Kila Posey told WSB-TV she met last year with the principal of Mary Lin Elementary School in Atlanta simply because she wanted her child with a teacher she thought would be a good fit.
But Posey revealed stunning news she said she received from Principal Sharyn Briscoe, the station noted.
"She said that's not one of the black classes, and I immediately said, 'What does that mean?' I was confused. I asked for more clarification," Posey told WSB. "I was like, 'We have those in the school?' And she proceeded to say that, 'Yes. I have decided that I'm going to place all of the black students in two classes.'"
That's right. Segregated classrooms according to race. Black students in two classrooms with two teachers, and white students in six classrooms with six teachers, the station said.
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Posey — who is vice president of the parent teacher association, Black Enterprise reported — was stunned, the station said.
"First, it was just disbelief that I was having this conversation in 2020 with a person that looks just like me — a black woman," Posey told WSB. "It's segregating classrooms. You cannot segregate classrooms. ... You can't do it."
She added to the station that "we've lost sleep ... trying to figure out why would a person do this."
Posey told WSB she insisted to Briscoe that her child be placed in a class with white students — and said Briscoe told her that her child would be isolated.
"I explained to her she shouldn't be isolated or punished because I'm unwilling to go along with your illegal and unethical practice," Posey added to the station.
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The Poseys recorded a call with an assistant principal where they complained about the segregated classes. The administrator confirmed it was the principal's decision and seemed to offer an explanation for why the classes were set up this way.
"I just wish we had more black kids, and then some of them are in a class because of the services that they need," the administrator said on the recording, according to the station.
In the end, Posey filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, WSB reported.
Posey's attorney Sharese Shields told the station that the segregated classrooms at the elementary school are a violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Shields noted to WSB that the law states that "you cannot treat one group of people differently based upon race, and that is what is going on at Mary Lin."
Atlanta Public Schools offered a statement to the station in regard to Posey's allegations, which stated, "Atlanta public schools does not condone the assigning of students to classrooms based on race. The district conducted a review of the allegations. Appropriate actions were taken to address the issue and the matter was closed."
WSB said the district did not indicate the nature of the actions it said it took.
But Posey isn't done, telling the station she wants the principal and her administration removed for allowing segregated classes.
"My community, had they known about this, would probably be extremely upset," Posey told WSB. "Not just the black parents but also white parents."
The station said the Poseys are waiting for the U.S. Department of Education to conclude its investigation.
A public high school in Madison, Wisconsin, posted a notice "to parents of students of color only" announcing a Thursday Zoom meeting to discuss "police brutality" and related topics such as the "verdict of Derek Chauvin and the murder of another young Black female" — the latter presumably referring to the knife-wielding teen girl fatally shot by police in Columbus, Ohio, this week.
Thing is, the West High School notice about the meeting listed two Zoom links for accessing it: One "for Parents of Color" and another "for White Parents."
Image source: West High School website screenshot
TheBlaze on Friday afternoon located the meeting notice by starting at the high school's main site, then navigating to the "for families" section, then choosing the "communication headquarters" link, which displays a list of events.
An event titled "Affinity Space for Parents of Students of Color" addressed "to parents of students of color only" was listed Wednesday. On Thursday an updated Zoom link for the same event was listed:
Image source: West High School website screenshot
Clicking on the above line items displays the meeting description, which includes the Zoom links for "Parents of Color" and "White Parents."
The meeting description addressed to "West Families" reads as follows:
Looking back on all the police brutality and violence that is going on in our country and or communities and even after the verdict of Derek Chauvin and the murder of another young Black female, it is very necessary to have space for our families to discuss and process. The most important thing we can do for our students and their families is to continue our work to build strong, trusting relationships as we engage them through virtual and face-to-face learning. Only after we establish these strong connections can we expect students and families to openly share and dialog around such complex issues. We want to work together to help our students and families feel safe, discuss challenging issues productively, and think about how they can make positive changes in our community. Please join us tomorrow (Thursday, April 22nd) at 4:30pm to have these difficult but necessary conversations.
The Zoom links for "Parents of Color" and "White Parents" are listed below the meeting description.
Image source: West High School website screenshot
The Madison Metropolitan School District on Friday didn't immediately respond to TheBlaze's request for comment, which inquired why there was a Zoom link "for Parents of Color" and a separate Zoom link "for White Parents." TheBlaze also asked who authorized the notice and requested reasoning behind the decision to divide the meeting according to race.
Wisconsin talk-show host Vicki McKenna posted an image of the notice on Twitter, and as you might guess, reaction to it was pointed:
The high school on Wednesday posted a response to the "George Floyd Murder Verdict," calling the decision to find former Minneapolis police officer Chauvin guilty on all counts "monumental as it represents a shift in how our judicial system responds to acts of violence by police towards people of color."
"We know we can only truly become the antiracist school we aspire to be when we are in partnership with you, our families," the note concluded. "At West, we are grounded in our equity vision for all students: West is committed to being an intentionally anti-racist school community, and we will be inclusive and student centered, uplifting and valuing the diverse identities of all students and families."
A library in Washington state denied allegations of racial segregation after a bizarre photograph of its race-sensitive training went viral on social media.
"KCLS has recently been accused of holding a 'racially segregated training program.' KCLS denies these allegations," the statement read.
Christopher Rufo, director at the Center on Wealth & Poverty at Discovery Institute, noted the controversial training session on his social media account. The photograph showed signs segregating participants by race.
One sign read, "DEI Session People Who are White," and the other read, "DEI Session People of Color."
King County Library System said that the "listening sessions" were mandatory but were not racial segregation.
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"In 2019, under the guidance of our consultants, Racial Equity Consultants (REC), we provided caucused listening sessions for staff to help inform REC's institutional racial equity assessment work. These listening sessions were voluntary for staff and designed to gather information to help us better understand institutional racial equity concerns, particularly those voiced by BIPOC staff members at KCLS, so that our consultants could develop a report and recommendations," they continued.
"Attendance by managers was mandatory for the purpose of preparing them for providing leadership around potential conversations or questions that their staff members might have following the sessions," they added.
President Donald Trump ordered the defunding of critical race theory sessions being taught at federal agencies, calling them "divisive, un-American propaganda training sessions."
Critics of the president complained that defunding the training was tantamount to supporting white supremacy and racism in federal agencies.
"KCLS is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as part of our service to the public. We understand that race is a complex and sensitive topic, and that discussions around race and racism are sometimes difficult, though necessary," the statement concluded.
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Like lawmakers who are presently conflating constitutionally protected traditional religious views on marriage with racial discrimination, government attorneys are trying to make 303 Creative all about race too.
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