Texas is the latest state to push forth legislation attempting to ban what is called CRT, or Critical Race Theory.
Bill banning critical race theory in Texas schools passes Senate committee
From www.kxan.com
2021-08-10 18:46:25
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The bill that would expand the ban on teaching critical race theory concepts in Texas classrooms passed a Senate Committee on State Affairs hearing 5 to 2 on Tuesday.
It’s one of the governor’s priorities this special session, even though the bill itself does not contain the words critical, race or theory.
“The bill would prohibit teaching concepts that one race or sex is superior to another, that one race or sex should be held to blame for actions committed in the past by other members of that race or sex,” Republican State Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) said, defending the bill in Tuesday’s hearing.
“No teacher we’ve heard from wants to teach those things. We have seen words creeping into teaching materials. And so we want to make sure we’re teaching the truth and the whole truth to our students,” Rep. Hughes said.
