The Virginia gubernatorial election, which ended with a surprise victory for GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin in an increasingly blue state, was proof positive of how energized parents are over Critical race theory in the Old Dominionās schools. That hasnāt changed just because they won some elections.
In a showdown between parents, activists and school board members in Fairfax County, Virginia, individuals protesting the school board chanted āracistā as a speaker handed out books on CRT.
The battle hinged on admission standards for the prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, according to the Daily Caller. Opponents of the new admission policies, which are supposed to foster diversity, have said they nakedly discriminate against Asian-Americans.
Members of the school board admitted as much in text messages to each other obtained via a lawsuit.
(The Western Journal covered this ā and has been on top of developments out of Fairfax County since the battle for the soul of its schools erupted on a national level. Weāll continue to bring you news and analysis on this important issue. You can help us in our efforts by subscribing.)
At a school board meeting this week, parent activist Asra Nomani distributed copies of āRace to the Bottom,ā a book by investigative reporter Luke Rosiak that details the goings-on in Fairfax County, including the lowering of admission standards to Thomas Jefferson to reduce the number of Asian students.
Nomani chastised the woke school board for its, um, rather homogenous makeup.
āYouāre a white man, youāre a white man, youāre a white man, youāre a white man!ā Nomani said. āThis is Racism!ā
Parents at the meeting then began to chant āracistā at the board members.
āYou are the new face of Racism,ā Nomani told the board. āI have here a copy of a book for each one of you: āRace to the Bottom.ā You are all in this book. ā¦ I hope you read them from cover to cover and see yourselves in the pages of history as failures.ā
Itās also worth noting, as many outlets did, that security details moved close to Nomani at one point during her speech.
ā surrounded me like I was a domestic terrorist with a bomb in my hands,ā Nomani tweeted. āWhat was in my hands? 12 copies of āRace to the Bottomā by is competing with every woke school district in America in a race to the bottom.ā
Of course, the parents at the meeting may have been angry, but they had much to celebrate ā namely, that a federal judge had ruled the admissions policies were racist.
According to WJLA-TV, Judge Claude Hilton ruled that the āoverhaulā of admission standards āhas had, and will have, a substantial disparate impact on Asian-American applicants.ā Hiltonās ruling went on to say the county had made ādiscriminatory changesā to Thomas Jeffersonās admission policy.
Nomani made sure to raise the point at the meeting.
āFor the last two years you have been trying to make us invisible, but a federal judge has ruled that, in fact, you are going to go down in history, just as I told you you would, just like the school board in Brown vs. Board of Education,ā she said.
Heck of a thing to be remembered for, Iād say.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.