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‘Gag orders’ for U.S. teachers are becoming our new McCarthyism | Will Bunch

Education experts say a flood of new laws and proposals to curb discussions of racial and LGBTQ issues is worst classroom scare since Scopes Monkey Trial.

Ben Frazier, the founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville chants "allow teachers to teach the truth" at the end of his public comments opposing the state of Florida's plans to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools during the Jacksonville Department of Education meeting in 2021.
Ben Frazier, the founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville chants "allow teachers to teach the truth" at the end of his public comments opposing the state of Florida's plans to ban the teaching of critical race theory in public schools during the Jacksonville Department of Education meeting in 2021.Read moreBob Self / AP
    by Will Bunch | Columnist
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