The law S.B. 627 prevents agencies from educating employees, contractors, or any other group “divisive concepts” during racial and cultural sensitivity training. These notions include teaching workers that the United States is essentially racist or sexist, or that one race or sex is naturally superior to a different race or sex.
The bill was presented as an attempt to grapple with “critical race theory,” which is a concept that redefines America’s history by maintaining the nation was built through the conflict between “oppressors” (white people) and the “oppressed” (the rest). The doctrine matches Marxism’s loss of human history to a fight between the “bourgeoisie” and the “proletariat.”
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It has also been heavily published throughout academia, entertainment, government, schools, and corporations in recent years and expanded to new prominence following activism triggered by the police-involved death of George Floyd.
In a statement to the Associated Press, Hutchinson said that he didn’t sign the measure because he thinks the measure “does not address any problem that exists.”
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“And the paperwork and manpower requirements are unnecessary,” he added.
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The law does not refer to public schools, colleges, and universities, law enforcement training, or local governments. It also says that agencies are not prevented from advocating racial, cultural, or ethnic diversity or inclusiveness as long as those attempts are compatible with the law.
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This comes as a series of Republican-led states are weighing or have enacted bills that limit the direction of critical race theory in schools. The Oklahoma state legislature voted to transfer a similar bill last week.
Meanwhile, lawmakers in a Tennessee House Committee have sent a proposal restricting critical race theory instruction in classrooms to the House floor.
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In one of his first executive steps in the White House, President Joe Biden revoked his predecessor’s ban of critical race theory in federal workplaces. Former President Donald Trump’s September 2020 executive order declared that diversity and inclusion practice for federal employees should not support “un-American” and “divisive concepts.”
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Biden instead announced an executive order stating that the federal government must seek “a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all.”
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The Biden administration has also pushed the doctrine in its methods. For instance, the Department of Education has recently proposed priority criteria for a $5.3 million American History and Civics Education grant that will prioritize education programs incorporating the ideas of the New York Times’ 1619 Project and critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi into their teaching.
“The proposed priority would support projects that incorporate culturally and linguistically responsive learning environments,” the administration said.
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