Georgia students are back in school and a significant issue educators are dealing with is the state’s “divisive concepts” law.
HB 1084 bans nine concepts. Some are straightforward. For example, teachers can’t say one race is superior to another. Others are more controversial: educators can’t teach that the U.S. is fundamentally racist. Brock Boone, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, says the language is unclear.
“Whenever laws are vague and confusing, and teachers and educators face the fear of violating something, it has the result of silencing speech,” said Boone
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