Nine teachers in Rancho Cucamonga pledge to teach controversial Critical Race Theory by week ending Feb. 11

By West SBV Times

Feb 19, 2022

Critical Race Theory will be taught by nine teachers in Rancho Cucamonga who’ve signed an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project by the week ending Feb. 11.

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 Rancho Cucamonga teachers included, "Our students deserve to learn the true history of our country" and "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".

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
April Hendrick	We study history to learn from it and make sure we are doing our best to prevent horrible events from happening again.
Demiana Ghobrial	No comment
Elizabeth Phillips	Our students deserve to learn the true history of our country
Elizabeth Phillips	the truth deserves to be told
Michele Johnson	No comment
Noel Arretche	No comment
Omar Dphrepaulezz	No comment
Omar Dphrepaulezz	I will NEVER stop teaching the history(ies) of the pernicious, poisonous, destructive, ideologies of white supremacy and imperialism
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.