10 new teachers in Glendale pledge to teach controversial Critical Race Theory in week ending March 12

By San Francisco Sun

Mar 18, 2022

Critical Race Theory will be taught by 10 more teachers in Glendale, according to an online pledge from the Zinn Education Project.

No new teachers sign the pledge the week before. It now has 11 pledges from Glendale teachers by the end of the week ending March 12.

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 Glendale teachers included “My life's work is to challenge systems of oppression, destabilize authoritarianism, and stand witness to and empower marginalized narratives. I refuse to cede my classroom to antedeluvian policy makers, bureaucrats, or institutions.” and “I believe in Educating for American Democracy. I believe that systemic oppression is real, that the threat to voting rights and democracy is real, and that telling the stories that have not been told, or not been told well is my responsibility.”.

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. Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Tennessee have passed legislation banning discussions about the US being inherently racist.

Other states, such as Montana and Georgia, have denounced the teachings and are discussing a ban on critical race theory teachings.

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 Glendale who’ve pledged to teach Critical Race Theory

Teachers	Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Galindo Jack	“no comment”
Craig Lewis	I believe in Educating for American Democracy. I believe that systemic oppression is real, that the threat to voting rights and democracy is real, and that telling the stories that have not been told, or not been told well is my responsibility.
Romy Griepp	My life's work is to challenge systems of oppression, destabilize authoritarianism, and stand witness to and empower marginalized narratives. I refuse to cede my classroom to antedeluvian policy makers, bureaucrats, or institutions.
Carlos Velazquez	“no comment”
Kari Vargas	Students, all students, deserve to know their entire history. Only by acknowledging our racist and harmful past can we move past it to a better, more inclusive future.
Maggie Malone	truth matters.
Valerie Sun	In order to address systemic racism in our country, we need to talk about the system that first created this oppression.
Jamie Prichard	The truth is SO IMPORTANT!! This country has done enough damage to ourselves by literally whitewashing our history. It’s time to set history straight with the ugly truth of racism in this country.
Electra Stafford	Justice Begins With Speaking The Truth.
Deanna Bakker	We must work to raise a generation of critical thinkers, kind humans, and people who actively try to make the world a better place. It starts by teaching the truth, even if it is not the truth some may want to be told.
Nick Friedman	“no comment”