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Teachers Union President Weighs In On Critical Race Theory Debate

The fight over how systemic racism is talked about in schools is drawing the attention of the nation's largest teachers union, the National Education Association.
A U.S. flag hangs in a classroom as students work on laptops in Newlon Elementary School in Denver, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)

More than two dozen Republican-led states have either passed or proposed restrictions on how systemic racism is talked about in schools. They argue that critical race theory is divisive and teaches kids that white people are inherently racist.

The is built around a legal framework that Democrats argue is being misused and is not even taught on the K-12 level.

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