A high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas on Monday over the state’s ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal judge to strike down the restrictions as unconstitutional.

The lawsuit by the teacher and students from Little Rock Central High School, site of the historic 1957 racial desegregation crisis, stems from the state’s decision last year that an Advanced Placement course on African American Studies would not count toward state credit.

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    7 months ago

    Say I believed the earth is flat, and provided ‘well documented science’ that the earth is flat. Who’s to say that I shouldn’t be doing that? Or what if in social studies class I provided proof that men were superior to women?

    The law is clearly in the moral wrong in our current situation, but in general it provides more protections than it does harm. The problem isn’t with Tennessee vs Scopes. The problem is with the Republican agenda.

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      7 months ago

      Say I believed the earth is flat, and provided ‘well documented science’ that the earth is flat

      That’s not equivalent since there is no such thing.

      Who’s to say that I shouldn’t be doing that?

      Every person who doesn’t subscribe to your fringe hypothesis. So roughly 8.1 billion people.

      Or what if in social studies class I provided proof that men were superior to women?

      Again, you don’t seem at all familiar with how scientific proof works.

      The law is clearly in the moral wrong in our current situation

      Also: factually and in every other way.

      in general it provides more protections than it does harm

      Nope. It’s states trying to remove every mention of LGBTQ+ people and racial equality, not rogue teachers.

      The problem isn’t with Tennessee vs Scopes. The problem is with the Republican agenda.