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Judicial Watch violates federal law by hosting a racially segregated “affinity group” for staff who say the District of Colombia Public School (DCPS) promotes equity. I blame you for being there.
According to a document obtained by judicial oversight at the request of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and provided to Fox News Digital, DCPS has at least a number of affinity groups for school staff, including employees who identify themselves as Asian Americans. It is hosted once a month. Pacific Islands, Black / African American, Hispanic / Latin, Indigenous / Native American, LGBTQIA +, Multiethnic, or Caucasian.
The DCPS website shares “racially friendly spaces” openly, builds communities, and truly engages in DCPS’s collective journey to become a racist, child-centered school district. , A brave space to listen and grow. “
“The goal of these affinity groups is to create a safe space among colleagues, handle the effects of racism and white supremacy within the school community, and identify collective action to be taken as individuals and groups. That’s what Marie Principal Katie Landgren said. Reed Elementary School sent an email to DCPS on May 17, 2021 to “Leaders of Racism and Fairness.”
“We will also have regular racial dialogues that we learn from each other,” she wrote.
The school district’s stock strategy and programming team initially launched an affinity space program to provide a “safe space” for employees to perform “post-killing reflections and processing of George Floyd.” Decided to keep them until 2021. According to the document, grade 2022 as an ongoing resource.
DC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL offered a 4-year-old “anti-racist” “FISTBOOK” and asked to identify members of a racist family.
“One way to handle it in a safe place is to use affinity,” reads the Affinity Group Interest Form for district staff. “The affinity space is gathering opportunities for people who share a common identity. This space is represented by the Central Office, with the aim of devoting itself to the conditions of courageous conversation that isolates race. It is organized based on the species identity. “
Interest form is 2015 magazine article Affinity groups claim to be neither separatists nor racists.
“We provided space for conversations that children really felt they needed,” said an affinity group leader unrelated to DCPS in the article. “That wasn’t what we adults wanted.”
Public schools in Los Angeles train teachers rooted in “merits,” “individualism,” and “whiteness.”
Another affinity group leader unrelated to DCPS said, “I can’t fully understand the experience and perspective of being a minority student in this population, so I’m offering those groups to these students. I need to, “he told the magazine. ..
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said the DCPS affinity group is rooted in critical race theory (CRT). This is a controversial theory that the American system is racist in nature and is formed by systematic racism. He said the affinity group violated the Civil Rights Act Title VI. It prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or country of origin in federal-funded or other federal-funded programs or activities.
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“These shocking documents show a clear violation of the Constitution and the Civil Rights Act, and the public school system in our capital is based on radical and fragmented CRT principles among staff. He promoted explicit racial segregation, “Phyton said in a statement to Fox News. Digital.
DCPS did not immediately respond to FoxNews Digital’s request for comment.