Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Failed Louisiana Holocaust education bill was used to pan critical race theory

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/failed-louisiana-holocaust-education-bill-was-used-to-pan-critical-race-theory/

But Mintz had second thoughts once he began learning more about the content and the backers of the proposed legislation. Its sponsor, a Republican state representative named Valarie Hodges, had also expressed hostility toward teaching the histories of other racial and religious minorities. Some of the original bill’s language seemed to suggest that lessons on the Holocaust would be framed partially as a celebration of the American military. And during debate, the bill’s supporters would “deploy Jews rhetorically, without involving Jews,” he said.

 

 

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