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.