'Not quite certain': Linda McMahon says schools teaching Black history might be defunded

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By David Edwards
Published February 13, 2025 12:44 PM ET

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's secretary of education nominee, said she was "not quite certain" if teaching Black history would violate an executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.

During Thursday's confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) asked McMahon about the controversial and disruptive executive order.

"West Point has closed down all ethnic clubs, so the Society of Black Engineers no longer can meet because they believe that to be in compliance with this order, they cannot have groups structured around ethnic or racial affiliations," Murphy noted. "Would schools, would public schools be in violation of this order?"

https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-black-history/

Hey Linda........since your a supporter of the traitor do you think the Trail of Tears should be taken out of history books...............and also why did they have that stupid sign in front of you saying that you are Honorable is a misnomer.........................JFC............

[Lovie777]

1. Racism is shithole musk republican way.........................

[sop]

2. Trump's nominees aren't just unqualified, they're anti-qualified.

[Initech]

8. I'm "not quite certain" any of these clowns, lunatics and psychopaths should be in our government.

But they are because people voted for the fucking asshole.

[RJ-MacReady]

3. blue states need to ignore her

And teach Black history no matter what she says.

[brush]

9. Yep. Guess banning teaching of MLK jr, Rosa Parks and the whole Civil Rihts movement is next.

[Ping Tung]

4. In other news: Sales of white sheets spike in Washington, DC.

[Ocelot II]

5. Will teachers be able to discuss any aspect of Black history at all,

even within the context of a general American history course? Or will all history books be reviewed and any reference to slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, or the Civil Rights movement, or Black or other minority people at all, be expunged?

[Lovie777]

6. No..................

African Americans did not exist until now.

[Norrrm]

10. Musk is an African-American.

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[LoisB]

13. Amen.

[Initech]

7. Fuck you and eat shit, Linda McMahon!

[Marthe48]

11. I can tell my group of friends black history I know

Let us all be sure to pass our knowledge around and make sure nothing about human rights is forgotten. Over 2800 years ago, Socrates walked with his students and taught them. Even after all this time, neither he nor his truth is forgotten.

[LoisB]

12. Black History (in this country) IS American History. What they don't want taught is the

horrors of slavery and the contributions/sacrifices made by Black people to/for this country.