OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Friday.
The GOP-backed bill prohibits teaching of so-called “critical race theory.”
“Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us together, not rip us apart,” Stitt said in a video statement on Twitter. “As governor, I firmly believe that not one cent of taxpayer money should be used to define and divide young Oklahomans about their race or sex. That is what this bill upholds for public education.”
The House author of the bill, Moore Republican Rep. Kevin West, said he’s heard reports of students being taught that because they’re a certain race or sex, they’re inherently superior to others or should feel guilty for something that happened in the past.
Published May 08. 2021 12:35AM
By SEAN MURPHY
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Friday.
The GOP-backed bill prohibits teaching of so-called “critical race theory.”
“Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us together, not rip us apart, Stitt said in a video statement on Twitter. “As governor, I firmly believe that not one cent of taxpayer money should be used to define and divide young Oklahomans about their race or sex. That is what this bill upholds for public education.
Oklahoma governor signs ban on teaching critical race theory
SEAN MURPHY, The Associated Press
May 7, 2021
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma public school teachers will be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Friday.
The GOP-backed bill prohibits teaching of so-called “critical race theory.”
“Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us together, not rip us apart, Stitt said in a video statement on Twitter. “As governor, I firmly believe that not one cent of taxpayer money should be used to define and divide young Oklahomans about their race or sex. That is what this bill upholds for public education.
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FILE – In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. Water officials in Arizona say they are prepared to lose about one-fifth of the water the state gets from the Colorado River in what could be the first mandated cut. The federal government recently projected the first-ever shortage of river water that supplies millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Arizona is prepared to lose about one-fifth of the water the state gets from the Colorado River in what could be the first federally declared shortage in the river that supplies millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico, state officials said Thursday.
Oklahoma public school teachers would be prohibited from teaching certain concepts of race and racism under a bill given final approval by the state House on Thursday.