Lawmakers in two Southern states are trying to block public schools from adopting curricula based on critical race theory, which teaches that the legal and governance systems in the U.S. are inherently racist and retain economic and political power for Whites by oppressing people of color.
Their argument also targets instruction incorporating the 1619 Project, a New York Times series that reframes U.S. history with slavery at the center of the narrative.
In Arkansas, newly introduced legislation would ban the 1619 Project and classwork that tells White students they are racist oppressors regardless of their thoughts and actions.
In Georgia, a Republican lawmaker is pressing higher education officials about the kinds of racially attuned workshops and courses are percolating in the state’s public universities.
“I’m trying to focus on the activities going on here, which I think are demeaning to some students, and this business of labeling people as ‘oppressors,’” said Arkansas state Rep. Mark Lowery, who introduced two bills targeting critical race theory. “They believe teaching assimilation is racist.”
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