Americans strongly support teaching about racism in schools but are more divided on LGBTQ+ history or literature
Americans on whether they favor or oppose each subject being taught in K-12 schools, by party identification
Grouped bar charts showing Americans overwhelmingly support teaching the history of slavery, racism and segregation in schools across party lines (all over 85%). There is more division among teaching about LGBTQ+ people in history or literature: 51% of all Americans, 81% of Democrats, 48% of Independents and 24% of Republicans favor teaching that in kindergarten through grade 12 schools.
