What's the matter with the Iowa GOP? Emphasizing white history

 

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 4/17/2024

Senate Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to remove references to "Western civilization" throughout the bill, seeking to replace them with "world civilization." Sen. Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames, argued that when using the former term, "what we're really talking about is white people." 

"When we direct the study four times over to just Western civilization, we're giving a signal of the type of results we want," Quirmbach said.

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