Yet another state is taking measures to crush the cancer that is Critical Race Theory: Indiana. A pair of bills have been introduced that goes further than many other states that have introduced legislation to deal with this poison.
Chapter 3. Prohibited Curriculum and Practices
Sec. 1. (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Indiana to prohibit discrimination on the basis of race or sex in the form of bias, stereotyping, scapegoating, classification, or categorical assignment of traits, morals, values, or characteristics based solely on race or sex. School corporations and qualified schools are prohibited from engaging in race based or sex based discriminatory acts by using methods described in subsection (b),which result in treating individuals differently on the basis of race or sex or in the creation of a hostile environment.
(b) A school corporation or qualified school may not include or promote the following concepts as part of a course, or allow teachers or other employees of the school corporation or qualified school to use supplemental instructional materials that include or promote the following concepts:
(1) One (1) race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.
(2) An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously.
(3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual’s race or sex.
(4) Members of one (1) race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to race or sex.
(5) An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex.
(6) An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race or sex,bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex.
(7) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, or anguish or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual’s race or sex.
(8) Meritocracy or traits such as hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress members of another race or sex.
(9) Indiana or the United States was founded as a racist or sexist state or nation and is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist.
Chapter 13. Dignity and Nondiscrimination in Postsecondary Education
Sec. 1. (a) A teacher preparation program (as defined in IC 20-28-3-1) shall not include or promote the following concepts as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or allow faculty or other employees of the teacher preparation program, acting in their official capacity, to use supplemental instructional materials that include or promote the following concepts:
(1) Any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation is inherently superior or inferior to another sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(2) That an individual, by virtue of their sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously.
(3) That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of the individual’s sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(4) That members of any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation should not attempt to treat others without respect to sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(5) That an individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by the individual’s sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(6) That an individual, by virtue of the individual’s sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(7) That any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish responsibility, or any other form of psychological distress on account of the individual’s sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(8) That meritocracy or traits such as hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by members of a particular sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation to oppress members of another sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(b) An administrator, or any other employee of any state agency (as defined in IC 4-13-1.4-2), or a teacher preparation program may not require an employee of the teacher preparation program to engage in training, orientation, or therapy that presents any form of racial or sex stereotyping or blame on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
(c) Nothing in this chapter may be construed so as to exclude the teaching of historical injustices committed by or against any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, or political affiliation.
