The Mississippi Free Press reports:
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared a victory today as he signed a bill into law that he and other Republican lawmakers have falsely claimed would ban the teaching of “critical race theory” in the state’s public schools and community colleges. In a pre-taped video that the governor posted to his social-media channels this afternoon, Reeves painted a grim portrait of an America in which, he claims, “critical race theory is running amok.”
“Students are being force-fed an unhealthy dose of progressive fundamentalism that runs counter to the principles of America’s founding. Children are dragged to the front of the classroom and are coerced to declare themselves as oppressors, that that they should feel guilty because of the color of their skin, or that they are inherently a victim because of their race,” the governor said he signed Senate Bill 2113.
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NEW: Gov. Tate Reeves signed a so-called “CRT ban” into law today, claiming that critical race theory serves only to “indoctrinate” children and “humiliate” white people.
But he admitted last June that CRT is not even taught in any Mississippi classrooms.https://t.co/C1igUMygPP
— Ashton Pittman ? (@ashtonpittman) March 15, 2022
In too many schools around the US, CRT is running amok. It threatens the integrity of education & aims only to humiliate and indoctrinate.
That’s why I signed legislation that will help keep CRT where it belongs – out of MS classrooms.
Watch full video https://t.co/jq5TuIvR2S pic.twitter.com/hSdVCx8ySM
— Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) March 14, 2022