Lol…in Utah, the Bible has been banned from schools for violence, explicit sexual content, vulgarity, drug use, etc.
The Book of Mormon is under review for the same thing.

One more fascist right wing censorship ploy backfires.

If it is a CRT is another red herring than you have nothing to worry about. Let it be banned in schools and in you mind then nothing would be banned.

No one wants to ban the teaching of slavery or Jim Crow.

Why would any Republican want to ban the teaching this side of the Democrat party?

Quit bringing false arguments to the table.

Just a guess based on the rest of the photos, not an accusation. It could just as easily be juxtaposing strong family involvement VS absentee parenting. That said, her expression is not a happy one.

I paid more attention to the man's clothes and weapon than hers when making my guess. I honestly didn't notice her head scarf on my tiny screen.
The impression I've always had is that in many if not most middle eastern/North African areas where traditional clothes and weapons like he's wearing are common, women are usually banned from schools....at least until recently. I do admit that's a stereotype, and perhaps ignorant.

Oh look, I found the comment

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Plagiarism gets you banned from schools, and if you care so little about this forum I guess you wouldn't mind a ban here either.

The sift has maybe three trolls (check my ban list), unless you think trolls are people you just disagree with.

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Just too lazy to make my own account
Ok, here goes... This is what I think:

People are so quick to make these issues into problems surrounding diversity and tolerance. But I truly believe that this not the purpose, although some may adapt the cause or spin it it to meet their own bias. (Perhaps I am too quick to see the world through rose colored glasses )

For example, when the Sikh knife, was banned from schools, it was not to discriminate! It was for public safety! It seemed to make sense to me that individuals were not allowed to bring, what could be perceived as a weapon, in to class.

As with the niqab, it seems to me, that it is more an issue of identity than it is of discrimination. When an individual enters a classroom say, to sit an exam, should we not confirm their identity? What's to stop her sister, who may be better at the subject, from sitting the exam in her place? Same with voting. Should we not confirm the identity of the individual voting before allowing them to enter the ballot booth? Who is to say that this individual will not vote several times, under different names? What then? (We'd have a bunch of Bush's croonies in niqab's finding a new way to sway the vote. That's what! )

If we are willing to reasonably accomadate these individuals, I believe there are compromises we can make. For instance, why not just have a woman confirm her identity? (As this would be perfectly acceptable in Islamic tradition.)

Well, I am done. Sorry for the HUGE post...lol

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^It sounds like the majority of Chicken Littles on here believe people are too weak and too stupid to know what to do with freedom.

I think that's proven by the continued existence of the Republican party.

As a corollary, you should see the fact that the Libertarian party's best hopes are to hit 5% support in the Presidential election as proof of that.

To you, freedom necessarily means "you're on your own", to me, it means I don't have to spend hours researching farmers and grocers to be sure they're not using toxic pesticides -- it's just illegal for them to use them, and there's an enforcement apparatus that keeps them honest. The same way I have police out there to make sure my house isn't eternally being broken into.

Eternally having to operate under caveat emptor isn't freedom to me. Some things shouldn't have to be complex or difficult. I shouldn't have to be an expert on everything in order to function in modern society.

Education is a blurrier subject, and while I agree with the need for decentralized control of schools, I also think certain toxic things should be banned from schools, just like toxic pesticides. Things like the earth being flat, racial superiority, creationism, etc. Mention them sure, but they shouldn't be part of the curriculum.