Texas lawmakers have doubled down on their war against “critical race theory” and teaching about racism and discrimination in the classroom. In an appalling turn in the Lone Star State, Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans have passed a bill that would, among other offenses, eliminate a requirement teaching about how and why the Ku Klux Klan — a racist, white supremacist and domestic terrorist organization — is morally wrong.
Mary Papenfuss of HuffPost reported that Senate Bill 3, which passed on Friday, July 16 with a vote of 18–4, included nearly two dozen modifications to Texas public school curriculum requirements. Some of the proposed omissions include Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, writings about the women’s suffragist movement by Susan B. Anthony, as well as Native American history.
“[The bill] drops most mentions of people of color and women for the state’s required curriculum,” Papenfuss reported. “That includes eliminating a requirement that students be taught the ‘history of white supremacy, including but not limited to the institution of slavery, the eugenics movement and the Ku Klux Klan, and the ways in which it is morally wrong.’”
