9 more Rancho Cucamonga teachers pledge to teach Critical Race Theory in week ending Jan. 15 despite controversy

By West SBV Times

Jan 23, 2022

Critical Race Theory will be taught by nine more teachers in Rancho Cucamonga, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

No new teachers sign the pledge the week before. It now has nine pledges from Rancho Cucamonga teachers by the end of the week ending Jan. 15.

They’re one of the thousands of US teachers pledging to continue educating students about the controversial Critical Race Theory, which explains racism is embedded in US culture and politics.

Comments from new Rancho Cucamonga teachers included “the truth deserves to be told” and “We study history to learn from it and make sure we are doing our best to prevent horrible events from happening again.”.

Though the concept was first suggested in the late 70’s, it has recently exploded as a contentious issue between the American right and left in the last two years.

Many who signed the pledge are defying state bans on the teachings. Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas have passed legislation banning discussions about the US being inherently racist.

Other states, such as Montana and South Dakota, have denounced the teachings without passing specific legislation.

In an interview with The Washington Free Beacon, Ashley Varner of the Freedom Foundation accused the Zinn Education Project of providing “left-leaning propaganda to teachers.”

Teachers in Rancho Cucamonga who’ve pledged to teach Critical Race Theory

Teachers	Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Michele Johnson	“no comment”
Omar Dphrepaulezz	I will NEVER stop teaching the history(ies) of the pernicious, poisonous, destructive, ideologies of white supremacy and imperialism
Omar Dphrepaulezz	“no comment”
Wendy Eccles	As a US History teacher it is unconscionable that politicians and history deniers are trying to stifle the people’s history, the good, the bad, AND the ugly, in favor of a whitewashed, incomplete, and incorrect account of our past.
Demiana Ghobrial	“no comment”
Elizabeth Phillips	the truth deserves to be told
Noel Arretche	“no comment”
April Hendrick	We study history to learn from it and make sure we are doing our best to prevent horrible events from happening again.
Elizabeth Phillips	Our students deserve to learn the true history of our country