How advanced is the rot of our civilization? - today's edition

This guy is saying out loud what heretofore has been confined to faculty lounges, curriculum design meetings and academic conferences:

Leaders in education, politics and other areas gathered in suburban Evanston Sunday to ask that the Illinois State Board of Education change the history curriculum at schools statewide, and temporarily halt instruction until an alternative is decided upon.

At a news conference, State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford said current history teachings lead to a racist society and overlook the contributions of women and minorities. 

Before the event Sunday, Rep. Ford's office distributed a news release "Rep. Ford Today in Evanston to Call for the Abolishment of History Classes in Illinois Schools," in which Ford asked the ISBOE and school districts to immediately remove history curriculum and books that "unfairly communicate" history "until a suitable alternative is developed."

The representative instead suggested that schools devote greater attention toward civics and ensuring students understand democratic processes.

"It costs us as a society in the long run forever when we don’t understand our brothers and sisters that we live, work and play with,” Ford said. 

The state representative is sponsoring a bill that would require elementary schools to teach students about the civil rights movement.

This is one of the key battlefronts in our culture war. Is anybody at the ISBOE or the state's various districts going to mount the kind of opposition that will make clear what's going on here?