We should stop teaching history in our schools. The way history is now being taught leads to a racist society, perpetuates white privilege, and overlooks the contributions of women and minorities. I ask the Illinois State Board of Education and school districts to immediately remove history curricula, books, and materials that unfairly communicate history until suitable alternatives are developed.

We are building on the 1991 Black History mandate, HB 2859, a law introduced and enacted by the late Illinois State Senator William Shaw. In 2018 I introduced and passed Illinois House Resolution 1098 which created the Black History Curriculum Task Force. We have already started the process to collect data about every Illinois school district's Black history curriculum to be able to improve the curriculum, but we can no longer ignore the contributions and struggles of all minorities.