b'teaching whats right. On a recent IMARA Womanpopulation. She believes that God led her to Forest MagazinesTVshowdiscussingCRT,SherryEast,Brook because the students needed to see someone presidentoftheSCEducationAssociationverifiedwholookedlikethem.Duringhertenurethere that CRT is not part of SCs approved standards andWashington said that she always felt supported by her is not taught in SC public schools.However, she saidprincipal and co-workers. They believed in diversity that the politically energized rhetoric stirs up a lot ofand inclusion, and everyone used their gifts to reach emotion, puts a lot of pressure on teachers, and makesandteachthechildrenwithouthesitation,she them fearful.East stated that some teachers call theirexplained.However, she says she is very concerned Association to ask if they can read books about Dr.aboutwhatshappeninginourschoolstodaywith Martin Luther King Jr. during Black history month.the attack on CRT and not teaching the true history Teacherswanttoknowiftheyaregoingtogetinof African Americans in this country.At one time troublefortalkingaboutthefactualhistoryofSC,she noted that teachers could pick up any book and she concluded. do a study on Black history. Washington says she is dismayed today because teachers are afraid of losing INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT their jobs if they teach the factual history of Blacks in DafneyWashingtonrecentlyretiredafter30yearsour state and country.of teaching in the public school system. Twenty-fiveWhileCRTisnottaughtinK-12schools,Boutte ofthoseyearswerespentteachingsecondgradeatsays that there are efforts to try and ensure that all ForestBrookElementarySchoolinMyrtleBeachchildrensvoicesareheard.Shebelievesincluding SC.WashingtonsaidthatshewastheonlyBlackthe voices of everybody is a key component of CRT teacher in a school with a 20 percent black studentand should also be a key tenet of democracy.People IMARA11'