Texas Senate Bill - Can’t teach KKK is morally wrong

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Texas Senate Bill Drops Teaching Requirement That Ku Klux Klan Is ‘Morally Wrong’

This was a good decision.

Schools should not be teaching morals.

I wonder if Texas teachers will be allowed to tell their students the truth behind "The Yellow Rose of Texas".

Written by the anonymous songwriter known as J.K., "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was sung from an African American narrator's outlook, and it follows his pursuit to find his lost love, a woman of a mixed-race he calls "The Yellow Rose of Texas."

Like most minstrel songs, the lyrics were written in a cross between a parody of a generic creole dialect historically attributed to African-Americans and standard American English.  In the 1830s, the term "yellow" was commonly used to refer to mulattos while "rose" was a popular euphemism for a young woman.  And this description perfectly met folk heroine Emily West, making the song closely associated with her -- "the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew."

West was a free black woman from Connecticut who worked as an indentured servant for Colonel James Morgan at a hotel located in Morgan’s Point, Texas.  Unfortunately, during the Texas Revolution, West and the rest of the hotel householders were captured by Mexican troops that were led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna. [...]

Source:  This "Country Thang Daily" Article 

We all know it isn't politically correct to condemn white supremacism in the classroom. We're supposed to pretend it's not a bad thing because schools shouldn't teach decency.

In the end, moralizing on this topic in school isn't likely to influence a child who has bigotted parents. The parents will simply continue brainwash the children with their twisted ideology.

While the KKK were just as evil as the Nazis, I think it's still wise to teach children the difference between wrong. I think they should teach children what a KKK member looks like, what the dialogue looks like, how these members adopt their small-minded origins, etc.

Keep in mind the KKK were responsible for the church bombings of four little black girls who were getting ready to sing in a choir on a Sunday morning. It's even being taught at a civil rights museum in my city.

While preaching morality in a public school is wrong_[1], ethical behavior_[2] should be taught along with critical thinking and the scientific method.

[1] Because morality is derived from religion, and separation of religion and state are in the Constitution.
[2] Ethical behavior is devoid of religion, being derived from philosophical reason.

I'm not sure they need to moralize in order to teach that the KKK were morally wrong.

Documenting their actions and then agreeing when the students reach the reasonable conclusion that they were wrong should be enough. Of course, if a student struggles to reach that understanding it's reasonable to teach them why it is the reasonable conclusion.