New Jersey is the latest state to require schools to offer courses on diversity and unconscious bias By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Updated 2:41 PM ET, Sun April 11, 2021 (CNN)As the summer of 2020 forced the nation to confront racism, students of color in New Jersey were sounding the alarm on the racist bullying they had been facing daily, and Democratic Assemblywoman Carol A. Murphy was intent on listening. While attending Black Lives Matter protests and a virtual meeting with parents and students from high schools across her district, Murphy took mental notes that would help her outline a new law. All public schools in New Jersey are now required to teach diversity, inclusion, and equality courses in grades kindergarten through 12th grade.