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If we tell little children of color they are inherently victims. neither is good. >> the battle hitting parents -- >> the light is shining. all of you must go and well take back our schools. >> -- against school board members. >> im a public official so i guess im open prey. >> what do you think debate about critical race theory is really about? >> control, control over what can and cannot be taught. >> its even become a political weapon. >> virginia parents have a right to make decisions on the...

Merry day after christmas. when republican glenn youngkin won the governors race in blue virginia, the second most important issues to voters according to the exit poll was education. for many of youngkins voters, education was code for something called critical race theory or crt for short. its an academic concept about racism being embedded in law, policies, and society, and its come to mean different things to different people these days. to many african american parents, crt represents a lon...

Situation for both of us. well get through it. its all thats left of a perfect family is the two of us. we cant let that go. america, and race. >> we should be teaching american pride, not to hate our country and hate each other. >> the battle over education and critical race theory, crt in schools. >> our painful past, thats part of who we are and who we are as a country, even though its sometimes difficult. >> eight states passing laws banning the teaching of crt. >> if we were to tell little ...

All i can do is tell you whats in crt. >> reporter: a group of colleyville heritage high school students have spoken out at school board meetings. >> vote to keep my principal. >> they fired the best principal any of us have had in our entire lives. >> by dismissing the concerns of students of color theyre guaranteeing that that kind of behavior and thought processes can continue living on. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc news, the grapevine colleyville school district said james whitfield vi...

>> good morning. good morning. >> reporter: cecelia robinson-woods is oklahomas only black female superintendent. as the law went into effect, she placed millwood teachers through four days of training to assure them their lessons arent crt, theyre just history. >> are you on an island? >> i definitely believe that im on an island, which is one of the reasons i wanted to be in the school district. my board is all african american. they almost expect me to speak out because we know theres so many...

Right now, you dont think if any of this has gone off the rails? >> i think folks need to focus on whats in the bill, not whats in other states or things weve heard. if we were to tell little white children they are inherently oppress source, thats not good. if we tell little children of color they are inherently victims. neither of those is good. >> is that the primary motivation of this law, to make sure white kids dont feel guilty? >> the bill is clear. it would be wrong to tell white kids or...