A bill that would ban tenants of critical race theory (CRT) from being taught in public schools and colleges has passed Mississippi’s Republican-dominated state Senate, with most of the Democratic minority refusing to vote on the measure.
Senate Bill 2113, proposed by Republican state Sen. Michael McLendon, was approved on Friday by 32-2 in a party line vote. All 14 black Democrats walked out of the chamber in protest against the proposal, leaving their two white colleagues to vote against it.
