Virginia House passes legislation aimed at banning 'divisive' concepts in public schools

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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Feb 15, 2022
This week the Virginia GOP voted against allowing schools to teach about the 3/5 Compromise, Jim Crow laws, or even about Ruby Bridges (who at 67 is alive & well btw). GOP isn't just erasing history, they're erasing Black women today.

This isn't democracy—this is white supremacy

Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@QasimRashid
Here’s the media story.

While banning teaching about Ruby Bridges, the GOP wants to promote teaching the “Lost Cause,” a racist reframing of the Civil War to make the whites supremacist slave holding states seem more favorable. Horrific and open racism.

virginiamercury.com
Virginia House passes legislation aimed at banning ‘divisive’ concepts in public schools - Virginia...
In a largely party-line vote, Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed legislation Tuesday that would ban educators from teaching concepts framed as “divisive” by many Republican...
5:54 PM · Feb 15, 2022

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/02/15/virginia-house-passes-legislation-aimed-at-banning-divisive-concepts-in-public-schools/

In a largely party-line vote, Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates passed legislation Tuesday that would ban educators from teaching concepts framed as “divisive” by many Republican leaders.

The bill, sponsored by Del. Dave LaRock, R-Loudoun, wasn’t officially endorsed by Gov. Glenn Youngin. But its language mirrors the text of other administration-backed legislation and closely resembles Youngkin’s first executive order banning so-called divisive concepts — including critical race theory — in Virginia schools.

LaRock’s bill is all but certain to meet a quick death in the Democrat-controlled Senate, where legislators already rejected a similar Youngkin-supported bill from Sen. Jen Kiggans, R-Virginia Beach. But the opposing votes between the two chambers speaks to the fierce debate still occurring over public education in Virginia, a core aspect of Youngkin’s campaign platform.

“I think this bill gets into legislating emotions and beliefs,” said Del. Schuyler VanValkenburg, D-Henrico, a public school civics teacher who’s become a vocal critic of many of the administration’s initiatives. “And to paraphrase Chief Justice John Roberts, I think that is a sordid business.”

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[Diamond_Dog]

1. Sickening.

[magicarpet]

2. Don't worry,... Be happy,....

No racist issues here.

[Takket]

3. Can DoE make these part of required curriculum at the national level? Can they set that standard?

it seems pretty clear now they are attempting to erase racism/slavery and even the entire history of blacks from American history. Can DoE stop this?

[bahboo]

4. boy, the real world is gonna come as a shock to these students....

altho sadly, black students have to live with the bullshit their entire lives....