Every single Oklahoma City Public Schools board member came out against House Bill 1775, the controversial bill that bans the teaching of critical race theory in Oklahoma schools.Gov. Kevin Stitt signed the bill into law last week. The measure bans certain topics about race and gender from being taught in Oklahoma schools. During a meeting Monday, all eight members of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education voted to denounce House Bill 1775. Some also called the bill racist and a form of censorship.Several board members who were former teachers said conversations they had in their classrooms would have been illegal if the bill was around a few years ago."As a district, we don't need this bill," Carole Thompson said."It's racist. It's cowardly. It's micromanaging," Meg McElhaney added.Oklahoma City Public Schools board members took turns denouncing the bill."It's disgusting, and to think that in 2021 we could have a bill like this introduced, let alone heard in a committee, voted on and passed and signed by the governor, is absolutely appalling," Mark Mann said.Stitt said last week that the bill does not stop the teaching of important parts of U.S. and Oklahoma history."We can and should teach this history without labeling a young child as an oppressor or requiring he or she feel guilty or shame based on their race or sex. I refuse to tolerate otherwise," Stitt said last week.Board members fired back at the governor's reasoning."When I listen to what the governor said in his speech, and to say it is not right for white students to feel like that they should be held responsible for the oppression that Black people and others have felt because of them, but then let's talk about the generational wealth off the back of my people. Let's talk about that," Ruth Veales said.