Comms Director for Rep. @JamesTalarico • He/Him • 🏳️🌈 • Black Lives Matter
May 11, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
WATCH: Rep. @jamestalarico grills Republican Steve Toth about his terrible civics bill.
Talarico: “Would you be open to an amendment requiring that we teach the history of white supremacy and teach students that it’s morally wrong?”
Toth: “No, I’m not.”
#txlege#HB3979
Talarico: “Your lengthy bill makes no effort to teach the history of white supremacy and its impact on the founding of our country—politically, socially, economically. The only thing you're doing is preventing us from talking about race in a way that makes you uncomfortable."