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The Tennessee Conservative [By Jason Vaughn] –
Last year, the Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation to ban the teaching of Critical Race Theory in classrooms to Tennessee students. This year, TN Rep. Bruce Griffey (R-Paris) has filed legislation to take it a step further by banning it in workplaces across Tennessee in both the private and public sector.
Griffey said, “Critical Race Theory is a radical, totalitarian philosophy rooted in Marxism that seeks to destroy capitalism, the nuclear family, the republican form of government, the rule of law and Christianity. CRT proponents are pushing this far-left, woke ideology into virtually every facet of life – not just into our K-12 curricula, but also into our workplaces in the form of ‘diversity training’ mandated by HR Departments at some of America’s most powerful corporations and we must push back against it. Ironically, CRT teaches racism, self-loathing, hatred of our fellow man and our country and divisiveness along racial lines. It seeks to dismantle the Declaration of Independence — ironically a document that was intended to protect us from tyranny and oppression and declared that all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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House Bill 2313 (HB2313) sponsored by Representative Bruce Griffey (R-Paris-District 75) and Senate Bill 2298 (SB2298) sponsored by Senator Mark Pody (R-Lebanon-District 17) as introduced, prohibits a person from requiring an individual, employee, or applicant for employment to complete or participate in training, orientation, or any other instructional or informational program that promotes certain discriminatory concepts.
“Workers should not have to be subjected to CRT trainings that attempt to indoctrinate them to broad-brushed, false narratives like America is a white supremacist country and that white people are raised to be racist from childhood. The promotion of these falsehoods creates a hostile work environment, which is why my legislation seeks to protect employees in Tennessee by deeming CRT training to be an unlawful employment practice entitling an employee to pursue a civil cause of action,” Griffey concluded.
HB2313 was introduced on February 3, 2022 and referred to the House Commerce Committee. SB2298 was introduced on the same date and passed on first consideration.
Should the bill pass, it will amend Tennessee code TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 49; Title 50; Title 62; Title 63; Title 64 and Title 65.
About the Author: Jason Vaughn, Media Coordinator for The Tennessee Conservative ~ Jason previously worked for a legacy publishing company based in Crossville, TN in a variety of roles through his career. Most recently, he served as Deputy Directory for their flagship publication. Prior, he was a freelance journalist writing articles that appeared in the Herald Citizen, the Crossville Chronicle and The Oracle among others. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor’s in English-Journalism, with minors in Broadcast Journalism and History. Contact Jason at news@TennesseeConservativeNews.com
