“Some states have “tried to ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history.”
What PolitiFact found
Kamala Harris claim about states banning teaching Latino history relies on some flawed examples. A 2010 Arizona law banned ethnic studies from being taught at public schools, but a federal court overturned it in 2017.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kamala Harris (Vicepresident of the United States) made this claim around 21 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 August 2023, 31 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
Where the claim appeared
- whitehouse.govhttps://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/07/21/remarks-by-vice-pres…
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