NH State Legislature bill on ‘divisive concepts’ & abortion
Jun 28, 2021 18:43:26 GMT
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Post by aj2hall on Jun 28, 2021 18:43:26 GMT
Our school superintendent sent out an email assuring parents that our schools would continue teaching diversity, equity and inclusion. Here’s part of his email
Our work has always been about acceptance and support of our communities of color, indigenous peoples, gender, sexuality and the various religious beliefs or non-religious beliefs people hold.
Our work is about the study of history, for it is through our historical experiences we learn how to be better human beings.
Our teachers have always been free to incorporate Board Policy through the lens of acceptance of all, using history as our guide to a better understanding of how we can grow and improve as a people.
Academic freedom and the freedom of speech are crucial to a healthy public education system. Our work related to diversity, equity and inclusion will follow ORCSD School Board Policy and our commitment to non-discrimination in all that we do.
In comparison, the proposed bill has been framed as anti-discrimination. In other words, protecting white people.
newhampshirebulletin.com/2021/06/02/critics-unpersuaded-by-senate-changes-to-divisive-concepts-bill/
Bradley said, the new bill simply prevents government entities from teaching that people are inherently oppressive because of their “immutable characteristics” – be it their race, gender, sexual orientation, and more – and it bans them from teaching that some groups have inherent social advantages.
“What this is is an anti-discrimination proposal,” Bradley said in remarks to the Senate Finance Committee. “. . . In other words, it affirms the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that we’re equal under the law.”
For every provision that protects teachers and other officials when teaching certain things, there’s another provision that prevents them from fully doing so, Bissonnette argues.
A manager at a police agency is allowed to stage an anti-discrimination training, the new law implies, but isn’t allowed to invoke the concept of implicit bias. A college professor is granted academic freedom to explore the subjects they wish but can’t present American society as intrinsically tinged by centuries-long racial oppression.
From Bissonnette’s perspective, those contradictions make the law difficult to interpret – which could stop the lessons or training programs from happening altogether.
“This is the real danger of the bill and it may very well be the point of it – namely, to cause people to censor themselves in having important conversations on race,” Bissonnette said.
In addition to the divisive concepts portion, the state budget also includes provisions restricting abortion and requiring all women to have an ultrasound before the procedure.
Hopefully, our Republican governor will veto the bill. He objected to the divisive concepts part.
www.nhpr.org/post/new-nh-state-budget-everything-you-need-know#stream/0
Our work has always been about acceptance and support of our communities of color, indigenous peoples, gender, sexuality and the various religious beliefs or non-religious beliefs people hold.
Our work is about the study of history, for it is through our historical experiences we learn how to be better human beings.
Our teachers have always been free to incorporate Board Policy through the lens of acceptance of all, using history as our guide to a better understanding of how we can grow and improve as a people.
Academic freedom and the freedom of speech are crucial to a healthy public education system. Our work related to diversity, equity and inclusion will follow ORCSD School Board Policy and our commitment to non-discrimination in all that we do.
In comparison, the proposed bill has been framed as anti-discrimination. In other words, protecting white people.
newhampshirebulletin.com/2021/06/02/critics-unpersuaded-by-senate-changes-to-divisive-concepts-bill/
Bradley said, the new bill simply prevents government entities from teaching that people are inherently oppressive because of their “immutable characteristics” – be it their race, gender, sexual orientation, and more – and it bans them from teaching that some groups have inherent social advantages.
“What this is is an anti-discrimination proposal,” Bradley said in remarks to the Senate Finance Committee. “. . . In other words, it affirms the 14th Amendment of the Constitution that we’re equal under the law.”
For every provision that protects teachers and other officials when teaching certain things, there’s another provision that prevents them from fully doing so, Bissonnette argues.
A manager at a police agency is allowed to stage an anti-discrimination training, the new law implies, but isn’t allowed to invoke the concept of implicit bias. A college professor is granted academic freedom to explore the subjects they wish but can’t present American society as intrinsically tinged by centuries-long racial oppression.
From Bissonnette’s perspective, those contradictions make the law difficult to interpret – which could stop the lessons or training programs from happening altogether.
“This is the real danger of the bill and it may very well be the point of it – namely, to cause people to censor themselves in having important conversations on race,” Bissonnette said.
In addition to the divisive concepts portion, the state budget also includes provisions restricting abortion and requiring all women to have an ultrasound before the procedure.
Hopefully, our Republican governor will veto the bill. He objected to the divisive concepts part.
www.nhpr.org/post/new-nh-state-budget-everything-you-need-know#stream/0
