Members of the Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval Friday to remove significant areas of curriculum from civil rights and global politics and replace them with conservative historic figures and beliefs. Courses that would be affected by these changes include social studies, history and economics. One of the subjects debated amongst the lawyers, dentists and publishers, who make up the board, was whether or not Hip Hop should be taught as a cultural movement. According to the Huffington Post, right wing members voted that Hip Hop should be deleted as a requirement and that students should not be taught about its cultural impact across not only the United States, but the world.
Conservatives also approved to have a sociological focus on institutional racism and its presence in American society banned from the books, as well as removing important references of Latino and Hispanic figures throughout history.
The Texas State Board of Education approved of the new expectations with a 10-5 vote, and a final decision is expected to be made in May, but not before holding an open forum where the public can produce additional arguments and even possibly, different amendments to stop some of the changes from being implemented.
If the amendments are approved, the changes to the content will affect learning nationwide because most school textbooks
are published in Texas and would be taught to millions of students for the next 10 years.
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index....ovement
seriously, you sound like a whiny bitch saying shit like that lol. just get active. there are many ways. join a protest group, call on people for solidarity, etc. if you sit around and let shit happen, of course you'll feel depressed. if you get up and do something about it you will feel relieved and this pessimism will disappear. so this change won't happen during our lives to the extent we want.... and? is it not enough to fight for our future generations?