Alabama Threw Out $16,500 Worth of Teacher Training Manuals Over Their "Woke" Content
The manuals, which were for teachers only, included recommendations for topics like white privilege, systemic racism, and LGBTQ+ identities.
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The manuals, which were for teachers only, included recommendations for topics like white privilege, systemic racism, and LGBTQ+ identities.
The books discussed white privilege and LGBTQ+ people, so the governor trashed them.
A preschool training manual that included information on racial bias was rejected in Alabama, but antibias awareness and training is important for children to feel safe, researchers say.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey recently fired a top education official over a manual that she claims encouraged teachers to embrace "woke" ideology.
Gov. Kay Ivey's war on so-called "wokeness" is aimed at anyone who tries to center equity, the Alabama Institute for Social Justice says.