Minnesota Public Schools Changes Rules To Lay Off White Teachers Before Minorities
Policy 'openly discriminates against white teachers based only on the color of their skin,' lawyer says
Minnesota Public Schools reached an agreement with its teachers' union to institute a policy that will discriminate against white teachers during layoffs, according to a report from Alpha News.
The agreement, which the union reached in March following a two-week strike, upends the seniority-based layoff system under which teachers who have been employed the least amount of time are the first to be fired. Under the new rules, if a minority teacher is set to be laid off, the district will instead fire the next least senior teacher who is white.
"If [laying off] a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the district shall excess the next least senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population," reads the agreement, which goes into effect next spring.
The justification for the racial discrimination is to "remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination," according to the school district.
Minnesota Public Schools' policy is the latest example of teachers' efforts to institute policies favoring minority teachers in hiring and compensation in order to achieve racial equity. Staff at New York City's elite Dalton School in 2020 demanded the administration pay off black faculty's student debt, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
The Minnesota policy also favors minorities when the district reinstates teachers. "The District shall deprioritize the more senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population, in order to recall a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers," the agreement reads.
James Dickey, senior trial counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center, told Alpha News the policy is racially discriminatory and unconstitutional.
"The [collective bargaining agreement] … openly discriminates against white teachers based only on the color of their skin, and not their seniority or merit," Dickey said. "Minneapolis teachers and taxpayers who oppose government-sponsored racism like this should stand up against it."
‘The Disappointment Is Real’: For Kamala Harris Superfans, a Case of Buyer’s Remorse
Report: These idiot libs really thought she would "undo the systemic, the systematic racism and sexism and heterosexism in government with one fell swoop"
Normal Democrats have long abandoned the idea that Vice President Kamala Harris has what it takes to be the party's standard bearer in 2024 and beyond. After her presidential campaign flamed out in embarrassing fashion, the VP has spent the last year and a half validating the critics who contended she is a talentless hack, an empty pantsuit, and a terrible boss. A recent poll of New Hampshire Democrats found that in a hypothetical 2024 Democratic primary, Harris would place seventh, just several percentage points ahead of Hillary Clinton.
The Daily Beast reports that even the diehard Kamala Harris superfans—aka members of the #KHive—who obsessively promoted her failed candidacy and ascension to the vice presidency are beginning to have second thoughts:
The Daily Beast reached out to more than a dozen high-profile members and former members of the #KHive to see if, after 18 months in office, the vice president has lived up to their hopes. And while most still say that they have her back until the end, some quietly admit that the comedown from the high of a victorious campaign has been harsher than they'd expected—not that they would ever say so publicly.
"I would never, ever say that I regret supporting the first Black woman vice president, ever. But the disappointment is real," said one self-described former member of the #KHive, who requested to speak anonymously so as not to alienate themselves from friends made through the movement. "I was obsessed with the idea of this person who could undo the systemic, the systematic racism and sexism and heterosexism in government with one fell swoop, and now I’m thinking to myself, did I just make up a person in my head who could do those things?"
That anonymous quote reveals so much about the modern Democratic Party and its peculiar fetishes. The desire to make history for the sake of making history. The tendency to become "obsessed" with politicians. Doing one's part to end "systematic racism and sexism and heterosexism in government" by tweeting. The inevitable letdown. The refusal to speak out (on the record) for fear of recrimination.
The authors of This Will Not Pass recount that Biden's decision to choose Harris "had little to do with [her] political strengths and vulnerabilities" but was rather a "pragmatic" choice based on the campaign's desire to play it safe while also mollifying those who wanted a "diverse" Democratic ticket. Harris could still become president if Biden dies, but she will never be elected president. Democrats should be glad that even her most devoted fans are starting to accept reality.
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