'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