Posted on 07/14/2021 12:10:53 PM PDT by Kaslin
Virginia’s Loudoun County Public Schools has emerged as a national representation of the critical race theory (CRT) clash between parents and administrators. A local school board recall effort is gaining traction. But aside from figures like Ian Prior at Fight for Schools or thinkers at The Heritage Foundation that sponsor events, what do normal Loudouners think?
I ventured out to Loudoun County to walk the streets of Leesburg and Ashburn and see who would talk to me about CRT. Most turned me down, understandably cautious about staking a political claim in media.
The owner of one clothing store instructed me to leave after I uttered the phrase “critical race theory,” questioning why anyone should care. A Taiwanese coffee store owner expressed a worry that his bipartisan customers would repudiate him. A woman who said she is a former public school teacher whispered to me in a Giant Food Store through a mask that she probably shouldn’t talk, while her daughter nudged her to keep walking.
Here are five Loudouners who agreed to talk to me using their names, and here’s what they had to say about CRT.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
all in the article who are open are against crt.
Age 11 is when kids start disagreeing with their parents and start separating from them “just because”. So the public schools and teachers target the 11-18 cohort because they can easily influence, propagandize and coerce the kids.
My brother lives in Fleasburg. I’ll ask him.
CRT will go a long way to make sure the students are competent in reading, writing and math.
My brother lives in Fleasburg. I’ll ask him.
There's an actual city named Fleasburg? Or is that your nickname for some liberal hellhole?
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