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Just this week, Cassie Norton, a high school history teacher in Nashville, and her class were discussing Freedom Riders and myriad roles people played during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
Part of learning the history of the era means talking about race and racism, Norton said.
The bill doesn’t specifically name critical race theory, although supporters have cited it during the legislative debate. Critical race theory teaches that systematic racism is ingrained in U.S. institutions and white people have benefited from it.
The concept and whether schools, churches and other corporations should subscribe to it has been a source of renewed controversy in recent months.