Thursday, May 13, 2021



Parents in America's wealthiest county launch campaign ad to recall Virginia school board for 'infecting' children with Critical Race Theory

Parents in America's wealthiest suburb have released a campaign ad to oust members of a Virginia school district board after it pledged to push Critical Race Theory onto their children.

On Tuesday, 'Fight for Our Schools' - a group made up of dozens of parents from the wealthy enclave, where the median household income is $142,299 - released the campaign ad on Twitter.

It starts with a voiceover that says after a year where parents and students struggled with school closures and distance learning, the Loudoun County school board put their focus on 'infecting our schools with critical race theory'.

It accuses board members of 'plotting war' against parents who oppose it, and for labelling them as racists in a Facebook group. Loudoun County Sheriff's office is investigating various allegations of harassment between opponents and supporters of CRT in the community's public schools.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) asserts that 'institutions are inherently racist and that race itself... is a socially constructed concept that is used by white people to further their economic and political interests at the expense of people of color', according to Texas A&M University professor Tommy Curry.

Numerous public and private schools across the US have recently opted to incorporate CRT into their teachings, but the decision has sparked fierce debate.

While Loudoun County Public Schools have not officially made it compulsory to use CRT in their classrooms, they have pledged to push for 'equity' and have started using many CRT 'buzzwords and concepts'.

On the same night the campaign ad was released, several parents blasted the school board members, including a black mother who said that the idea of CRT is 'racist, abusive and discriminates against one's color'.

'CRT is not an honest dialogue. It was a tactic used by Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan on slavery very many years ago to dumb down my ancestors so we could not think for ourselves,' she said.

Another parent also slammed the school board members, saying they had made Loudoun County 'ground zero' in the 'national fight against critical race theory'.

'Every single one of these parents would step in front of a train for their kids, and they will step in front of you too,' he said. 'This is the fight of our lives. We are going to go the distance, and at the end of the day, we are going to win.'

Only a handful of parents in Loudoun County publicly said they supported CRT in schools.

The contentious school board meeting and fiery battle in Loudoun County heated up after Monica Gill, who teaches AP Government in Loudoun County, told Fox News in mid-April that the school district's push for 'inclusion' has fueled further division in the community.

'We're told that we're living in a county that's suffering from systemic racism and I think that whole notion has done nothing but damage our community and our school since they began pushing equity'.

She told the network that teachers were told they needed to 'disrupt and dismantle this systemic racism.'

'I can tell you, one thing that's for sure, it has been disruptive because there are parents who disagree with this ideology, there are teachers who disagree with it, there are students who disagree with it — and it is harmful,' she stated.

According to Fox News, school board members have been identified as members of the 'Anti-racist parents of Loudoun County' Facebook group.

There have been claims that one member of the group planned to dox parents in the community who were opposed to CRT by asking volunteers to help 'gather information' on them.

That claim has not been substantiated.

However, the Loudoun County Sheriff's office confirmed to Fox News that an investigation into various allegations of harassment between opponents and supporters of CRT in the community's public schools.

Meanwhile, Loudoun Public School held an equity meeting last month, during which local teacher Andrea Weiskopf implied that opponents of CRT were racist. 'Over the past few weeks, a small group of Loudoun residents have put their racism on display for the nation,' she stated. 'It is the duty of the school board to acknowledge such overt and blatant racism against the students under your care'.

Numerous public and private schools across the US have recently opted to incorporate CRT into their teachings, but the decision has sparked fierce debate.

In New York City, Andrew Gutmann made national headlines after he pulled his daughter from an elite Manhattan private school over its anti-racism policies says the resulting backlash opened his eyes to the 'cancer of cancel culture'.

Gutmann, who previously spoke out about efforts to 'brainwash' his daughter at The Brearley School, said he'd been shocked to learn how 'pervasive and entrenched critical race theory had become in our schools', in a New York Post op-ed.

'Nor did I comprehend just how many parents were dealing with the same issues as our family, with close-minded administrations and racist, age-inappropriate and indoctrinating curriculums.'

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Alaska high school teacher is suspended for telling Zoom class that George Floyd ‘would still be alive’ if he had complied with police and ‘sidled into their car’

Fairbanks North Star Borough School

In a 15-minute video a parent posted to YouTube, a teacher who is referred to as 'Ms. Gardner' can be seen talking to her students about police killing black people, and telling them that if they complied with police, they would be less likely to get shot.

