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Idaho moves to ban critical race theory instruction in all public schools, including universities
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As some public school districts move toward embracing critical race theory in their curriculums, others like in Idaho are doing the opposite.
Idaho lawmakers have advanced a bill that would prohibit public schools, including public universities, from teaching that “any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin is inherently superior or inferior,” which, according to the bill, is often found in “critical race theory.”
It also prohibits teachings arguing that “individuals, by virtue of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin.”
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Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw made the comments to
Newsweek after GOP lawmakers in Idaho moved to ban the theory from being taught in the state s schools and universities.
The academic theory maps the nature and workings of institutional racism in America, according to Kendall Thomas, co-editor along with Crenshaw of
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement.
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The theory dates back to the mid-1970s, but has become a politically charged topic in recent months. In April, President Joe Biden s Department of Education issued proposals to update the teaching of American history and civics in schools, incorporating anti-racist works such as The 1619 Project and books by the historian Ibram X. Kendi.