Utah officials are finalizing a list of books for removal from school districts that parents have deemed inappropriate for their K-12 education system.
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Gloria Vindas and her husband Oscar
Parents who left California to escape Critical Race Theory went to 90% white Utah only to find it’s more prevalent there.
Gloria Vindas and her husband Oscar said they moved from ultra-liberal (leftist) California so their 16-year-old son would avoid the ‘Marxist and racist’ teaching of critical race theory.
But on arriving in Utah she said she found the issue to be even more prevalent.
“I found that they don’t call it the collegiate-level curriculum of critical race theory here but it is still being taught in the Utah education system and, if anything, I would say it’s actually more than the California education system,” Gloria told Fox News on Tuesday.
It s racist and Marxist teaching : Parents who home-schooled their child in California and left the state over its woke curriculum now fight to keep critical race theory out of schools in Utah
Gloria and Oscar Vindas oppose the teaching of critical race theory in schools, which Gloria has said is racist and Marxist
In an interview on Wednesday, Gloria said teaching of the issue was even more prevalent in Utah than in liberal California
Critical race theory s place in schools has become a hot button issue
Supporters argue it will eventually help lead to a fairer society, and detractors say it is inherently divisive