Missouri Senate becomes latest body to approve limits on race-related instruction

Tuesday saw the passage of Senate Bill 4, which would impose restrictions on race teachings and calls for Missouri education officials to create a patriotism class.

The Missouri Senate is the most recent legislative body to approve restrictions on instruction that covers race.

Tuesday saw the passage of Senate Bill 4, which also calls for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to create a patriotism class in schools.

While the bill contains no mention of critical race theory, which addresses systemic racism, it would prohibit teaching “that individuals, by virtue of their race, ethnicity, color, or national origin, bear collective guilt and are inherently responsible for actions committed in the past by others,” according to the today!

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