Black Lawmakers Walk Out As Mississippi Senate Passes Anti-'Critical Race Theory' Bill [View all]

Mississippi’s Black state senators walked out of a vote on Friday, protesting a Republican-backed bill that purports to ban “critical race theory” in schools.

All 14 Black state senators — all of whom are Democrats — withheld their votes when they walked out, and the bill passed 32-2. (Two white Democrats voted against the bill, The Associated Press reported).

While the bill is titled “critical race theory,” its text does not mention critical race theory at all.

Actual critical race theory is an academic discipline usually studied in graduate or law school that focuses on how racism is embedded in the country’s legal, political and social institutions.

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