South Carolina Republicans are one step closer to limiting race discussions in the classroom.
On Wednesday (May 10), the Republican-controlled South Carolina Senate passed H. 3728, a new measure that would encourage parents to “challenge any educational materials they say violate banned teachings around white privilege and implicit bias," the Associated Press reports.
The bill could also prevent educators from teaching students that anyone “bears responsibility for actions committed in the past." Students shouldn't learn that a person “is inherently privileged or should receive ‘adverse or favorable treatment’ due to their race," according to the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey released a statement about the new measure stating that it " keeps the subjective opinion of those who want to rewrite American history from creeping into South Carolina’s school."
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sharply criticized H. 3728.
"[The bill] contains harmful provisions that seek to prevent public educators from teaching the full truth of past and present race and gender inequalities in their classrooms, subject our public educators to undue surveillance of their instruction, burden our public educators with unnecessary complaint processes, and risk the loss of a significant amount of state funding for unjustified reasons," ACLU said in a statement.
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