Idaho governor signs bill to ban critical race theory from being taught in schools

Theory states that racism is embedded in US history and modern American law, and that legal institutions are inherently racist

Idaho governor Brad Little has a bill signed into law that aims to restrict critical race theory from being taught as a subject in schools and universities.

The bill, H 377, prevents teachers from indoctrinating" students into belief systems that claim that members of any race, sex, religion, ethnicity or national origin are inferior or superior to other groups. Signed into law last week, H 377 also makes it illegal to make students affirm, adopt or adhere to" beliefs that members of these groups are today responsible for past actions of the groups to which they claim to belong.