Meet the Georgia State Representative Fighting to Keep CRT Out of Schools
February 9, 2022 | Georgia
As critical race theory continues to attract national attention, one Georgia lawmaker is trying to pass legislation to ensure it stays out of the Peach State’s schools.
On Jan. 14, Georgia state Rep. Brad Thomas introduced a bill to ban concepts like critical race theory and The New York Times’ 1619 Project from being taught in schools.
“The legislation in and of itself is just to make sure that we’re not teaching divisive ideology to our children,” Thomas said in an interview with The Daily Signal. “We want every child, regardless of how they look or their physical appearance, to know that they have access to the American dream. And the problem is that [critical race theory] in and of itself teaches exactly the opposite.”
The Heritage Foundation defines critical race theory as an ideology that makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American life, categorizing individuals into groups of white oppressors and nearly everyone else who is nonwhite as oppressed victims. Proponents of critical race theory believe America and its institutions are systemically racist, created to benefit white people at the expense of all others….(Excerpt from the Daily Signal)
