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Ryan Walters: “It's very clear. You can't tell a kid that they should feel…”

Featuring: Ryan Walters, Republican | Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Oklahoma Secretary of Education Ryan Walters defends video of him teaching U.S. history

Published | Video Starts at 00:14

Usually when you're like 5 and 6 years old, what you do is you like dolls, like Barbie dolls and stuff that look like you. A classroom lesson taught by the state's education secretary. Would it break Oklahoma's anti CRT law? It's very clear. You can't tell a kid that they should feel something because of the color of their skin. Brian's not going to think he violated it. I mean, it's pure hypocrisy because this is exactly the things that teachers are expressing concern around. And that is where we start here at 6. (00:14–00:20)

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Asserts that Oklahoma law prohibits telling a child to feel something based on skin color.

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