Keisha King claimed critical race theory is racist and will revert America back to its racist past at a Florida State Board of Education meeting on Thursday, when the board banned the theory
Republican State Rep Steve Toth appeared on CNN on Tuesday to discuss a bill he introduced last month that would limit discussions of critical race theory in Texas public schools.
Throughout the day on Tuesday, MSNBC anchors and reporters bitterly complained that states like Oklahoma were fighting back against left-wing attempts to push radical propaganda like Critical Race Theory in schools. The coverage falsely claimed the proposed legislation would somehow ban any discussion of race or racism in the classroom and desperately tried to spin the effort to protect students from an extreme political agenda as an attack on free speech.
Tennessee becomes latest state to ban divisive critical race theory in public schools - joining Oklahoma, Idaho and Arkansas
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed into law a bill banning critical race theory from being taught in schools on Monday
Lee has said students should learn about American exceptionalism rather than divisive topics
A handful of other states are currently debating, or in the process of approving, similar bills
Those against critical race theory have argued it reduces people to the categories of privileged or oppressed based on their skin color
Supporters, however, say the theory is vital to eliminating racism because it examines the ways in which race influence US politics, culture and the law
The failure by city and state authorities in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to provide comprehensive reparations has compounded the harms of the May 31, 1921 Tulsa race massacre on its upcoming centennial.