The war on wokeness in schools: Three GOP states pass laws banning critical race theory and nearly a DOZEN other states work on legislation 'to stop white kids being taught they're oppressors' Three Republican-led states - Oklahoma, Idaho and Tennessee - have now signed laws banning critical race theory in public schools Oklahoma is the latest after Gov Kevin Stitt argued it will allow history to be taught without labeling a 'young child as an oppressor' A handful of other states are currently debating, or in the process of approving, similar bills Lawmakers in some states have been introducing bills that, in varying degrees, aim to ban schools from teaching concepts of race and racism in classrooms