Texas Administrators Admit They Are Ignoring Critical Race Theory Ban

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Spencer Lindquist

School administrators in Texas admitted they are disregarding Gov. Greg Abbott’s Critical Race Theory ban in a new report from Accuracy in Media. 

“We do not follow much of, like, what Abbott is trying to get us to do,” Marissa Perez, a Content Coordinator at Edgewood Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, admitted on camera in a conversation about Abbott’s ban on Critical Race Theory.

She also added. “The superintendent really does what he believes is best for kids and not necessarily what is popular with the crowd … or politics at the time.” 

“The bottom line is we’ve gotten around it by saying ‘well we’re just not teaching that,” Evan Whitfield, the Director of Science at Coppell Independent School District, remarked on camera.

People talk before the start of a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. - "Are you ready to take back our schools?" Republican activist Patti Menders shouted at a rally opposing anti-racism teaching that critics like her say trains white children to see themselves as "oppressors." "Yes!", answered in unison the hundreds of demonstrators gathered this weekend near Washington to fight against "critical race theory," the latest battleground of America's ongoing culture wars. The term "critical race theory" defines a strand of thought that appeared in American law schools in the late 1970s and which looks at racism as a system, enabled by laws and institutions, rather than at the level of individual prejudices. But critics use it as a catch-all phrase that attacks teachers' efforts to confront dark episodes in American history, including slavery and segregation, as well as to tackle racist stereotypes. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

People talk before the start of a rally against “critical race theory” (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Accuracy in Media’s President Adam Guillette stated that the organization’s hidden camera investigation revealed that “laws don’t mean a whole lot to the radicals who run public education.” 

Brad Cloud, the Director of Instructional Technology at South San Antonio Independent School District stated on camera that “I think we just fly under the radar” in a conversation about the effects of the ban on Critical Race Theory.

Meanwhile, Annie Marie Yarborough, the Director of Social Studies at Richardson Independent School District, signaled her agreement with the sentiment that the ban “might have appeased constituents … but in practicality it’s not going to mess with education.”

People hold up signs during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. - "Are you ready to take back our schools?" Republican activist Patti Menders shouted at a rally opposing anti-racism teaching that critics like her say trains white children to see themselves as "oppressors." "Yes!", answered in unison the hundreds of demonstrators gathered this weekend near Washington to fight against "critical race theory," the latest battleground of America's ongoing culture wars. The term "critical race theory" defines a strand of thought that appeared in American law schools in the late 1970s and which looks at racism as a system, enabled by laws and institutions, rather than at the level of individual prejudices. But critics use it as a catch-all phrase that attacks teachers' efforts to confront dark episodes in American history, including slavery and segregation, as well as to tackle racist stereotypes. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

People hold up signs during a rally against “critical race theory” (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Millie Reynolds, the Assistant Director of Secondary Social Studies at North East Independent School District, was asked whether or not the schools have “MAGA parents pushing back,” to which she responded “there are a few but they don’t win the argument.” She also added “what they like to do is talk about it on TV to get votes.”

The Human Resources Director for McKinney Independent School District Wendy Dutton stated that the school “waits until they get a lot more direct instruction” saying that they also “haven’t done anything yet.”

Meanwhile, Angie Knight, the Curriculum Coordinator for Lancaster Independent School District stated on a call that “we are majority African American, and so, I can tell you that … there are some things that just won’t happen.” 

She went on to say “the majority of your clientele are minority children. There are going to be things that will never be, no matter what anyone tells us, we’re not going to eliminate that.”

Spencer Lindquist is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SpencerLndqst and reach out at slindquist@breitbart.com.

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