Zaffirini: Trust our teachers to guide difficult conversations in classrooms Judith Zaffirini, For the Express-News July 23, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of2 In attempting to eradicate critical race theory from Texas schools, proponents of Senate Bill 3 risk validating extreme views in the name of not taking sides on controversial subjects. Here, people demonstrate in response to the special session, which includes SB 3.Tamir Kalifa /Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less Esto no es cosa de armas (This is not a matter for weapons). Those reportedly were the last words uttered by Don Francisco Gutiérrez before he and his son, Manuel Gutiérrez, were shot in 1912 by a rogue Special Texas Ranger on a hot summer morning in Webb County.