Proposed Michigan social studies standards erase references to gay rights, Roe v. Wade, and KKK
Critics say proposed changes to Michigan's social studies standards go to far, and have far-right fingerprints all over them.
Among the changes in a draft for K-12 standards now under review call for removing all references to gay rights, Roe v. Wade, climate change, and the KKK, as well as scaling down references to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to just one lone mention. The proposal even calls for changing the phrase "core democratic values" to just "core values" in what some see as a novel interpretation of the word.
"Some believed that even using the word 'democratic' implied partisan leanings," Rebecca Baker-Bush, a social studies consultant who served on the standards committee, told Bridge magazine. "That was a new one on me."
Bridge reports that the changes were drafted "through the influence of Republican state Sen. Patrick Colbeck and a cadre of conservatives." Colbeck has been described as "the most extreme of four conservative Republicans running for governor of Michigan" by the Detroit Free Press.
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