"Critical race theory," the phrase that has captured headlines and driven news cycles, was once relegated to the halls of academia. But as CRT and its associated ideas have spread to school districts, so went the demographics of people debating its implications.
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The critical race theory (CRT) fight in Virginia is getting personal as woke parents and teachers have started directly attacking critics of the controversial movement, including by threatening lawsuits.
Ian Prior, executive director of Fight for Schools PAC and a Loudon County parent, recently received a cease-and-desist order from a fellow parent trying to silence him for speaking out against CRT by threatening legal action.
The cease-and-desist letter, reviewed by Fox News, accuses Prior of misrepresenting in a Tweet the parent s comment on a post in a private Facebook group titled the Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun County. The post in question was calling for volunteers to gather information about anti-CRT parents in the community.
Parents in America s wealthiest county launch commercial to recall Virginia school board for infecting children with Critical Race Theory as one black parent slams it as a Nazi tactic which is racist and abusive at fiery meeting
Schools in Loudoun County, Virginia have become ground zero in a national debate about incorporating critical race theory into school curriculum
Opponents are fighting to remove the school board because of it
A group called Fight for Our Schools released commerical to promote forming a group to oust board members
One parent, a black mother, blasted the idea of critical race theory, saying it s racist, abusive and discriminates against one s color
Monica Gill - who teaches AP Government in Loudoun County, Virginia - told Fox News this week that the school district s push for inclusion has ironically fueled further division.
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His bike was stolen in Virginia. His response was to collect bikes to fix and give away to people in need. Pruitt, an assistant rector at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Leesburg, Va., posted on a private Loudoun County Facebook page that he’d fix anyone’s bicycle free. In the post he also said he was accepting unwanted bikes, which he’d fix and donate to people in need. He ended with: “Hope and pray this bike met the need of the person who took it.” That day, he received about 30 bicycles at his townhouse. After his next post, about 500 people expressed interest in either donating bikes or having Pruitt fix them. (Washington Post)