Topline Louisiana state Rep. Ray Garofalo (R) said Tuesday public schools and universities in the state should be required to teach the “good” of slavery when discussing race, as part of a bill he proposed to ban “divisive concepts” from classrooms in the latest GOP effort taking aim at how schools are allowed to teach about race. A Louisiana bill would ban teaching “divisive concepts” in classrooms. getty Key Facts Garofalo, who heads the Louisiana House Education Committee, said schools should “talk about everything dealing with slavery—the good, the bad, the ugly” during a fiery committee hearing Tuesday. His suggestion was immediately met with disgust from fellow Republican state Rep. Stephanie Hilferty, who noted, “there’s no good to slavery, though.” Garofalo’s bill would have banned teac… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Louisiana Lawmaker Argues Schools Must Teach ‘Good’ Of Slavery
