ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s hatred for Republicans was on full display yet again during his Tuesday show as he falsely accused Georgia of passing a bill that was tantamount to “American History: White People Edition.” In reality, the bill targeted the divisive left-wing racial discourse.
During opening monologue, Kimmel claimed:
...the State Senate passed a bill that will limit discussions about race from kindergarten to 12th grade. The bill ‘Would prohibit schools and local school systems from advocating divisive concepts.’ In other words, ‘Don't talk about racism and there won't be any,’ I guess. Instead, there would be a focus on what lawmakers call patriotic education.
Kimmel then introduced a satirical instructional video “to help history teachers comply” where the narrator introduced the new curriculum as "American History: White People Edition."
Showing a complete lack of awareness of what Georgia sought to do, the narrator informed the audience that:
America was founded in 1776 when Jesus Washington landed on Mount Rushmore to declare, ‘I have a dream.’ These are the Founding Fathers. As you can see, they are all white. Not Hamilton at all. Later, there was a civil war between two good sides. 1862, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making America officially not racist. And Lincoln was a Republican which means Republicans love black people the most. Go ahead and sit up front, Rosa, you're welcome. 1964, Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, making America officially totally not racist for real. 1980, The Gipper makes America great. 2008, Barack Obama [bleep]s it up. 2016, Trump makes it great again, but then Brandon [bleep] the bed and now everything sucks forever.
After a video of Trump declaring, “The American dream is dead,” the video concluded, “And that's 'American History: White People Edition' brought to you by the Georgia Department of Education, which reminds you, '[bleep] teachers, eat peaches!'”
It’s not surprising that Kimmel misrepresented the bill. The bill actually defines what constitutes a divisive topic and gives nine examples, “don’t talk about racism” isn’t one of them. In fact, the law clearly says that it should not construed to “Prohibit the use of curricula that addresses the topics of slavery, racial oppression, racial segregation, or racial discrimination.” Nor would it make sense for a patriotic education to claim the Civil War had “two good sides.”
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Here is a transcript for the April 5 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
4/5/2022
11:48 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: You know; Marjorie represents the 14th district of Georgia where the State Senate passed a bill that will limit discussions about race from kindergarten to 12th grade. The bill "Would prohibit schools and local school systems from advocating divisive concepts." In other words, "Don't talk about racism and there won't be any,” I guess. Instead, there would be a focus on what lawmakers call patriotic education. The governor, Brian Kemp, will almost certainly sign this into law. And the Georgia Department of Education has already started making new instructional videos to help history teachers comply.
NARRATOR: The Georgia Department of Education presents -- "American History: White People Edition." America was founded in 1776 when Jesus Washington landed on Mount Rushmore to declare, "I have a dream." These are the Founding Fathers. As you can see, they are all white. Not Hamilton at all. Later, there was a civil war between two good sides. 1862, President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, making America officially not racist. And Lincoln was a Republican which means Republicans love black people the most. Go ahead and sit up front, Rosa, you're welcome. 1964, Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, making America officially totally not racist for real. 1980, The Gipper makes America great. 2008, Barack Obama [bleep]s it up. 2016, Trump makes it great again, but then Brandon [bleep] the bed and now everything sucks forever.
DONALD TRUMP: The American dream is dead.
NARRATOR: And that's "American History: White People Edition" brought to you by the Georgia Department of Education, which reminds you, “[bleep] teachers, eat peaches!”
KIMMEL: And eat your heart out, Schoolhouse Rock.
