GOP senator cites racist, anti-LGBTQ Fox News contributor in floor speech

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) finds a kindred spirit in Mark Steyn.

In a speech given on the floor of the Senate on Monday night, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) extensively quoted from a bigoted column written by conservative pundit Mark Steyn.

Tuberville made his statement in the course of attacking “critical race theory,” an approach to the academic study of systemic racism that many Republicans have recently called a divisive anti-American concept that they falsely claim is being taught in primary and secondary schools.

Claiming that “critical race theory is pushed on school districts across the country,” Tuberville said, “Simply put, critical race theory reinforces divisions on strict racial lines. It doesn’t teach kids moral values, like treating everyone with respect regardless of race. It’s just the opposite. Critical race theory teaches kids to hate one another.” Continue reading.

Scholars horrified by Pennsylvania GOP’s new ‘un-American’ bill targeting critical race theory

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Republicans in Pennsylvania have published a draft of a bill intended to end the teaching of critical race theory in their state, and it’s causing many professional scholars to react with horror.

The new bill was first flagged by economist Jeffrey Sachs, who highlighted some particularly egregious passages, such as a clause banning teachers from telling students that “the United States of America or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is fundamentally racist or sexist,” while also banning people from speaking at universities if they espouse what the Republicans describe as “racist or sexist” views.

“Not only does it prohibit universities from promoting any of the usual forbidden concepts, it also prohibits them from hosting speakers or assigning readings that do,” Sachs commented on Twitter. Continue reading.