Updated: 5:42 PM CDT May 14, 2021 KOCO Staff Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has been removed from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission.This, after Stitt signed the controversial House Bill 1775 into law, banning public schools from teaching specific topics on race and sex and prohibits sexual diversity training at colleges and universities. Read the full language of the bill here.In a statement released Friday afternoon, officials said the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial commissioners met Tuesday and agreed through consensus to part ways with Stitt. No elected officials, nor representatives of elected officials, were involved in this decision, officials with the commission said. “While the Commission is disheartened to part ways with Governor Stitt, we are thankful for the things accomplished together. The Commission remains focused on lifting up the story of Black Wall Street and commemorating the Centennial,” officials with the commission s
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The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission has told Gov. Kevin Stitt it will consider him to have resigned as a member if he doesn’t respond to their invitation to discuss his signing of a bill Republicans have pushed as a ban on teaching critical race theory.
The commission urged Stitt to veto House Bill 1775, which prohibits teaching concepts like a student should feel guilty for historical events because of their race or sex. In a letter signed by Project Director Phil Armstrong, the commission said the new law will intimidate teachers who want to explore the underlying causes of the massacre and is diametrically opposed to their mission.
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