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Dozens of Senate Republicans called on the Biden administration on Friday to withdraw what they say is a “divisive” education proposal that would place greater emphasis on slavery and the contributions of Black Americans in history and civics lessons taught in U.S. schools.In the latest salvo of a burgeoning culture war over race in America, 39 Republican lawmakers led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the proposed Education Department policy would divert established school curricula toward a “politicized and divisive agenda” fixated on the country’s flaws.”Young Americans deserve a rigorous understanding of civics and American history. They need to understand both our successes and our failures,” the Republican senators wrote in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona dated April 29. The letter was released on Friday.
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“Americans do not need or want their tax dollars diverted from promoting the principles that unite our nation toward promoting radical ideologies meant to divide us.”A spokesman for the U.S. Education Department said that institutions are acknowledging America’s “legacy of systemic inequities” and noted that the department welcomes comments on the proposal until May 19.The lawmakers zeroed in on the proposal’s mention of the New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 Project. The initiative, which traces U.S. history from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in colonial Virginia, was a frequent target for former President Donald Trump, who sought instead to promote “patriotic” education.