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Valley News - Upper Valley businesses join opposition to 'divisive topics' bill


Upper Valley businesses join opposition to ‘divisive topics’ bill
Modified: 5/2/2021 6:05:02 PM
WEST LEBANON About a dozen Upper Valley institutions, including Dartmouth College, have signed a letter urging New Hampshire lawmakers to reject legislation that critics say would ban businesses, schools and state contractors from teaching about systemic racism.
The measure, which is included in the budget approved last month by the New Hampshire House, would ban the teaching of so-called “divisive concepts,” including the belief that “one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.”
It also would prohibit teaching that the United States is “fundamentally racist or sexist,” and that any person, by virtue of their race or sex, is “inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive.” ....

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