Public school teachers in Oklahoma could have their teaching licenses suspended for teaching certain concepts about race and racism under new rules approved Monday by the State Board of Education. With just one opposing vote, the board approved emergency rules to comply with a bill approved by the Republican-led legislature this year that purports to ban so-called 'Critical Race Theory.' Last week, the president of America's second-largest teacher's union denied that Critical Race Theory was being taught in public schools. Many of the bills are intended to bar the teaching of critical race theory - an academic framework that examines history through the lens of racism. Once an obscure academic idea, critical race theory has become a political rallying cry for Republicans who argue that it sows division and makes children feel guilty for being white.

Source: Daily Mail July 12, 2021 22:30 UTC