{"id":321615,"date":"2021-08-11T16:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T13:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/senate-passes-amendment-banning-federal-tax-dollars-from-teaching-crt\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T16:03:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T13:03:23","slug":"senate-passes-amendment-banning-federal-tax-dollars-from-teaching-crt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/senate-passes-amendment-banning-federal-tax-dollars-from-teaching-crt\/","title":{"rendered":"#Senate passes amendment banning federal tax dollars from teaching CRT"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Senate passes amendment banning federal tax dollars from teaching CRT<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The US Senate has voted to pass an amendment in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that bans federal funds from being used to teach Critical Race Theory in schools, Senator Tom Cotton<\/a> says. <\/p>\n

The Arkansas Senator introduced the Stop CRT Act last month in a bid to prevent federal tax dollars from being used to teach the \u201cindoctrinating\u201d theory in K-12 classrooms. <\/p>\n

The Senate app<\/a>roved Cotton\u2019s amendment in a 50-49 vote, according to Fox News<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to teach our children that America is not a good nation but a racist nation,\u201d Cotton told the Senate floor ahead of the vote. <\/p>\n

\u201cThose teachings are wrong and our tax dollars should not support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cotton called CRT an \u201cun-American ideology.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMy amendment will ensure that federal funds aren\u2019t used to indoctrinate children as young as pre-K to hate America.<\/p>\n

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The Senate approved Cotton\u2019s amendment in a 50-49 vote.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cOur future depends on the next generation of kids loving America and loving each other as fellow citizens, no matter their race.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cotton\u2019s amendment was part of a 15-hour \u201cvote-a-rama\u201d overnight that eventually saw senators pass the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package at around 4 a.m. in a 50-49 vote. <\/p>\n

The fight over CRT in schools \u2014 of which Cotton has been an outspoken critic \u2014 has escalated in the US over the last year.<\/p>\n

Much of the outrage is centered on concerns that children are being indoctrinated into believing that white people are inherently racist.<\/p>\n

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Cotton\u2019s amendment was part of a 15-hour \u201cvote-a-rama\u201d overnight,<\/figcaption>
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Supporters of the theory argue it can eliminate systemic racism because it looks at the ways race has influenced US law and culture. <\/p>\n

Cotton pointed to several cases of CRT being used in schools, including that 30 schools in 15 states have assigned the CRT-inspired book, \u201cNot My Idea: A Book About Whiteness\u201d, which depicts \u201cwhiteness\u201d as the devil.<\/p>\n

He also said Head Start, a federally funded Pre-K program, had previously hosted \u201canti-racist\u201d webinars.<\/p><\/div>\n