THAT’S PROGRESS.
AINSLEY: THAT’S TRUE.
STEVE: THANK YOU, JILLIAN.
GO DOWN TO LOUDOUN COUNTY,
VIRGINIA WHERE PARENTS HAVE
LAUNCHED A NEW AD CAMPAIGN
CALLING OUT CRITICAL RACE THEORY
IN CLASSROOMS AIMING TO OUST SIX
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO THEY
SAY TRIED TO TARGET AND SILENCE
THEM.
>> INFECTING OUR SCHOOLS WITH
CRITICAL RACE THEORY.
TRAINING TEACHERS THAT
CHRISTIANS ARE OPPRESSORS.
ONE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EVEN
ENDORSED AN OFFICIAL COMMITTEE
TO, QUOTE, SILENCE THE
OPPOSITION.
PARENTS AND TEACHERS ARE
FIGHTING BACK.
THEY ARE RECALLING THE SIX
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO STOOD
BY AND DID NOTHING WHILE PARENTS
WERE TARGETED.
STEVE: WELL, THAT’S PART OF THE
AD.
TWO LOUDOUN COUNTY MOMS JOIN US
NOW ALICIA BRANDY MOTHER OF
THREE WHO ACTUALLY PULLED HER
KIDS OUT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN LOUDOUN COUNTY THIS YEAR AND
CHERYL MOTHER OF THREE OF AND A
MEMBER OF LOUDOUN’S PARENTS FOR
EDUCATION.
LADIES, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT, SO ALICIA,
ULTIMATELY THIS ALL STARTED YOU
DON’T WANT CRITICAL RACE THEORY
TAUGHT IN YOUR SCHOOLS TO YOUR
CHILDREN IS THAT WHY YOU WANT TO
RECALL THESE SIX SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS?
>> WELL, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT
OUR SCHOOL BOARD HAS REALLY LOST
THEIR WAY.
FOR THIS REASON AND FOR ADDING
THE PARENTS IT OUR KIDS GO BACK
TO SCHOOL TOO HIT LIST, ONE OF
THE REASONS BUT, ALSO, YES, I
DON’T WANT CRITICAL THEATER NOT
JUST CRITICAL RACE THEORY BUT
CRITICAL THEORY TAUGHT IN OUR
CLASSROOMS.
STEVE: RIGHT.
>> OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT FOR
IDEOLOGY.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE FOR EDUCATION.
AND WHEN YOU LOWER EDUCATION YOU
LOWER POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR
EVERYONE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE STAND FOR.
AND LOUDOUN COUNTY PARENTS WILL
NOT STAND FOR LOWERING
EDUCATION.
AND THIS IS A U.S. ISSUE.
IT’S NOT JUST A VIRGINIA ISSUE.
STEVE: ELICIA, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT REGARDING YOU ARE
ON AN ENEMY’S LIST OR A HIT
LIST?
>> YES.
WE STARTED GOING TO SCHOOL BOARD
MEETINGS LAST SUMMER WANTING OUR
CHILDREN TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.
ALL CHILDREN, NOT JUST OUR
CHILDREN.
ALL CHILDREN.
AND WHEN WE START PEEKING ABOUT
THAT AND ABOUT CRITICAL THEORY,
ONE OF OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS
CALLED FOR THE PARENTS AGAINST
ANTI-RACISM TO RISE UP AND HELP
HER.
THEY DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER A
HIT LIST WHICH CALLED FOR
CALLING US RACIST AND DOXXING
US.
STEVE: OKAY.
>> AND, STEVE, THAT’S WHAT SHE
DID.
AND SHE PUT ME OUT THERE AND
WHERE WE WORKED AND OUR CHILDREN
WENT TO SCHOOL AND PUT OUR NAMES
ON A HIT LIST.
AND ACTUALLY.
STEVE: IT’S TERRIBLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND LAW ENFORCEMENT
IS NOW LOOKING INTO IT.
