Footage captured of Idaho teachers and school administrators shows how the educators are circumventing the new anti-Critical Race Theory laws in their state.
QUICK FACTS:
- Video footage posted by Accuracy in Media shows several educators from the state of Idaho explaining how they have managed to avoid following anti-CRT laws.
- According to The National File, the teachers are bragging about ways around a bill signed into law last spring that bans the controversial Critical Race Theory from being taught in schools.
- Teachers from multiple schools were involved in the undercover investigation which led to a better understanding of how some Idahoans are adhering to the new state laws.
WHAT THE IDAHO LEGISLATION COVERED:
- Idaho’s anti-CRT legislation banned teachers from “indoctrinating” students into believing that one race, sex, religion, ethnicity, or national origin are inferior, or superior to other groups.
- Anti-CRT legislation is also marked by the belief that no person should be discriminated against, or adversely treated because of their race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity or national origin.
- It also stipulates that no one’s moral character is inherently determined by those factors.
BACKGROUND:
- Idaho’s anti-CRT measures covered teaching a race-based Critical Race Theory curricula, as well as its close companion and delivery system, Social Emotional Learning.
- The state passed House Bill 377, which prevents public schools and universities from teaching CRT, passed through the state legislature and was signed into law last April.
- Similar bills have been signed into law in four other states, and legislation has been introduced concerning CRT in 17 other states.
