GRIFF: IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR
MILLIONS OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WILL SOON HEAD BACK TO
SCHOOL BUT IN TEXAS THE TOPIC
STUDENTS WILL LEARN IN SOCIAL
STUDIES CLASSES ARE UNDER HOT
DEBATE.
THE TEXAS STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION IS NOW IN THE PROCESS
OF REVISING ITS SOCIAL STUDY
CURRICULUM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
OVER A DECADE.
JOINING US NOW TO WEIGH IN
CHAIRMAN OF THE MOMS FOR LIBERTY
TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS JACKIE,
JACKIE, THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.
I KNOW THAT YOU’RE JOINING US
FROM CPAC, I WANT TO SORT OF
ADDRESS THAT.
FIRST, ARE THE ATTENDEES THERE
THAT YOU’RE TALKING AT CPAC, HOW
DO THEY FEEL, WHAT ARE THEY
TELLING YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY
WORRY ABOUT WHAT THEIR KIDS MAY
BE LEARNING IN SCHOOL
CURRICULUMS IN CRT AND THE
CONCERNS THAT MOMS HAVE?
>> SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
WHAT WE ARE FINDING RIGHT NOW IS
THAT THE TEXAS BOARD OF
EDUCATION IS REWRITING HISTORY.
THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM K THROUGH
12 IS TAKEN COMPLETELY THE
CHRISTIAN-BASE AND VALUES OF TEXAS.
WE SEE INDOCTRINATION AND SO NOW
WE ARE FINDING THAT IT’S
UNDERMINING THE FAMILY VALUES
AND UNDERMINING AS WELL THE
UPCOMING NEW BOARD.
THAT’S PRETTY FRUSTRATING.
THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING TO
START.
GRIFF: JACKIE, LET’S SHOW THE
VIEWERS CHANGE TO SOCIAL STUDIES
CURRICULUM.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
THEY WANT TO REMOVE BEFORE
CHRIST AND YEAR OF OUR LORD
CALENDAR DATING SYSTEM.
THEY WANT TO REPLACE REFERENCES
TO JAPANESE AMERICAN WITH THE
WORD INCARCERATION AND AMAZINGLY
AND UNCLEAR WHY THEY WANT MOSES
EXCLUDED AS A HISTORICAL FIGURE.
IS THIS REALLY THE JEST OF
WHAT’S UPSETTING MOMS LIKE YOU?
>> YES, AND THEY ARE REMOVING
ALSO COMPLETELY IN GOD WE TRUST
WHICH IS BY STATE LAW IT’S
SUPPOSED TO BE IN CLASSROOMS BUT
THEY ARE REMOVING THAT ALSO SO
ALL CHRISTIAN VALUES REMOVED AND
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE EIGHTH
GRADERS LEARNING ABOUT ABORTION
AND LEARNING ABOUT GAY PRIDE.
NOTHING WRONG TO LEARNING BUT
WHY ARE WE REMOVING EDUCATION
AND ADDING SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
STAY IN THE PRIVACY OF THE HOME
AND OF THE INDIVIDUAL SO WE ARE
FINDING CRT UNDER DEI WHICH
SOUNDS GREAT, EQUITY, DIVERSITY
AND INCLUSION BUT TAKES AWAY
RELIGION AND TAKES AWAY VALUES
AND ALSO TAKES AWAY THINGS THAT
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TEACHING
OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN
GOD WE TRUST CURRICULUMS THAT
MATTER BEING COMPLETELY REMOVED
AND HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, ALL
CIVICS ARE ALL UNDER CRT.
GRIFF: JACKIE, YOU TALK ABOUT
THE INEQUITIES.
LET ME PLAY FOR YOU A SOUNDBITE
FROM THE TEXAS STATE BURDEN OF
EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDY
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.
HERE IS WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT
THESE CHANGES?
>> I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID
NOT STRESS THAT INEQUITIES
DEFINITELY EXIST IN OUR CURRENT
SOCIETY.
EVERYONE IS NOT AFFORDED THE
SAME ACCESS AND AGENCY THE
OPPORTUNITIES.
IF WE WANT OUR GRADUATES FROM
TEXAS SCHOOLS TO TRULY BE
COMPETITIVE RESPONDING
COURAGEOUSLY TO INEQUITIES
AFFIRMING VALUES ISEN INVALUABLE
SKILL SET.
IT’S NOT PERSONAL.
IT’S BEING RESPONSIBLE AS
EDUCATORS.
GRIFF: BEING RESPONSIBLE AS
EDUCATORS IS WHAT SHE SAYS.
JACKIE, WHAT’S YOUR REACTION TO
THAT?
>> OKAY.
IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT THE REALITY
THAT’S NOT -- THAT HAS NOTHING
TO DO.
YOU ARE TAKING ESSENTIAL VALUES
AWAY AND YOU ARE USING EQUITY AS
A WEAPON TO INDOCTRINATE
CHILDREN SO THEY CAN BECOME --
EVERYTHING IS SEXUALIZING
CHILDREN AND EVERYTHING NOW IS
ABOUT RACE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IRRESPONSIBLE
TO SAY THAT THIS IS HOW IT HAS
TO GO FROM THIS POINT ON.
THEY ARE TAKING AWAY TEXAS
FAMILY VALUES.
THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
DO.
GRIFF: JACKIE, THIS PROCESS HAS
JUST BEGUN.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE FINAL
DECISION COMES IN NOVEMBER.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT VOICES LIKE
YOURS WILL BE HEARD IN THE FINAL
DECISION?
>> I AM HOPING SO BECAUSE WE
ALSO WANT OUR GRATE GOVERNOR TO
GET INVOLVED IN THIS BECAUSE
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THE
CHANGES IN THE CURRICULUM WERE
NOT SUPPOSED TO BE MADE UNTIL
JANUARY WHEN HAVE A BOARD AND
THIS WAS RUSHED AND WE DON’T
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE REASONING
BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT NEW
STATE BURDEN TO BE ABLE TO
VOICE, YOU NEGLECT, THEIR
CONCERNS AND MAKE CHANGES THAT
ARE BASED IN FAMILY VALUES.
I THINK THAT THERE’S SOMETHING
IN THE BACKGROUND THAT WE STILL
DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT TRYING
TO UNDERMINE SOME OF THE VALUES.
GRIFF: WELL, YOU’RE HOPEFUL BUT
IN THE LAST 20 SECONDS WE HAVE,
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOLKS ARE
BOARD OF EDUCATION FOLKS ARE
LISTENING TO YOU?
>> YES.
GRIFF: YOU DO.
ALL RIGHT, JACKIE, THE MOMS FOR
TEXAS FIGHTING FOR THE