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Podcast: Will MN Teacher Licensing Standards Promote Racism? |
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Blog: Minneapolis Teachers' Union Advocates for Racial Discrimination |
By Luke Mueller
Last week, Alpha News uncovered blatantly racist employment policies in the Minneapolis school district. In a leaked contract voted on in March, the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) proposed that white teachers should be laid off before teachers of color in order “to remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination.” That’s right: Minneapolis kids could have their teachers chosen by race rather than ability. Thankfully, parents and teachers alike have reacted strongly to this racist policy and are starting to fight back. Minneapolis schools must be held accountable for this policy, which is in flagrant violation of the Minnesota Constitution.
But MFT President Greta Callahan expressed her extreme pride in the decision to effectively discriminate against white teachers. In her opinion, racial discrimination against white teachers is not “one of our concerns whatsoever.” Instead, she submits that retention of teachers from underrepresented groups is far more important. The Minneapolis policy was ratified by members of the Minneapolis Public School board, which receives taxpayer funding. This means that taxpayer dollars will be used to fund explicitly racist employment policies.
James Dickey, a senior trial counsel at Upper Midwest Law Center, said that the agreement “openly discriminates against white teachers based only on the color of their skin, and not their seniority or merit.” He encouraged teachers and taxpayers to stand up to this “state-sponsored racism” in the hope that a lawsuit would follow. Some Minnesotans have already heeded Dickey’s suggestion.
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Action Alert: Help Stop Biden's LGBT Agenda! |
The 50th Anniversary of Title IX, should have celebrated 50 years of equal opportunities in education and athletics for women and girls. Instead, the Biden Department of Education continued to peddle its woke agenda by proposing a federal rule that redefines “sex” in Title IX policies to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.” In other words, the Biden Administration is using the federal rulemaking process to take away those opportunities from women and girls and force the LGBT political agenda in every public school, kindergarten through college.
TELL THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION YOU OPPOSE REDEFINING SEX IN TITLE IX! |
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Event: Equipped for Life - Saturday, October 1, 2022 |
Via Minnesota Catholic Conference:
We want to invite you to a great pro-life training opportunity. In this Post-Roe world, you won't want to miss "Equipped for Life". This training features Emily Albrecht of The Equal Rights Institute and is being co-hosted by our friends at the the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis’ Office of Marriage, Family, and Life.
This opportunity will teach you how to have effective conversations about abortion that can actually change hearts and minds. Together we can help make abortion unthinkable!
Register today to get in on this training being held on October 1 in St. Paul. Tickets are available for purchase online.
Check out all the details below and get your tickets today! Then forward this email to friends, family, and fellow parishioners encouraging them to join us for this great day! You can also download a flyer to hand out or post at your church or other organizations. |
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