Frank McCormick, a high school history teacher in a Democratic-leaning Chicago suburb, has voiced his views about Critical Race Theory (CRT) at his school district for six months. The mental toll has worn him down. He realized that the loneliness, the personal attacks from all directions, and the constant fear of losing his job are the very things keeping many others quiet about the issue, including, at one time, himself. When the burden was such that he wanted to simply shut up and give up, a small group of like-minded teachers in other parts of the country carried him through. “There is nothing of value that does not come at a cost—even if my career at the district ended, it would have ended with me trying to do something right,” McCormick told The Epoch Times. McCormick’s grandfather immigrated to the United States during World War II and joined the U.S. …