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Texas school principal forced to resign accused of imparting critical racial theory to his students

2021-11-10T13:56:35.953Z


The thesis points out that the institutions are responsible for endemic racism in the country and it has become a target of conservatives, who call it anti-American.


By Antonia Hylton, Emily Berk and Alicia Victoria Lozano -

NBC News

COLLEYVILLE, Texas - The black principal of a mostly white Texas high school has resigned after months of allegations of indoctrination of students.

The teacher has been accused of teaching critical racial theory (CRT) in the educational center, which studies the social structure and maintains that racism is a structural phenomenon maintained by the country's institutions.

The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District Board of Trustees voted Monday to remove the principal, James Whitfield, who was suspended earlier this year at the majority-white Colleyville Heritage High School in the Fort Worth area.

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The school board had voted in September not to renew Whitfield's contract, NBC Dallas-Forth Worth affiliate reported.

"This is beyond me," he said in an interview Monday with our sister network NBC News.

“I am hopeful that we can use this to move forward and progress, make a real meaningful change and that people agree with the teaching of the truth, that people agree to embrace inclusion and diversity, celebrating each student that enters through the doors of our schools ”, he added.

Whitfield will remain on paid administrative leave until August 2023.

In a joint statement, Whitfield and the school district said they had "mutually agreed to resolve their disputes."

“Both the district and Whitfield strongly believe that they are correct.

However, each also agrees that the division in the community on this issue has impacted the education of the District's students, ”the statement said in part.

"The District and Whitfield have mutually agreed to resolve their disputes," he concludes.

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Parents accused Whitfield of pushing for critical race theory, which has become a divisive and conflicting point in imparting America's difficult racial history and in making classrooms more comfortable with diversity. .

There is no evidence that Colleyville Heritage High School or Whitfield taught critical racial theory, but a series of incidents brought him into the limelight in recent months, including allegations of insubordination and allegations that he deleted emails as public records and did not cooperate. with an internal investigation, NBC Dallas-Forth Worth reported.

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Texas is one of eight states with sweeping new laws prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory, a decades-old graduate study examining the relationship between the law and racial inequality.

Conservative organizers and parents have seized on the phrase, turning it into shorthand for a set of lessons or programs that they say are anti-American and could make white students feel a collective "guilt" or black students. see as helpless "victims".

Some people claimed at Monday's school board hearing that the controversy was purely political, while others point out that it casts a negative light on the community.

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“It's going to sound crazy, but for those who have been following this, this is Christian nationalism.

This is white Christian nationalism.

That's what I think is happening here, ”said one parent, Laura Leeman.

“I think a lot of people who really support public education and support diversity have been asleep at the wheel.

And there is no time to fall asleep, "he declared.

Victor Dupuy, whose sons graduated from the school district, said Whitfield's removal "paints a horrible picture for our district."

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“What it tells a lot of people, including students, teachers and administrators, is that if someone has an ax to chop, take it to the meeting.

And the next thing you know, your jobs are in jeopardy, ”Dupuy said.

Mia Sanghvi, a Colleyville Heritage High School graduate, called the controversy "outrageous" and said it was part of a "subtle racism" that has always existed in the Grapevine.

"It is simply outrageous that we have reached this point," Sanghvi said.

"I've lived in the Grapevine my whole life, and of course there is that subtle racism, but now I'm starting to feel unsafe in my own community," he lamented.

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Sanghvi said that because of things like this he feels like they are "taking a step back in this country, especially in Texas."

Texas anti-TCR law has heightened tensions over how to tackle and debate racism in Southlake, which is the subject of the NBC News Southlake podcast.

Recently, a senior administrator at the Carroll Independent School District in Southlake communicated to teachers that they would have to balance the books on the Holocaust with “opposing” perspectives to meet the new guidelines.

After NBC News exclusively released the audio of the exchange, the district apologized.

Although he is leaving his job, Whitfield said he intends to remain in the education sector and hopes the controversy will be the start of a larger debate. 

“Education is my heart and my soul”, he clarified “It is my purpose.

I don't know where I would be if I didn't have someone who was there guiding that path and guiding me towards better things, "he added.

Source: telemundo

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