Critical race theory in Albemarle County schools prompts parents to sue district

A group of Virginia parents filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the “anti-racism policy” of the Albemarle County Public Schools, arguing that the program indoctrinates children in a radical ideology that teaches them to “affirmatively discriminate based on race.”

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys for five families asked the court to halt enforcement of the policy, saying that it “treats students differently based on race in direct conflict with the Supreme Court precedent and the Virginia Constitution and state law.” “The Policy is racist at its core,” said the lawsuit filed in Albemarle County Circuit Court in Charlottesville. “The Policy and the curriculum it mandates indoctrinate children in an ideology (sometimes called ‘critical race theory,’ ‘critical theory,’ or ‘critical pedagogy’) that views everyone and everything through the lens of race.”.. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)