Thousands Of Woke Teachers Still Admitting They Will Teach Critical Race Theory!

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In public schools, conservatives have been fighting back against the pervasive influence of critical race theory, both classrooms and in the halls of state legislatures throughout 2021.

There is still reason to hope that the tide is beginning to fight for the country’s history and principles – because more than 20 states have passed laws banning the instruction of CRT tenets in public schools.

As opposed to the principles of liberty enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, this country was founded upon the “Dispossession of Native Americans, slavery, structural racism, and oppression.” Unfortunately, the Zinn Education Project refuses to accept defeat and desires to teach this to American children.

Here’s an excerpt from Zinn Education Project Organization Reports:

The organization is named for Howard Zinn, a socialist activist and “historian” who wrote “A People’s History of the United States,” a left-wing propaganda pamphlet disguised as a textbook that has made its way into history classes all across the country.

The Zinn Education Project claims that “from police violence, to the prison system, to the wealth gap, to maternal mortality rates, to housing, to education and beyond, the major institutions and systems of our country are deeply infected with anti-Blackness and its intersection with other forms of oppression. To not acknowledge this and help students understand the roots of U.S. racism is to deceive them — not educate them.”

Compared with a comprehensive vision of teaching American history, this reads more like a list of progressive policy priorities.

“This history helps students understand the roots of inequality today and gives them the tools to shape a just future. It is not just a history of oppression, but also a history of how people have organized and created coalitions across race, class, and gender,” the ZEP asserts that remaining committed to its mission to identify advocacy as historical education.

Constructed an underdeveloped and linear narrative of meek, one-dimensional oppressed groups fighting against their evil oppressors, who resemble Disney villains more than actual humans, one of the mainstream criticisms of Zinn’s book.

A “Pledge to Teach the Truth,” is now circulating, which identifies left-wing methods of analysis like critical race theory as “the truth,” and decrees that the signees, all of whom are educators, refuse to be “bullied” into compliance with the law. The ZEP would not educate American children differently.

The pledge reads:

“To: State Legislators
From: [Your Name]

“We, the undersigned educators, refuse to lie to young people about U.S. history and current events —regardless of the law.”

In all 50 states, the pledge has been signed by more than 5,000 educators. Many of the signees were more than happy to provide their reasons for signing and some of them were quite shocking, according to the Zinn Education Project.

“How can we teach future generations to disrupt systems if we are not willing to speak the truth about the systems?” one wrote.

“Justice and liberation for my students,” agreed with another.

“Teachers have a right to teach the subjects to the best of their ability without interference from lawmakers who know nothing about professional education,” the most arrogant comment was written by one who contended.

“We also do a disservice to students when we decide that they cannot cope with difficult or challenging concepts. Calling this teaching indoctrination shows no respect for young people’s cognitive and critical abilities.”

There is no critical thinking or recognition of cognitive abilities involved, its indoctrination, pure and simple. One of the problems with arguments is when students are being expelled for their parents having “incorrect opinions,” or are publicly shamed for being white.

To teach American children how to be good citizens is the purpose of education. Having a healthy knowledge of the principles America was founded on, the institutions that define it, and why those institutions exist the way they do.

Allowing students to challenge institutions is not the same as ordering students to challenge institutions or outright telling lies. None of what conservatives are advocating for precludes informing students honestly about the darker times in American history, like slavery, the Indian Removal Act, Jim Crow, and Japanese internment.

Here’s what Frederick Douglass said:

After all, in his landmark, July 4th oration “What to the Slaves Is the Fourth of July”:

“… [T]he Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.

“While I do not intend to argue this question on the present occasion, let me ask if it is not somewhat singular that, if the Constitution were intended to be, by its framers and adopters, a slave-holding instrument, why neither slavery, slaveholding, nor slave can anywhere be found in it.”

That’s the kind of history Americans need to learn. And it’s the history American teachers need to accept.

“The critical race theory has its roots in cultural marxism. It should have no place in our schools.”

Sources: The Gateway Pundit, The Western Journal, The Western Journal/Texas, The Western Journal/China, Zinned Education Project, Compact, Fox News