{"id":105339,"date":"2021-07-20T18:02:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105339"},"modified":"2021-07-20T18:02:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:02:44","slug":"texas-state-legislature-votes-to-drop-civil-rights-movement-as-a-required-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105339","title":{"rendered":"Texas State Legislature Votes to Drop Civil Rights Movement as a Required Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n<p><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105339\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=105339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-105340 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Welcome_to_Texas_Famartin_Wiki-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Welcome_to_Texas_Famartin_Wiki-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Welcome_to_Texas_Famartin_Wiki-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Welcome_to_Texas_Famartin_Wiki.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last Friday the Texas Senate passed legislation that would remove requirements for public schools to have to teach civil rights movements and women\u2019s suffrage. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d speech and \u201cLetter From a Birmingham Jail\u201d being cut from the curriculum along with Susan B. Anthony and Caesar Chavez.<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed with an 18-4 vote but has still not passed through the House where they are unable to have a quorum since a group of Democrats are out-of-state. The state legislature\u2019s special session ends on August 6th.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The legislation on school curriculum also includes a lis of required elements like historical figures, documents and events in social studies courses. If passed into law, the bill drops many historical figures of color and women it would require teaching on white supremacy and the ways in which it is morally wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York Times\u2019 1619 Project would be banned from teachings completely. The group is named after the date from when enslaved people first came to the colonies. Republican Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the state\u2019s senate said in a statement that the bill would ensure \u201cthat critical race philosophies including the debunked 1619 founding myth, are removed from our school curriculums statewide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents want their students to learn how to think critically, not be indoctrinated by the ridiculous leftist narrative that America and our Constitution are rooted in racism,\u201d Patrick said. From the chamber floor, Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D) spoke against the bill saying it would be \u201ctying the hands of our teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zaffirini concluded her rebuttal, \u201cHow could a teacher possibly discuss slavery, the Holocaust, or the mass shootings at the Walmart in El Paso or at the Sutherland Springs church in my district without giving deference to any one perspective?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher Last Friday the Texas Senate passed legislation that would remove requirements for public schools to have to teach civil rights movements and women\u2019s suffrage. Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d speech and \u201cLetter From a Birmingham Jail\u201d being cut from the curriculum along with Susan B. Anthony and Caesar Chavez. 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