(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) The Issaquah School Board has taken critical race theory to its logical conclusion and mandated racial segregation in meetings, which the board’s president said would make it “easier” for non-white families to comfortably talk, KTTH reported.
Board President Anne Moore defended the separate-but-equal principle that prevents white people from gathering with “people of color.”
A Seattle-area school board is hosting meetings for parents to select a new superintendent. One meeting is for “historically marginalized parents” because they’re supposedly uncomfortable around white people. It’s 2022 and we have to say segregation is wrong? pic.twitter.com/S3w25JGdkY
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) February 12, 2022
Yet, Moore said that the meetings do not indicate racial segregation.
“It was really an intent from the board to be able to hear from our historically marginalized families,” Moore declared. “We wanted to be able to have an environment where they could share freely and honestly and not feel vulnerable.”
The Seattle-area school board has held frequent meetings as it replaces the retiring superintendent, and one was labeled, “Meeting for Parents/Guardians of Color and Parents/Guardians with Students of Color.”
During public comment, parents lined up to denounce Moore’s support for segregation.
“By holding a separate meeting for people of color, it is the same as saying people of color are not welcome to attend the other meetings,” one former school board candidate said.
“Why are you trying to divide and separate us by color? Really? Is this the example you want to set for our students? Shame on all of you,” the speaker continued.
One parent contradicted Moore’s claim that the meeting was not segregated.
“It is discrimination to say that there is a specific meeting for people of color,” a parent said.
Another parent called the segregated meeting “just absurd, offensive, and probably illegal.”
“If you’re wondering how to structure these meetings so that you’re inclusive: First and last, consult the Civil Rights Act, that will prevent … this problem that’s going on,” he continued.
