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handle is hein.amenin/aeiaees0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Key Points In the first half of 2021 26 states introduced-and 12 passed-bills colloquially labeled critical race theory (PT) ban . While many attacks against these bills were disingenuous or spurious, some of these balls were crafted more prudently than others. nl- e bills introduced to dat can be grouped Ut three categories: poh bitions against cornpulsion, against inclsion, and ga nst promotioi. - te prohibition against promo ng CRT Tist introduced in the North Carolina legisla- ture, adclresses parent concerns about indcctrincaion without resorting to the blunt tool of sta tutory ce nsorship and should be ni'' ered 'y all states that nave yet to oass a CRi ban. In the first half of 2021. 26 states introduced and 12 passed laws or regulations that have been colloqui- ally labeled critical race theory (CRT) bans.1 Few of these bills directly address CRt? Instead, they take aim at pedagogical techniques and teachings that are obviously and overtly racist (e.g., one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex, and moral character is necessarily deter- mined by his or her race or sex).3 Although most Americans would agree that schols should not promulgate obviously racist doc- trines, these proposals have become h-ghly polariz- ing. Some of the polarization can be attributed to journalistic coverage that at times appears willfully dishonest, For example, a. Nis' York Times article titled Disputing Racism's Reach, Republicans Rat- tie Schools explained: In Ohio, ep ublicans in the General Assembly introduced a bill last week to ban teaching that any individual is 'inherently racist. Times readers would have every right to be worried that such a prohibition would cripple his- tory instruction; preventing teachers from applying the word racist to Jc'hn C. Calhoun and his the- ory it slvery as a positive good would be egre- gious educational nalpractice. But the clause actually stipulates that schools shall not teach that 'an individuial, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppre Ssve, whether consci ously or uncon- sciously.> A meri c's newspaper of record funda- mentally changed the meaning of a law from some- thing that most Americans would support (i.e. schools shouldn't teach that race determines char- acter) to something most would oppose (i.e., teach- ers should not proffer obvious moral judgment.

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