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Idaho lawmakers are among the first in the country to attempt to ban critical race theory in public schools.
Conservatives across the nation have seized on the term over the past year, although the concept has been around since the 1970s. It s a theory underpinned by the idea systemic racism continues to exist in the United States and impacts opportunities for and treatment of people of color.
Adrienne Evans, executive director of United Vision for Idaho, said when diverse groups of students aren t included in the country s collective story, it sends a powerful message about who is and isn t valued.
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Scenes of supporters of President Donald Trump breaking windows and breaching the U.S. Capitol shocked the nation this week - and were reminiscent of protests in Boise last summer.
In August, protesters of a special session in Idaho on COVID-19 safety measures shattered a glass door and rushed into the state Capitol. Some in the crowd were armed and included far-right anti-government activist Ammon Bundy.
The Executive Director of the progressive group United Vision for Idaho, Adrienne Evans said the U.S. Capitol attack and the Boise protests are related. Not on the same scale, of course, but very similar in tactic, said Evans. And that s the point, right, is to instill fear by evoking violence and issuing threats.
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