Texas Could Ban Critical Race Theory Next As Several States Look to Follow Idaho On 5/7/21 at 7:42 AM EDT Texas Republicans look set to follow in the footsteps of other states that are banning the teaching of critical race theory, which examines the ways race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law. Two bills moving through the state's legislature would prohibit schools from teaching the theory, which "maps the nature and workings of 'institutional racism'" in America, according to Kendall Thomas, co-editor of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement. On April 28, the state Senate passed SB 2202, tabled by Brandon Creighton, a Republican state senator. It bans teaching that "one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex [or that] an individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously."