{"id":505172,"date":"2021-05-13T17:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505172"},"modified":"2021-05-13T17:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T21:36:14","slug":"exclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Virginia Mother Who Delivered Fiery Takedown Of Critical Race Theory Speaks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-virginia-mother-who-delivered-fiery-takedown-of-critical-race-theory-speaks-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=505172&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Black mother Shawntel Cooper was whisked into the national spotlight after she delivered a one-minute takedown of critical race theory to the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) district board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On May 11, Cooper expressed concern that the board was pushing theories of oppression on her biracial children. She dubbed critical race theory \u2014 commonly referred to as CRT \u2014 as \u201cracist\u201d and \u201cabusive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCRT is racist; it is abusive; it discriminates against one\u2019s color. \u2026 Think twice before you indoctrinate such racist theories. You cannot tell me what is or is not racist,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cLook at me. I had to come down here today to tell you to your face that we are coming together and we are strong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.4676616915423\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Loudouncounty?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Loudouncounty<\/a> parents brought the \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25 at the school board meeting tonight.<\/p>\n<p>This is a masterful takedown of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/criticalracetheory?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#criticalracetheory<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dHLyB2bLLH\">pic.twitter.com\/dHLyB2bLLH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Prior (@iandprior) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iandprior\/status\/1392292044975087617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Cooper told The Daily Wire that LCPS is making biracial students \u201cconfused\u201d because critical race theory teaches them that they are oppressed, though her children and many others do not feel that way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI have a biracial family and right now, [the school] is putting all children in an awkward situation and leaving biracial children feeling confused,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cThe kids in school don\u2019t feel like they are being targeted, they don\u2019t feel like they\u2019re experiencing this \u2026 When I speak with people of my dissent \u2014 black Americans \u2014 we are asking each other, \u2018is this how you feel?\u2019 This is not how I feel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>LCPS claims that it has not implemented critical race theory into the district\u2019s curriculum, though Cooper claims that the district is \u201ctrying to slide it through the backdoor.\u201d Cooper said that the theory is incredibly unpopular among parents in the area and she has \u201cnot met a parent that says CRT is good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cooper came under fire from activists for wearing a face shield in place of a face mask indoors. Her critics painted her as an \u201cangry\u201d mother who failed to touch on the nuances of CRT. The school board meeting allotted community members 60 seconds for comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The mother told The Daily Wire that she is still recovering from surgery and the recovery process is made more difficult by impediments to her breathing. She claims to be \u201cmask exempt,\u201d though the district insisted she wear a face shield in lieu of the mask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cooper encouraged other parents \u2014 particularly mothers \u2014 to research critical race theory and understand its impacts on children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to defeat who\u2019s trying to divide us,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cI want to encourage the mama bears out there \u2026 research CRT.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cooper told The Daily Wire that she found the confidence to speak out against the school board after researching critical race theory and connecting with other parents who had similar feelings about the curriculum. She encouraged parents to reach out to one another and share resources for successfully fighting back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She hopes to find a more unified approach to teaching children tough history lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat unites us is our Constitution, not the color of our skin. That\u2019s what we have to reflect on,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cThere were courageous human beings, black and white fighting together years ago to fight against oppression and prejudice. So why wouldn\u2019t I do that? CRT is exactly what we have to fight against.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black mother Shawntel Cooper was whisked into the national spotlight after she delivered a one-minute takedown of critical race theory to the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) district board.On May &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278104,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Exclusive: Virginia Mother Who Delivered Fiery Takedown Of Critical Race Theory Speaks Out","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-505172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Loudoun.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Exclusive: Virginia Mother Who Delivered Fiery Takedown Of Critical Race Theory Speaks Out","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}