Teachers in New Hampshire face new legal threats for teaching so-called 'divisive concepts' on race: 'It's psychological warfare'
ABC News
New Hampshire passed a law that conservatives say prohibits critical race theory from being taught in schools.
In June, New Hampshire passed the "Right to Freedom From Discrimination in Public Workplaces and Education," a law that conservative activists say prohibits critical race theory from being taught in schools.
Recently, GOP lawmakers have used "critical race theory" as a catch phrase to energize their base, saying that it makes classrooms feel divided or children feel bad about their race, especially white kids.
Although most of the political arguments have focused on elementary, middle and high school, in actuality, critical race theory is a curriculum most often taught at the college and graduate school level about systems and educational philosophies that have morphed based on concepts like race. It's not taught below the college level.
New Hampshire is one of six states that have enacted policies based on anti-critical race theory rhetoric. The bill was introduced as a ban on "divisive concepts," and restricts the way educators can teach about race and gender in the classroom.
