密西西比州州长泰特·里维斯周一签署了一项法律禁止“批判种族论”限制学校的种族教育。

参议院法案2113，“批判种族理论;禁止”，除了在标题中没有提到批评种族理论的名字。

批判种族理论是高等教育中教授的一门学科，它分析种族主义如何塑造了美国法律，以及这些法律如何继续影响非白人的生活。

该法案规定，任何公共教育机构都不得教授“任何性别、种族、民族、宗教或民族血统天生就有优劣之分;或者个人因其性别、种族、族裔、宗教或民族血统而受到不利待遇。”

在一段宣布签署该法案的视频中，里夫斯说，学生们正在被灌输反对“美国建国原则”的进步理想。

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参议员约翰·霍恩在犹他州密西西比州议会大厦的一次法案辩论中提出了一个问题...

里夫斯在视频中说:“密西西比州朝着确保我们的孩子接受不偏不倚的公正教育迈出了又一步，他们需要这些教育来实现他们作为个人而不是自由主义者的全部潜力。”

该法案的反对者说，该法案的语言过于模糊，它可能会审查该国和州的种族压迫历史的重要教训。

一月份，立法机关的所有黑人民主党州参议员拒绝对该法案进行投票，并在对立法进行激烈辩论后退场抗议。

民主党参议员约翰·霍恩(John Horhn)在1月的辩论中说:“整个情况是基于这个国家的建立和我们作为一个国家含蓄或明确接受的一些规则——其中最主要的是我们为奴隶制辩护，因为被判定为黑人种族劣等的权力。”

他补充说，“我们的很多法律、很多制度、很多习俗、很多做法都受到了影响。″

该法案的支持者表示，他们的选民不希望将这一理论传授给他们的孩子。

“系统的种族主义不应该教给我们的孩子，”该法案的发起人，共和党州参议员迈克尔·麦克伦登在对该法案的辩论中说。

里夫斯声称，一些学生在“批判种族理论”的标签下通过课程对他们的种族感到内疚或受害。

共和党立法者禁止某些种族课程的努力已经蔓延到全国——至少有41个州推出了兜售几乎相同语言的法案。

至少有15个州的州长已经签署禁令成为法律，或者已经就此问题采取了行政措施，包括佛罗里达、爱达荷、蒙大拿、爱荷华、新罕布什尔、田纳西和弗吉尼亚。

然而，包括印第安纳州、怀俄明州、威斯康星州、缅因州和罗德岛州在内的几个州的努力都失败了。

Anti-critical race theory bill signed into law by Mississippi governor

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a law Mondaybanning "critical race theory"and limiting education on race in schools.

Senate Bill 2113, "Critical Race Theory; Prohibit," does not mention critical race theory by name except for in its title.

Critical race theory is a discipline taught in higher education that analyzes how racism has shaped U.S. laws and how those laws continue to impact the lives of non-white people.

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The bill says that no public educational institution shall teach "that any sex, race, ethnicity, religion or national origin is inherently superior or inferior; or that individuals should be adversely treated on the basis of their sex, race, ethnicity, religion or national origin."

In a video announcing the signing of the bill, Reeves said that students are being taught progressive ideals that are against "the principles of America's founding."

"Mississippi is taking another step toward ensuring our kids receive the unbiased and impartial education they need to reach their full potential as individuals, not as liberal operatives," Reeves said in the video.

Opponents of the bill say that the language in the bill is too vague and it could censor important lessons on the country and state's history of racial oppression.

In January,all of the legislature's Black Democratic state senatorsrefused to vote on the bill and walked out in protest following fierce debate over the legislation.

"The whole situation of it is based on the founding of this country and some of the precepts that we, as a country, implicitly or explicitly accepted — chief among which we justified slavery because powers that be judged Black people to be racially inferior," Democratic state Sen. John Horhn said during the January debate.

He added, "A lot of our laws, a lot of our systems, a lot of our customs, a lot of our practices have been impacted by that.″

Supporters of the bill say their constituents don't want this theory taught to their children.

"Systematic racism should not be taught to our children," the bill's sponsor, Republican state Sen. Michael McLendon, said during debate on the bill.

Reeves claimed that some students are made to feel guilty or victimized about their race through lessons under the "critical race theory" label.

The effort by Republican lawmakers to ban certain lessons on race has spread nationwide -- with bills touting almost identical language being introduced in at least 41 states.

Governors in at least 15 of those states have signed bans into law or have taken executive action on the issue, including in Florida, Idaho, Montana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Tennessee and Virginia.

However, several of these efforts have failed, including in Indiana, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Maine and Rhode Island.