In Loudoun County, Dad Has 2 Reasons to Take on Critical Race Theory

In his own words, Virginia parent Michael Rivera isn’t normally the type of person to make big speeches.

“I, like all of you, live a quiet and private life. I like to stay at home,” Rivera told a crowd of about 250 in Leesburg, Virginia. “I don’t necessarily like to spend my time at school board meetings, but we have to do it.”

Rivera, 55, was one of the many concerned Loudoun County parents, teachers, and other locals who attended the Saturday rally outside the Loudoun County Government Center to protest the teaching of critical race theory in the county’s public schools.

Rally attendees heard from a variety of speakers, who included concerned teachers and parents as well as Ian Prior, executive director of the group Fight for Schools, and Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

But perhaps no story resonated more strongly with the crowd than that of Rivera, who has a son in a Loudoun County middle school and a daughter in a county elementary school.

His two children also happen to be biracial, and his daughter has special needs.  ..

(Excerpts from the Daily Signal)