Black Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory ban

[AZProgressive]

JACKSON, Miss. — Black lawmakers walked out in protest Friday and withheld their votes as the Mississippi Senate passed a bill that would ban schools from teaching critical race theory.

The state superintendent of education has said critical race theory is not being taught in Mississippi schools and legislators have offered no evidence to show it is.

Republicans said the theory teaches "victimhood," while Democrats said the ban could squelch discussion of Mississippi's racist history.

"This bill is not morally right," Democratic Sen. Barbara Blackmon of Canton, who is Black, said during the debate.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/22/1075055539/critical-race-theory-mississippi-protest

[Aristus]

1. Good for them.

Standing up for what's right.

It's a shame that it won't do a lick of good.

[crickets]

3. +1

[Busterscruggs]

2. Why are so many denying

That critical race theory is being taught, let alone existing? It's a great thing to be teaching this at all levels and is a great plank in elections