“What is happening,” Sen. Merika Coleman, chairwoman of the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus, said, “is that school systems are fearful to discuss some topics because of the state's political climate, and the bill would exacerbate that.”
would prohibit schools, state agencies and universities from directing students and employees to learn a list of “divisive concepts,” including that “fault, blame, or bias should be assigned to a race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin” or that a student or worker should “assent to a sense of guilt, complicity, or a need to apologize” because of their race, gender or national origin.
The three Black senators on the committee voted against the bill, questioning the need for the legislation and the potential chilling impact on classroom discussions. “The language in this bill is intentionally vague and confusing. Bills like this have already caused a chilling effect on teaching with educators fearful, anxious and unable to get clear answers on what they can or cannot teach,” Stevie Rae Hicks, a Montgomery teacher, said during a public hearing.
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