Vote no to cultural competence radical socialist indoctrination.  We know cultural competence pedagogies are at root leftist critical race theory that divide people into two groups, oppressor and oppressed which are hate filled and divisive leftist nonsense.  We are tired in Virginia of socialist radical indoctrination in schools these should be banned it violates idea of equality. As Buffalo schools show cultural responsive teaching is code word for blame whites for everything which is a very racist and discriminatory and a hate filled  idea that violates civil rights and see article by Rufo: 

Buffalo students told ‘all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism’

By Christopher F. Rufo

Article shows how damaging cultural responsive hate is —Rufo shows—Last year, in her role as director of the Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives, Morrell created a new curriculum promoting Black Lives Matter in the classroom and an “antiracist” training program for teachers. According to one veteran teacher, who requested anonymity, Morrell’s training programs have pushed “radical politics” and, in practice, become a series of “scoldings, guilt-trips, and demands to demean oneself simply to make another feel ‘empowered.’” Teachers must submit to these “manipulative mind games” and express support for Morrell’s left-wing politics, or risk professional retaliation. Morrell, who earned her Ed.D. from the University of Buffalo, said that the solution is to “be woke, which is basically critically conscious,” citing a pedagogical concept developed by Marxist theoretician Paolo Freire holding that students must be trained to identify and eventually overthrow their oppressors. After Morrell’s presentation, one teacher reaffirmed this political imperative, declaring that students must become “activists for antiracism” and public school teachers should begin “preparing them at four years old.”source https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2021/02/24/buffalo-students-told-all-white-people-play-a-part-in-systemic-racism/amp/

Cultural competence training should absolutely be banned and never taught based on these divisive hate filled ideas.

This awful book has been embraced by VA DOE Hammond, Z. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching and the brain: Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications this is on recommended list for VA African American course.  VOTE NO to all leftist propaganda of cultural competence and critical race theories that do NOT belong in any tax payer supported non partisan schools.  Schools should focus on excellence and equal opportunity and treatment not be platform for leftist revolutionaries to push an agenda that scapegoats people as oppressors which this reminds me of what only fascist haters do scapegoating which is unacceptable. Our VA DOE should never be involved in scapegoating any people based on race that is hate.  All citizens deserve constitutionally protected equal treatment not DOE sponsored divisive hate teaching.  Remember what the The 14th Amendment says, "Nor shall any state … deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. BAN cultural competence based hatefilled divisive marxist based training.