Many folks are claiming TX Republicans are "removing" teaching requirements about the civil rights movement & its leaders from TX curriculum standards w/ #SB3.
This is not true. But it contains just enough truth to make for powerful political fodder.🧵/1 news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice…
This is not true. But it contains just enough truth to make for powerful political fodder.🧵/1 news.bloomberglaw.com/social-justice…
True: the version of the #SB3 bill that the TX Senate just passed (w/o Democrat support) did in fact remove a *bunch* of specific people & events from the bill, including stuff on civil rights, women's suffrage, slavery, labor, & more. capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/871/bi… /2 
Also true: the current version of the bill also removed mentions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abigail Adams, the American GI Forum, the 19th Amendment, and *much more.* Why remove all of this? /3
Well, I find myself reluctantly agreeing with Sen. Hughes' explanation. B/c specific requirements aren't typically dealt with by statute, but in the Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills standards (TEKS), developed by the State Board of Education. tea.texas.gov/academics/curr… /4
And what civil rights history do we find in the TEKS? *A lot.* High school US history should teach a multiethnic array of civil rights organizations; King, Chavez, Parks, Garcia, Friedan; the Black Panthers; Letter from a Birmingham Jail; the VRA; more. tea.texas.gov/sites/default/…
I have *no* love for what TX Republicans are doing w/ #CRT & this education bill. It's opportunist & anti-education.
But if we claim, "They're removing civil rights history!" we are crying wolf. They are not. But if they do someday, people may not believe us when we say so. /fin
But if we claim, "They're removing civil rights history!" we are crying wolf. They are not. But if they do someday, people may not believe us when we say so. /fin
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