STATE NEWS: Black principal swept into a ‘critical race theory’ maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb

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Staff Report on September 22, 2021

by Brian Lopez
TexasTribune.org

It was June 3, 2020, and James Whitfield couldn’t sleep. He hadn’t been able to sleep for the last several days. As a Black man, the deaths of three Black Americans, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, weighed heavily on his mind. Their slayings by white people had been dominating the news — sparking once again national conversations about race and racism in the United States.

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