She said: 'If George Floyd had at the beginning when they got him out of the car and went to put him in the police car, if he had just sidled into the car and slid in there and let them put his legs in, he would be alive today.

'You know that's true,' the Lathrop High School, Alaska, teacher said.

George Floyd died in May 2020 after Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin appeared to kneel on his neck for more than nine minutes. Chauvin was convicted last month of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter.

It is unclear what prompted the conversation in the video.

It begins with the teacher talking about how there have 'been a lot of shootings with people of color. The reason why you don't hear about it though is because it doesn't fit that angry white male narrative.'

'It's not just crazy white men who do shootings,' she said, before appearing to start discussing the police-involved killing of Ma'Khia Bryant.

'It was a terrible thing for the girl to get shot,' she said, but suggested Columbus, Ohio Police Officer Nicholas Reardon did not have a choice because she was going to stab another victim and police do not 'have time to choose between their gun and taser.'

'I agree that there needs to be some, I don't want to say reform, I want to say training,' the teacher acknowledges, before telling the students in the class that they should comply with police officers even if they think they are being arrested unjustly

'I’m an old white lady and if the cops came up to me and said ma’am, put your hands behind your back, you’re going to jail…I’m putting my hands behind my back,” she said, adding that she would tell the police officer she has a gun on her ankle, which she has a concealed carry permit for,

The teacher also insinuates that the students would be OK in a police encounter because they are 'dressed nicely' and 'don't look like thugs' with their 'pants around their knees.'

At that point, a woman who's name is 'Liz' on the Zoom call and identifies herself as a tutor of some of the students, spoke up and said she was not comfortable with the discussion.

'Police should be trained to not kill people even if they don't comply,' she said, and 'should be trained not to judge people' on their skin color or how they dress either.

Soon after, a mother who appears to be video taping the call speaks up as well, and says she does not feel 'Ms. Gardner' should be speaking about these topics as a white woman.

'Some of the things that you are saying, I feel like you are very uneducated on and I don't feel like you are able to address these things that are going on today,' said the woman, who identified herself as a woman of color who faced racism growing up in the South.

'You should stop this conversation - period,' the mother says, although it appears she is muted at that point.

Fairbanks North Star Borough School District officials said they were notified about the conversation from a parent last Wednesday and have put the teacher on paid administrative leave while the Human Resources Department conducts an investigation.

They would not name the teacher, but according to KUAC, there is a special education teacher at the school named Connie Gardner.

She will be represented by a union advocate while the investigation continues, according to Sandra Ryan, the president of Fairbanks Education Association.

In the meantime, district officials said, Principal Carly Sween and Assistant Principal Clarice Mingo (who is black) have spoken to the students in the class and will continue to 'provide opportunities for them to reflect on the situation.'

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UMass Amherst Students Suspended for Being Maskless Outdoors, Off-Campus

A social media photograph of three UMass Amherst freshmen—outdoors, off-campus, and not wearing face masks—was sent to the university’s administration, which resulted in the girls being suspended for one semester, getting banned from taking remote lessons, and needing to reapply for the next semester.

“There was a photo sent to the administration of these girls outside off-campus on a Saturday. This is why they lost a whole semester of their schooling,” Kristin, one of the parents, told CBS.

The parents were additionally upset by a video of the UMass Amherst Hockey Team on-campus celebrating the national championship, and some of the players and other students are not wearing masks, yet they were not suspended.

Parents, Teresa and RJ, were interviewed by CBS over their daughter’s suspension.

“She was valedictorian and class president of her high school. She did everything right,” RJ told the outlet.

“I just want the university administration to be equitable and fair,” he added.

“One little thing happens and you’re out? Like not even like a don’t do it again, here’s some probation,” Teresa said. “It’s heartbreaking.”

The girls will need to reapply for the next semester and the parents will suffer the financial loss of the current semester.

The students were taking lessons remotely after the suspension, but the online classes were completely discontinued last week.

In addition, they weren’t admitted for the final exams, rendering the semester completely invalid, according to one of the parents.

“That negates this whole semester $16,000 of money and they have to reapply for next semester. But they missed housing registration,” Scott, a parent, said.

UMass Amherst released a statement about the incident, saying that they had warned about the consequences of not complying with the rules.

“Students received a number of public health messages this semester that emphasized the importance of following public health protocols and the consequences for not complying, and those messages were also shared on UMass social media channels.”

“So for this to happen, it’s been devastating,” Kristin remarked.

The parents hired an attorney and intend to file a lawsuit.

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