https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-senate-passes-bill-remove-173000390.html Public schools in Texas are one step closer to no longer being required to teach about various American civil rights movements in social studies classes. Bloomberg reports that on Friday, the state Senate voted 18-4 to pass Senate Bill 3, which drops requirements for teachers to include lessons on Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony, the history of Native Americans, the writings of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other figures and documents in their curriculums. This comes after Gov. Greg Abbott previously signed a bill that banned teachers from discussing critical race theory and the 1619 Project, while also dictating how they should teach about current events in their classrooms. The idea behind this new bill is to more explicitly define what can and can’t be taught. According to Bloomberg, it would also prevent teachers from speaking about current events or controversial issues without “giving deference to any one perspective.” From Bloomberg: Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who presides over the Senate, said in a statement after the vote that “Senate Bill 3 will make certain that critical race philosophies including the debunked 1619 founding myth, are removed from our school curriculums statewide.” “Parents want their students to learn how to think critically, not be indoctrinated by the ridiculous leftist narrative that America and our Constitution are rooted in racism,” Patrick said. “What we’re doing with this bill, we’re saying that specific reading list doesn’t belong in statute,” said the bill’s author, state Sen. Bryan Hughes (R). Instead, such requirements should be in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS, standards developed by the State Board of Education, he said. It’s amazing how out of all the things to spend endless legislative time and energy on, hamstringing teachers from talking about the messy parts of American history solely because it makes white people uncomfortable is what gets the most attention and the fastest action from Republican lawmakers. Well, both that and also speedily passing restrictive voting legislature because it’s the only way Republicans can stay in power. In fact, this bill on teaching curriculum is currently stalled in the Texas House of Representatives because House Democrats are in Washington D.C. advocating on behalf of equitable voting rights. This is all in opposition to a voting bill that would place more restrictions on the state’s already restrictive voting process. Abbott previously called for a special session so lawmakers could vote on these two pieces of legislature, and unless the Democrats return to Texas before the session expires Aug. 6, it looks like the bills will just keep on being stalled.
That is a strange place. They even elected Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican politicians are sore losers.
And one more thing. Outlawing abortion and literally offering bounties for anyone who turns in a person for having or assisting an abortion. Nothing done about power grid that failed twice in last year.
The lengths to which this bill goes....I just can't even..If this goes through in Texas kids are only going to learn about white people in history. Can't teach there about how we practically stole America from the native Americans, how we enslaved Africans, the fight for women's and Civil rights. What the fuck is wrong with these senators in Texas and the other red states that are doing similar bills. Do conservatives on here think this is OK?
Let's get to the important stuff first like preventing a poor woman from getting the same treatment a wealthy woman gets as well as force the poor woman to do the job herself with a coat hanger or in some dark, dank building without proper emergency nor antiseptic benefit. Yes, for God's sake let's not let our children know history so they can make informed decisions in the future. Let's encourage them to make uniformed decisions. We've got to have our priorities right. Do you see why such people make me ill?
Nah, it's not slowly becoming a dictatorship in this country. They tried to do it in a macro sense... now they are just gonna try to do it in a micro sense. One state at a time. How can people literally be so stupid and not see what this really is? It's like they are on a different planet.
No respect for Texas as I once had. Perhaps the common people are AOK but their politicians suck. These are the same politicians that allowed right to carry firearms.
I totally agree. Perhaps their miserable lives are so swamped with financial struggles that the Republican politicians take advantage and insert their agendas.
Lanny: It's fuckin deplorable. I am a disciple of George Carlin. He did not let the political crap pile up in his soul. Your family and friends are the prime focus of your life. Screw those asses, especially Abbott and Cruz. In my opinion, the only Texas politician that cared about people was LBJ.