CHERYL, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST
YEAR, SO MANY PARENTS HAVE BEEN
TRYING SO HARD TO GET THEIR KIDS
BACK INTO THE CLASSROOM AND,
YET, YOU SAY THAT INSTEAD, AT
YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE
TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD’S
MORE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
SOCIAL JUSTICE THAN ACTUAL
IN-PERSON LEARNING.
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IT’S BEEN BEYOND FRUSTRATING.
I AM A PART OF THE GROUP, LIKE
ELICIA WHO STARTED THIS
GRASSROOTS KIND OF MOVEMENT LAST
SUMMER TO REALLY TRY TO LOBBY
THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TO COME
WITH SOLUTIONS AND, YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE TIME TO DO ALL KINDS
OF SOCIAL JUSTICE PROJECTS WHEN,
IN MY OPINION THERE SHOULD BE
ONE ITEM ON THEIR AGENDA EVERY
WEEK UNTIL MY KIDS ARE BACK IN
SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
I WANT THE SCHOOL TO GET THE
POLITICS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO BASICS.
YOU KNOW, THE U.S. IS FALLING
BEHIND, YOU KNOW, COUNTRIES LIKE
CHINA.
I MEAN, WE ARE DUMBING DOWN THE
MATH CURRICULUM IN VIRGINIA.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO EDUCATING
KIDS AND TO, YOU KNOW, ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE AND OUT OF THE SJW
BUSINESS.
STEVE: I WILL TELL YOU WHAT A
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID SANDY
STATEMENT TO "FOX & FRIENDS."
THEY SAY CRITICAL RACE THEORY IS
NOT PART OF THE CURRICULUM BEING
TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS IN
EXPLAINING LCP EQUITY PRIORITIES
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO STATE
WHAT THEY ARE NOT.
THEY ARE NOT AN EFFORT TO
INDOCTRINATE STUDENTS AND STAFF.
NO PARTICULAR PHILOSOPHY OR
THEORY.
WHAT THEY’RE IS AN EFFORT TO
PROVIDE A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE,
AFFIRMING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL
STUDENTS.
CHERYL, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH
THAT?
>> I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT I
THINK IT IS WORD SALAD AND, YOU
KNOW, WHEN YOU HEAR WORDS LIKE
PHRASES LIKE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES
AND, YOU KNOW, EQUITY THROWN
INTO, YOU KNOW, EVERY SINGLE
POLICY THAT YOUR SCHOOL BOARD
PUTS OUT, IT’S, YOU KNOW, IF IT
WALKS LIKE A DUCK AND ACTS LIKE
A DUCK, IT’S A DUCK, QUACK
QUACK.
STEVE: WELL, THERE YOU GO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
YOU ARE SEEING ME LAUGH A LITTLE
BIT OVER HERE.
WE ALSO HAVE FOIAED DOCUMENTS WE
HAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE WHERE WE
HAVE BILLS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A
LINE ITEM THAT SAY $650 PER HOUR
FOR CRITICAL RACE THEORY
TRAINING FROM THE EQUITY
COLLABORATIVE.
WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM
TEACHERS THAT WERE SENT TO US
THAT SAY CRITICAL RACE THEORY
TRAINING.
BOOKS BY EBRIM X. KINDE
REREQUIRED FLOODING ONE OF OUR
HIGH SCHOOLS.
THERE IS A LOT OF MISINFORMATION
COMING FROM OUR LEADERSHIP.
BUT THE RECALL EFFORT IS STRONG,
WE HAVE PARENTS 1,000
VOLUNTEERS.
WE HAVE 1800 SIGNATURES.
WE’RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING
SIGNATURES THROUGH THE ENTIRE
SUMMER AND GOING TO COURT
LEADING UP TO THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION.
STEVE: ALL RIGHT.
WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE
FRUSTRATION.
WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS
AND THE TWO OF YOU AND OTHERS
ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT LADIES, ELICIA AND CHERYL, WE