America First Legal (AFL), a group led by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, has criticized a proposed grant priority by the Biden administration that seeks to promote controversial racial concepts in the classroom. AFL submitted a formal comment to the U.S. Department of Education condemning its proposed rulemaking that would incentivize schools to teach the quasi-Marxist critical race theory to its students. The department recently announced the proposal, known as the “Proposed Priorities: American History and Civics Education,” which introduces two new priorities for grants. One of the priorities encourages schools to “incorporate culturally and linguistically responsive” teaching approaches that would contribute toward what the department calls an “identity-safe” learning environment. The AFL letter disputes the proposed outcomes of the priority and instead argues that the proposal is “inconsistent and irreconcilable with who we are as Americans.” The group says the priority promotes a divisive view of history, encourages an …