Months after some Texas teachers were told to present “both sides” of the Holocaust, the State Board of Education received a proposal to rename slavery “involuntary displacement.” The board is in the midst of considering proposals for a once-a-decade update to the social studies curriculum. The latest update will bring the curriculum into line with Texas’ new decree that subject matter must not make students “feel uncomfortable.” Nine educators on a task force advising the board proposed revising the second-grade curriculum to “compare the journeys to America, including voluntary Irish immigration and the forced removal of African people during colonial times,” the Texas Tribune reports. The proposal caught the attention of a Democrat on the board, who expressed concern. The board says it sent the proposal back to the group and told them to “carefully examine the language used to describe the events, particularly the term ‘involuntary relocation.’
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