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Indiana state senator apologizes for saying educators need to be impartial when teaching about racism and Nazism

An Indiana lawmaker is apologizing for saying teachers should exercise impartiality when teaching about Nazism or fascism.

An Indiana lawmaker is apologizing for saying teachers should exercise impartiality when teaching about Nazism or fascism.

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  • (CNN) An Indiana lawmaker is apologizing for saying teachers should exercise impartiality when teaching about Nazism or fascism.
  • His remarks came after a concerned history teacher said he was teaching Nazism in his history class, and that when teaching the subject he does not remain neutral.
  • “We’re learning about the rise of fascism and the rise of Nazism right now and I’m just not neutral on the political ideology of fascism.
  • That is why we learn to use history to make a better world,” the teacher said.
  • Baldwin, a Republican first elected to state office in 2020, responded that he was not “discrediting any of those ‘isms’ out there.”