One new teachers in Fontana pledge to teach controversial Critical Race Theory on March 7

By East SBV Times

Mar 9, 2022

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

The pledge was signed by no teachers on March 6, the day before. It now has five pledges from Fontana teachers.

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 Fontana teachers included, "representation, whole truth, and education should not be in the context of a dominant culture, binary system. We should teach diverse perspectives so that we do not repeat the past" and "It costs me nothing to do so, but it moves me closer toward using my privilege to make noise and further from complacency".

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 Fontana who’ve pledged to teach Critical Race Theory

Teachers	Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Amanda Macias	representation, whole truth, and education should not be in the context of a dominant culture, binary system. We should teach diverse perspectives so that we do not repeat the past.
Angela Wysocki	Systemic racism is real. The mythology of the founding of the United States fails to include the role of the enslaved people on whose backs the country was founded.
Brandalyne Evans	No comment
Mark Schulte	I have always striven to tell the whole truth of our country and the world. I am appalled at the many attempts by so many people in so many states to prevent us, including criminalizing teachers, from teaching our students the truth. I want to go on the record as supporting honest teaching to empower our students to be participants and leaders in a better future for our country and world.
Matt Vaudrey	It costs me nothing to do so, but it moves me closer toward using my privilege to make noise and further from complacency.