Texas GOP says anti-CRT law would never require 'opposing views' of Holocaust atrocities
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Texas Republicans defended a new law targeting critical race theory at public schools, doubling down that the legislation in no way would require teachers to include an “opposing view” of the Holocaust in classroom instruction, as the atrocities of the Nazi regime against Jews and others are historical fact.
"The Holocaust was a terrible event in human history based on ignorant hatred," state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, also a Republican, wrote. "It is not a currently controversial or even debatable subject - its occurrence is a fact. HB3979 does not require an "opposing view" and any idea that it would, is incorrect."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, first signed House Bill 3979 into law on June 15. The legislation specifically prevents teachers from instructing students that "one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex," and bans the teachings of the 1619 Project that America was founded to promote slavery, and not the concept of liberty and equality, from course instruction.