The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, John Lewis Voting Rights Act, the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, and H.R. 40, a bill that would establish a commission to study reparations, have mostly languished. And even as Republican lawmakers supported Juneteenth legislation, many of them have come out against teaching critical race theory in schools – an academic framework that examines the way policies and laws perpetuate systemic racism.
