'Who pays your salary?!' Chaos at Virginia school board meeting
The meeting in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. grew so heated that the board walked out of the room, leaving sheriff's deputies to disperse the crowd.
Loudoun has been roiled for months by accusations that it has embraced critical race theory, a school of thought that maintains that racism is ingrained in U.S. law and institutions and that legacies of slavery and segregation have created an uneven playing field for Black Americans, which has become a flashpoint for the far right.
Former Republican President Donald Trump put the spotlight on critical race theory in September when he issued an executive order directing all federal agencies to cease diversity training among employees, just months after the country experienced nationwide protests against racism and policing following the murder of George Floyd.
