ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly is now full of Southern white men bemoaning the threat to their children from class discussions of "divisive concepts" such as systematic racism.
While agreeing the existence of racism ought to be taught in a historical context, they maintain there's no need for it being mentioned elsewhere, often citing Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a colorblind society.
The Republican majority wants to banish any examination of present-day racism, introducing multiple bills that derive from a 2020 Donald Trump executive order, since repealed by the Biden administration.
