 Getting black history classes and pledging to stop woke? Hmm, it's giving very Jim Crow-era vibes, like literally. Back in the early 20th century, pressured by white supremacists, schools ban teaching things like, The Civil War was caused by slavery, or racism is systemic and still impacts people today. Sound familiar? 18 states have banned teaching critical race theory, which, by the way, is really just an academic framework for examining if and how racism is systemic. That's it. This, in a time where our polarized society needs accurate black history and ethnic studies more than ever, research shows that competent ethnic studies helps combat racial bias in kids as young as five and helps them value racial fairness. It also increases empathy across races and has been shown to improve cognitive development. So you're telling me we don't want these things?