4 more Boise teachers pledge to teach Critical Race Theory in week ending March 12 despite controversy

By Boise City Wire

Mar 17, 2022

Critical Race Theory will be taught by four more teachers in Boise, 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 Boise 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 Boise teachers included “The only way to make the country a better place is to teach the truth. We have to make students critically think and make decisions for themselves once they have the facts.In memory of George Floyd and Richard Greene and all the others who have perished at the hands of lynch mobs.” and “I object to Idaho and other states trying to censor teachers. It's unconstitutional.”.

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 Boise who’ve pledged to teach Critical Race Theory

Teachers	Thoughts on Critical Race Theory
Morgan Baker	I will not be bullied into pretending systemic/structural inequity doesn’t exist when teaching my students about our world.
Johnson Johnson	CRT…1. Charges an entire demographic with a collective crime.2. Uses that charge as grounds for framing individuals within the demographic as perpetrators of that crime.3. Seeks to strip condemned individuals of rights, dignity, and equal protection based on that charge.
Michael Kreiter	This one is for you, IFF.
Sarah Duvall	“no comment”
Kelly Nelsen	My students deserve the truth.
Joanne Klein	If it isn’t messy, it isn’t history.
Dolly Higgins	The truth matters - and it’s the only way forward.
Jenn Siegel	“no comment”
Edwin Keener	We must know truth as it happened. Truth does not diminish white people.
Julie Gill	I object to Idaho and other states trying to censor teachers. It's unconstitutional.
Susan Whipple	The only way to make the country a better place is to teach the truth. We have to make students critically think and make decisions for themselves once they have the facts.In memory of George Floyd and Richard Greene and all the others who have perished at the hands of lynch mobs.