America
and Germany and France and Eng- land, you name it,” Mineo recalls after the story broke. “Because it was so ridiculous. “But what I think a lot of people
don’t realize,” he adds, “is it was the soft introduction of critical race the- ory. Because it was the school board’s belief that Dr. Seuss was racist. I mean, everything’s racist.” For their part, school officials deny
they’re teaching critical race theory. And they insist their new policies on gender pronouns are simply intended to comply with state-issued mandates out of Richmond. But conservatives familiar with
the inner workings of the Loudoun school system report a growing sense of anxiety among teachers required to become “equity certified.” Many of them feel they’ve been
caught up in the political crossfire. “They’re dropping out because
this isn’t what they signed for,” says Mineo. “They went to college to become teachers and educate kids. “Now, the focus is on equity and
diversity and oppression and all this . . . and it’s incorporated in every course you can imagine — art, math, music, gym. It’s everywhere and peo- ple are saying, ‘I’m done.’”
‘LYING TO CHILDREN’ Liz Dickinson has had a bird’s-eye view of the battle underway in Loudoun. She’s the executive director of Ameri- can Majority, the conservative political training group based in Purcellville west of the county seat of Leesburg. “Parents are justifiably angry,” Dickinson says, “as evidenced by the sheer number of parents showing up to speak at school board meetings, ral- lies, etc. “They are angry about policies that
victimize our children: promoting anti- white racism in our schools, allowing boys to shower with our daughters, and forcing teachers and our children to promote a state of delusion in which we pretend boys are girls and vice versa.
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ANGRY VOICES Amy Jahr sings The Star-Spangled Banner after a Loudoun County School Board meeting in June was halted when parents clashed over critical race theory.
“It’s lying to our children,” she adds.
“If you don’t promote the lie, you are punished. This is a complete violation of free speech.” In August, the school board touched
off another firestorm by passing Policy 8040 to protect nonbinary and trans- gender students. “There’s over 81,000 students in
this county,” remarks Mineo. “There are 30 nonbinary students. “So, they passed a policy that’s
going to impact teachers and students across the school system for 30 nonbi- nary students. And the impact can be severe. “For example,” he states, “you can
have a grown man in an elementary school use the same bathroom as an 8-year-old little girl. And you will have teachers and students face disciplin- ary measures if they use the incorrect pronoun of one of these nonbinary students. It’s very, very radical.”
MARXIST INDOCTRINATION Mineo fears that unless Virginians rise up in the Old Dominion’s November off-year elections and punish progres- sives at both the state and local levels, nothing will be able to stop a critical- race freight train that seems to be gaining momentum. “I think there are a lot of people
very much against what’s going on, but they’re afraid to come out for can- cel culture reasons,” he says. Now that the systemic-racism
playbook appears well on its way to implementation in Loudoun, Mineo is warning parents nationwide they should fully expect to see the same strategies and tactics rolled out in their local school systems.
“If you look at what’s going on in Loudoun,” Mineo says, “the same thing’s happening in Nebraska, or New Mexico, or New Hampshire.” Dickinson predicts a growing army
of parents opposing race-based teach- er training and other policies will ulti- mately prevail. “The left will not win the battle in Loudoun,” she declares. “We are an educated, highly involved population of parents and taxpayers. “Loudouners will not just sit back
and let an elected school board ignore parents and what is best for children, cramming Marxist indoctrination into our children.” She adds that other school districts
are already fighting back. “We see these everyday heroes on
TV at school board meetings, hosting protests, and starting their own peti- tion drives to recall these out of con- trol, tyrannical school boards,” she says. “Others in Virginia already are following Loudoun’s example . . . and doing this right now.” Her advice to parents worried that
what happened in Loudoun’s schools could happen to theirs: “Stand up! Know what they are try-
ing to teach your kids.” She adds, “Mothers know their
children in a way no teacher or school ever could. They need to advocate for their children and protect them from Marxist, racist, harmful policies and indoctrination. “Fathers are leading the charge,
also,” she says, “to defend our chil- dren from this socialist onslaught against our families. Be involved, be outspoken — and don’t be intimi- dated.”
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