race theory”, a graduate-school framework examining the modern inequalities deriving from Jim Crow segregation and slavery.
- In Ohio, Republicans introduced a bill banning curriculum teaching that any individual is “inherently racist” or “bears responsibility” for past racism.
- In North Carolina, legislators passed a bill limiting teaching that America was “created by members of a particular race or sex to oppress”.
Disputing Racism’s Reach, Republicans Rattle American Schools
(06/01/2021)