Inside the Tennessee legislature, where a GOP supermajority reigns - The Washington Post

In the final days of the 2023 session last month, Tennessee's GOP-controlled state legislature ignored growing public calls — even from fellow Republicans — to address gun violence. 

Instead, it passed a measure to allow teachers to refer to students by "he" or "she" even if the child prefers a different pronoun. It banned requirements for "implicit bias training" that raises awareness of unfair racial and ethnic stereotypes. It approved a bill protecting Tennessee property owners against U.N. sustainability goals, elevating a right-wing conspiracy theory.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/15/inside-tennessee-legislature-where-gop-supermajority-reigns/

Think unconscious bias training is a fad? It's been going for at least 2,000 years

You can see why it might seem a bit faddish or “woke”. MPs are being offered training in unconscious bias: the idea that some of our beliefs may be held so deeply that we are unaware of them. And some politicians don’t want it.....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/03/unconscious-bias-training-fad-mps-pc-jesus-sin