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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,910 posts)
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:41 PM Mar 2022

How far have anti-critical race theory efforts gotten?

Last edited Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Since 2020, legislation on race education has popped up across the country. A total of 35 states so far have signed into law or proposed legislation banning or restricting the teaching of critical race theory, the academic discipline at the center of the debate.

Critical race theory, mostly taught in universities and colleges, seeks to understand how racism has shaped U.S. laws.

Many legislators have been invoking critical race theory broadly in their attempts to restrict discussions of race in the classroom and in government agency diversity training.

These Republican-led efforts have continued to move forward in many states across the country. However, in some states, the bills have fallen short.



https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-far-have-anti-critical-race-theory-efforts-gotten/ar-AAVrrqD

Per Washington State anyone can introduce a bill. With the Democrats controlling both houses of the legislature and the governor's office this will go nowhere.

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How far have anti-critical race theory efforts gotten? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 OP
Ask anyone talking about it what it is and I doubt anyone can properly describe it. But they can... TreasonousBastard Mar 2022 #1
Exactly. Caliman73 Mar 2022 #2
Critical race theory is now any book written Solomon Mar 2022 #3
wont fly in illinois. mopinko Mar 2022 #4

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. Ask anyone talking about it what it is and I doubt anyone can properly describe it. But they can...
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 01:56 PM
Mar 2022

pick up on all the dog whistles to hate it. Whatever it is.

Caliman73

(11,730 posts)
2. Exactly.
Thu Mar 24, 2022, 02:00 PM
Mar 2022

That should be a requirement of any legislation. You must define accurately, what Critical Race Theory is, where it is taught, and what the consequences are, if you want to make a law banning it.

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