{"id":1310724,"date":"2022-02-18T10:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T15:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310724"},"modified":"2022-02-18T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:52:36","slug":"wyoming-republicans-block-critical-race-theory-ban-in-pre-k-through-12th-grade-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wyoming-republicans-block-critical-race-theory-ban-in-pre-k-through-12th-grade-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Republicans Block Critical Race Theory Ban In Pre-K Through 12th Grade Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwyoming-republicans-block-critical-race-theory-ban-in-pre-k-through-12th-grade-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1310724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-525490303-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Wyoming\u2019s majority-GOP House of Representatives failed to introduce a measure Thursday seeking to bar the teaching and training of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools \u2014 and Republicans who led the ban effort tell The Daily Wire it is unfortunate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/WY\/text\/HB0097\/2022\">House Bill<\/a> 97 required a two-thirds majority to move through the legislature. Thirty five lawmakers voted in support of it, while 24 did not. The proposal banned school employees, administrators, and teachers from using \u201cpublic monies for instruction that presents any form of blame or judgement on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, color or national origin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, teachers would be prohibited from teaching that any group is \u201cinherently superior or inferior,\u201d \u201cinherently racist, sexist, or oppressive,\u201d that the United States is \u201csystemically racist or sexist,\u201d and more. CRT, a left-wing ideology, holds that white people are implicitly racist and that a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens must be used on an institutional level. It says racism is ingrained in America.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Chuck Gray of Casper, who sponsored the bill, told The Daily Wire that race-based curricula is inconsistent with Wyoming values. \u201cI think this bill would have handled that issue,\u201d he said. \u201cIt would have banned it. The language was strong and unfortunately we were not able to get it done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans who voted against the ban did not return calls from The Daily Wire, while Rep. Sandy Newsome, a Republican lawmaker representing the 24th district, denied in an interview that the measure relates to barring teachers relaying certain students are racist because of their race, sex, or ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not what the bill addressed,\u201d Newsome said, who declined to comment further when pressed about what she thinks the bill does address.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats voted against the bill, taking issue with the offered idea of neutrality. \u201cThis bill \u2026 states the teaching of history must be neutral and without judgment,\u201d said Rep. Andy Schwartz during arguments. \u201cNow, how can that be possible?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gray, however, told Schwartz he was inaccurately representing the bill. He pointed to subsection C, which outlines how the law does not prevent the discussion of \u201cotherwise controversial aspects of history,\u201d but merely says history should be taught accurately and completely. He shares in the sentiment that things like the \u201c1619 Project\u201d that was created by a New York Times Magazine reporter are an arbitrary reading of history that should not be taught as fact.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel that CRT destroys the truth of history and it pits different races against each other,\u201d GOP Rep. Mark Jennings, who co-sponsored the bill, said in a statement to The Daily Wire. \u201cIt erases the valuable lessons that can be learned from actual history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Republicans in Wyoming have sought to combat what they view as indoctrination in schools. Lawmakers in the Senate drafted a bill called the Civics Transparency Act in September 2021, which would require materials in school curricula be made public. The bill has not been introduced.<\/p>\n<p>At least 12 states are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/amid-demands-for-curriculum-transparency-poll-shows-americans-want-parents-to-shape-schools\">considering<\/a> transparency bills nationwide, as the clash between parents and school boards continues. The issue of race-based curricula in schools is something some educators in Wyoming feel is wrong.<\/p>\n<p>One high school teacher, who spoke to The Daily Wire on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution, said that history must be taught correctly, but CRT distorts facts and offers matters through a political lens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe curricula tries to put certain racial groups into a bad light,\u201d said the teacher, who has worked in Wyoming for 30 years. \u201cWe need to make sure what we are teaching is accurate. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s okay to encourage racism in any, way, shape, or fashion. I don\u2019t think people need to apologize for things that were done five, six generations ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Send story tips to Gabe Kaminsky at&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"mailto:gekaminsky@protonmail.com\"><i>gekaminsky@protonmail.com<\/i><\/a><i>. Follow him&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gekaminsky\"><i>on Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wyoming\u2019s majority-GOP House of Representatives failed to introduce a measure Thursday seeking to bar the teaching and training of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in public schools \u2014 and Republicans who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}