A Democratic state representative from Chicago, Illinois, said history should stop being taught in the state’s public schools, alleging that current history curriculum “leads to white privilege and a racist society.”
“When it comes to teaching history in Illinois, we need to end the mis-education of Illinoisans,” state Rep. LaShawn Ford said during a Sunday conference, where he was joined by a group of Chicago’s officials and educators, who called for a statewide overhaul of history classes in public schools.
