‘Anti-critical race theory’ bill heads to Senate after teachers assail it as ‘censorship’
Republicans forwarded the legislation to the full Senate after an hours-long committee meeting Thursday.
State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, chair of the State Affairs committee, listens to invited witnesses on SB 3 in the Senate Chamber Thursday, July 15, 2021. The bill seeks to strip required lessons on women and people of color from critical race theory law. (Bob Daemmrich/Special Contributor)(Bob Daemmrich / Bob Daemmrich/Special Contributo)
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Texas teachers and students denounced a more strict “anti-critical race theory” bill as censorship and anti-civics education at a Senate committee hearing.
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Mainstream children’s publishers have mostly shied away from books about the 45th president. Standing almost alone is a highly critical young adult biography from last year, “Unpresidented: A Biography of Donald Trump” by Martha Brockenbrough (Feiwel & Friends and reviewed in September 2019).
Yes, there are Trump parodies and coloring books for kids, but editor Jill Santopolo from Philomel, a division of Penguin Random House, sheds some light on the near vacuum of more serious-minded works.
“Our goal is to publish books that inspire and empower and teach children about kindness, compassion and inclusivity,” she explained in a recent interview. “Donald Trump didn’t feel like the right subject matter match for our list.”
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