Critics saw Georgia divisive concepts law as covert racism. They were right

The cause is a state law designed to sanitize American history by downplaying discomforting topics that would suggest racism is not a historical artifact, but a present-day malady. Gov. Brian Kemp and the Republican leadership endorsed House Bill 1084, which defined nine concepts regarding race and racism as “divisive” and banned them from Georgia classrooms. Among the forbidden topics in HB 1084: One race is inherently superior to another race; the United States is fundamentally racist; an individual, by virtue of his or her race, is inherently or consciously racist...