Tina Ramirez: Critical race theory divides families – what this mom with a biracial child wants you to know

Last week, in Loudoun County, Virginia, a group of teachers and education officials were publicly exposed for conspiring to attack parents who challenged abhorrent lessons designed to teach their children to discriminate against groups based solely on their external traits.  

As a single parent who lives in the Virginia suburbs, it’s important that my daughter is around people who reinforce the values I’m trying to teach her. And as the mother of a biracial child, that includes the value of treating people with inherent dignity and respect.  Open dialogue, challenging ideas and allowing robust intellectual diversity are the only healthy ways to build cultures of respect. But that is not what is happening in our public schools.