Parents address critical race theory and “sexually explicit” books in Cherokee County Georgia

Originally Published on WSB-TV2 Atlanta

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A group of parents in Cherokee County spoke out against Critical Race Theory and books they say are sexually explicit.

The Cherokee County Board of Education held a regularly scheduled meeting Thursday night.

Neither CRT nor the books are on the agenda but there is a public comment section.

Dozens of parents told Channel 2 Action News they plan to bring up the two issues. They say they want the district to ban 75 different books.

Channel 2′s Matt Johnson was at the meeting and says that dozens of parents criticized the district and they are handling what these parents consider obscene material.

“This county is too concerned with cramming all this woke junk down our kids throats,” one impassioned parent said during the public comment section.

School Superintendent Dr. Brian Hightower told parents that there is already a system in place to flag potentially inappropriate books, but many parents did not feel that was enough.

The Cherokee County School District banned the teaching of Critical Race Theory last year after outcry from parents.

Georgia lawmakers are already debating a bill that would ban CRT from all Georgia schools.

The bill’s author insists it wouldn’t prevent the teaching of history, including the history of slavery and racism in Georgia…