No federally funded programs should teach critical race theory. This is an effort to divide us by race, to teach people that white people are bad and that black people are all disadvantaged. It is divisive, it is wrong and it is unconstitutional. And yes, there should be a law banning critical race theory from being taught in public schools.
I do not believe social issues should be part of a state budget. My personal view of abortion is not up for debate. As a former social science teacher, I believe in the facts. Columbus, Pizarro, Cortez and all those great European Catholics invaded North America, and from 1492 to 1850 killed 9 million Indians, out of the 10 million who lived here when they arrived. Thomas Jefferson had 600 slaves and was raping a 14-year-old houe slave named Sally Hemings. This criminal behavior by Jefferson resulted in at least five children. By the way, some fetuses who are born never become fully human. Look at Charles Manson and Donald Trump. Donald A. Trimble, Conway.
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