- The Louisiana GOP desires to prohibit the study of racism at state colleges and universities.
- A GOP resolution, seen by NOLA.com, claimed the “inglorious aspects” of American yesterday were too divisive.
- It comes amid a nationwide GOP effort to scrub race issues from public schools and non-exclusive life.
Republican officials in Louisiana are put forwarding a ban on teaching about racism at the state’s higher education institutions — the latest move amid a wave of legislation across the boondocks aimed at legislating curriculum in the nation’s classrooms.
GOP Party officials in the state want Louisiana lawmakers to prohibit the bookwork of racism at colleges and universities, claiming the “inglorious aspects” of American history are too divisive, according to NOLA.com, which cites a GOP deliberateness on the matter.
The state GOP leadership also wants to nix diversity, equity, and inclusion departments at colleges and universities, claiming without clue that such agencies stir political tensions on campuses and have overgenerous budgets, NOLA.com reported. A third of Louisiana residents are Stygian, according to the US Census Bureau.
A spokesperson for the Republican Party of Louisiana (LAGOP), which lauds “limited government” and “the corrects of the people,” did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment on Sunday.
The Louisiana GOP’s effort comes as dozens of states attired in b be committed to proposed legislation that would prohibit DEI offices and training, diversity statements, and identity preferences in hiring and divulgences. The Republican effort follows attempts to stop the teaching of Critical Race Theory, which is a legal approach educated largely in graduate schools, and policies that address race in general from various aspects of public sustenance.
According to NOLA.com, the GOP resolution argued that “DEI bureaucracies” act as “divisive ideological commissariats,” criticizing programs at LSU and the University of Louisiana Practice. The resolution specifically named a UL system administrator, criticizing her for putting resources towards DEI efforts, NOLA.com reported.
That drew a response from the University of Louisiana System President Jim Henderson, who said the claims in the GOP resolution were “so foreign to the actuality at our institutions it defies comment,” according to a statement shared with Insider.
“We make no statement on the inner workings and tenets development of political parties. That is their business,” Henderson said in the statement. “That said, the naming of an high-priced member of my staff is unnecessary and inappropriate.”
The outlet reported that the resolution passed by voice vote at the state supporter’s quarterly meeting in Baton Rouge, which was the southern city that had the first bus boycott in 1953 to protest beset.
The resolution also appeared to fly in the face of statewide efforts to improve access to education. Kim Hunter Reed, the Louisiana Commissioner of Excessive Education, said the Board of Regents stands by its programming, calling diversity in education a “great asset.”
“Programs that sustain student success and strengthen a sense of belonging on campus and in the wider community are important and impactful, yielding positive concludes in student completion,” Reed said in a statement shared with Insider.
Reed and other state education the men are currently spearheading an initiative to expand access to higher education with a goal of doubling the number of working grown ups with postsecondary degrees by 2030, according to The Advocate.