Sen. Cotton introduces bill banning federal funding to schools teaching Critical Race Theory

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Senator Tom Cotton introduced the Stop CRT Act, a bill that would stop federal funds from being sent to schools that teach the history of systemic racism.

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — U.S. Senator Tom Cotton has introduced the Stop CRT Act, a bill that would stop federal funds from being sent to schools that teach critical race theory.

The legislation also reinstates a Trump-era executive order that banned the federal government and federal contractors from using training with a curriculum that taught the history of systemic racism and white privilege.

President Biden rescinded that executive order during his first week in January 2021, calling Trump's executive order a "harmful ban on diversity and sensitivity training.”

Critical race theory focuses on the idea that racism is systemic in America's institutions and "they function to maintain the dominance of white people in society."

While there is little to no evidence of it being taught in K-12 public schools, many conservatives view the concepts as an "effort to rewrite American history…