other side. Let's take Washington's law that Frank noted above about teaching LGBT history in school curricula. For me, that seems to be a silly rebuttal to the anti-DEI law in Alabama. Gay or trans history is well, history. So is black history. And efforts to get rid of so-called CRT topics seek to suppress that.

The fact is that history can be and should be taught warts and all. Kids relate better to stuff historically when they see that people in the past struggled with the same topics of their place in society. A good teacher will include those "controversial" topics no matter what.

And this DEI concern for me just was a reminder to not violate the law. My company required yearly training videos that covered sexual harassment, inclusion, and anti-corruption rules. We all had to watch them. Oh, the horror! But I usually learned something and the company needed a department to put that stuff together. It was particularly useful given that we were multi-national and rules and regulations differ from place to place.

Anyway, the concerns are overblown to make a political point. It stokes anger where none is warranted.