Evanston/Skokie District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar recently filed suit, charging that white students and teachers alike in northeastern Illinois are now being illegally discriminated against based on the color of the skin. | File Photo
Evanston/Skokie District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar recently filed suit, charging that white students and teachers alike in northeastern Illinois are now being illegally discriminated against based on the color of the skin. | File Photo
Illinois resident Dan Stockham is convinced the negatives associated with critical race theory teachings far outweigh any positives.
“CRT literally is systemic state sanctioned racism, if this doesn’t convince you; I don’t know what will,” Stockham posted on Facebook. “The school district has made itself clear: White people must be treated differently for the color of their skin. According to the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), the United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights ‘reportedly determined that District 65’s focus on race violated Title VI regulations,' but suspended the finding days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration.”
Evanston/Skokie District 65 drama teacher Stacy Deemar recently filed suit with the help of SLF, charging that white students and teachers alike in northeastern Illinois are now being illegally discriminated against based on the color of the skin, which includes being battered with the theory that “white identity is inherently racist.”
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In the suit, attorneys for Deemar assert “by vowing to define its teachers and students solely by their race District 65 promotes and reinforces a view of race essentialism that divides Americans into groups based solely on their skin color. District 65 teaches its teachers and students that their whole identity comes from the color of their skin. It teaches them to hate each other. It teaches them not only how to be racist, but that they should be racist.”
Just last year, Superintendent Devon Horton told District 65 teachers, “If you’re not antiracist, we can’t have you in front of our students. To be less white is to be less racially oppressive,” to acknowledge that “white identity is inherently racist,” to denounce “white privilege,” to participate in racially segregated exercises, and to participate in “privilege walks,” where teachers must respond to the prompt “Because of my race or color…” If teachers fail to complete the training, District 65 openly labels them “racist," The Federalist reported.
Stockham is joined in public opposition to critical race theory by former Illinois State Senate candidate Michelle Lee, the Will County Gazette reported, as well as former State Representative Jeanne Ives.
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