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North Dakota Bans Teaching About Structural Racism in Schools

HeadlineNov 17, 2021

North Dakota’s Republican Governor Doug Burgum has signed legislation banning the teaching of critical race theory. Public schools are now barred from teaching students that “racism is systemically embedded in American society and the American legal system to facilitate racial inequality.”

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