Black Parent Compares Critical Race Theory to KKK Intimidation Tactics Parents describe Virginia's Loudoun County as 'ground zero' in the fight against woke education Shawntel Cooper (Ian Prior/Twitter) Alex Nester • May 12, 2021 7:08 pm A black mother slammed critical race theory at a school board meeting in the nation's richest county Tuesday, comparing the radical education standards to tactics used by Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan to demean black people. "Critical race theory is not an honest dialogue, it is a tactic that was used by Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan on slavery very many years ago to dumb down my ancestors so we could not think for ourselves," Shawntel Cooper said at the Loudoun County School Board meeting Tuesday night. "Critical race theory is racist, it is abusive, it discriminates against one's color. … You can not tell me what is or is not racist."