ACLU Sues Oklahoma Officials Over Law Limiting Teachings On Gender Or Race

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The lawsuit claims that a new law passed in May ‘censors’ students by limiting discussions on racism and sexism in public schools.

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was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma against Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt , Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, Attorney General John O’Connor and members of the Oklahoma Board of Education, among others.

The groups behind the lawsuit — which include the Black Emergency Response Team, Oklahoma State Conference For The Advancement of Colored People and the American Indian Movement — allege Oklahoma’s HB 1775, which passed in May, “suppresses” students and teachers’ freedom of speech and “censors” students of color and the LGBTQ+ community by preventing them from learning about their history.

The ACLU claims in the lawsuit that Oklahoma school teachers are no longer able to use terms like “diversity” and “white privilege” during classes and books likeThe ACLU also stressed that events in Oklahoma’s past like the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, where a mob of white residents attacked the Black neighborhood of Greenwood killing hundreds of residents, should be fully discussed in classrooms.

The lawsuit requests the federal judge stop any enforcement of the law and declare it unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.Following the passage of the bill in May, school officials released new guidance on how teachers should carry out the law, which carries penalties including

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