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Members of Montana's American Indian Caucus on Tuesday released a statement supporting critical race theory, an academic movement centered on the idea that racism is systemic. The Indigenous lawmakers allege the inability to teach critical race theory will erode Indian Education For All, erase Indigenous identity and violate the state's constitution.
The two-and-a-half-page statement comes in response to Superintendent Elsie Arntzen and Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen, who have both expressed concern regarding critical race theory.
"Our schools should not be teaching debunked theories that twist and distort our history, and fringe philosophies that Americans have consistently rejected," Arntzen wrote in a May 12 blog post.