SOUTHLAKE

On paper, Southlake was a picture-perfect suburb: beautiful homes and excellent schools. But in 2018, a viral video of students chanting racial slurs created a searing divide in the once close-knit Texas community. What played out in Southlake – and the ensuing fight over proposed diversity plans in a contentious school board election – foreshadowed others across the country as peaceful neighborhoods descended into bitter arguments over diversity, education and critical race theory.

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