First appearance on Fox: The Boston Public Schools (BPS) system has disclosed leaked internal lesson plan documents showing the district is organizing a whites-only desegregation program with instructions for teachers and parents on how to reduce racial discrimination. and is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit.
Parents Defending Education (PDE), a parent advocacy group, last week exposed several district lesson plans and other documents showing that BPS was running racially-based “affinity groups” for teachers. He then filed a complaint with the Boston District Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And my parents. In a complaint obtained exclusively by Fox News Digital, PDE alleges that the all-white group is directing racial discrimination, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“BPS appears to have affinity groups for staff that exclude certain races. There is at least one affinity group aimed at 'White Staff and Parents Against Racism.' says PDE's complaint.
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The complaint states that internal programs for white “affinity group” members, including a pilot curriculum for “Mendelian Affinity Groups for White People Challenging Racism” and the district's “More General Guide for White School Leaders,” Lesson plans and other curriculum materials were attached. affinity group[s]” includes a mission statement, a list of norms and objectives, and several templates for activities that members of white affinity groups can undertake to reduce racists.
“We aim to educate, support and respectfully challenge each other as white people to face the historical and current realities of racism,” the mission statement reads. I am.
“If a school district's segregated teacher assistance program gets the endorsement of the KKK, something is terribly wrong. Just as no administrator in the district is against this program. The fact that it's visible raises further red flags,” Nicole Neily said. PDE founder and president told FOX News Digital. “This is not rocket science. It is wrong to include or exclude public school employees from opportunities based on the color of their skin.”
PDE in 2023 The results of the survey were announced for the first time. About BPS racially segregated affinity groups. Meanwhile, the previous year, PDE successfully challenged race-based school programming in another top Massachusetts school district, leading to the elimination of affinity groups that separated students by race.
A fifth-grader raises his hand during science class at St. John Paul II Catholic Academy in Boston on February 25, 2016. (Getty Images)
Federal guidelines released by the Biden administration in 2023 say schools can have open conversations about race and racism with students and staff, but they can't create groups that exclude people based on race or ethnicity. It is said that there is a high possibility.
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“Title VI generally requires schools to ensure that all students, regardless of race, have equal opportunity to participate in all educational programs and activities, including conferences, focus groups, and listening sessions,” the guidance states. is stated. “Restricting student participation based on race would raise serious concerns and subject us to increased scrutiny under the law.” [the Civil Rights Act]. ”
Children at Boston's Charles H. Taylor Elementary School begin their day by taking the Pledge of Allegiance. (Getty Images)
Despite federal guidance and empirical evidence that racially segregated “affinity groups” can lead to legal action, the BPS website keep spending the whole page This includes a section in the “Guidelines and Best Practices” document that explains why districts “require” affinity groups “based on racial/ethnic identity.”
PDE senior adviser Michelle Exner told Fox News Digital that in addition to Massachusetts, she has seen these “affinity groups” pop up in other states around the country, including California, New York and North Carolina. He said he came.
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“I think these kinds of programs started out with good intentions, but once you exclude certain students or teachers just because of their race, that's absolutely wrong, and that shouldn't happen,” Exner said. said.
