Minneapolis teacher contract race language ignites firestorm

[Omaha Steve]

Lindsey West, a fifth-grade teacher at Clara Barton Community School in Minneapolis who identifies as Black and Indigenous, poses at her home in suburban Minneapolis on Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. A dispute has arisen over language in the new Minneapolis teachers contract that’s meant to protect teachers of color from layoffs. West said the seniority language is one piece of a bigger mission of improving education. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-education-minneapolis-discrimination-race-and-ethnicity-b6240f6f17278fae540ab5ff5752db0c

By STEVE KARNOWSKI an hour ago

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Minneapolis teachers settled a 14-day strike in March, they celebrated a groundbreaking provision in their new contract that was meant to shield teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs and help ensure that students from racial minorities have teachers who look like them.

Months later, conservative media outlets have erupted with denunciations of the policy as racist and unconstitutional discrimination against white educators. One legal group is looking to recruit teachers and taxpayers willing to sue to throw out the language. The teachers union paints the dispute as a ginned-up controversy when there’s no imminent danger of anyone losing their job. Meanwhile, the feud is unfolding just months ahead of arguments in a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases that could reshape affirmative action.

“The same people who want to take down teachers unions and blame seniority are now defending it for white people,” said Greta Callahan, president of the teachers unit at the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers. “This is all made up by the right wing now. And we could not be more proud of this language.”

Recent coverage in conservative platforms such as the local news website Alpha News, Fox News nationally and the Daily Mail internationally sparked criticisms from prominent figures, including Donald Trump Jr. and former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who curbed the power of public employee unions in his state. Walker on Twitter called it “another example of why government unions should be eliminated.”

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[RKP5637]

1. America has a significant problem of too many white supremacists, racists and control freaks.

[tulipsandroses]

2. Of course, they never tell the whole story

The only way to fix race based problems, is to fix them with race based solutions.

Kudos to the Minneapolis teachers union for making this decision.

But of course, these hateful people will not tell the truth about why this is widely supported by Minneapolis teachers. Their idiot followers will buy whatever they say.

They will go against anything that would create equity for all. They did the same for money that was supposed to go to black farmers. All of a sudden it’s discrimination against white farmers. Never mind all the years that land was being stolen from black farmers and all the other atrocities.

[MichMan]

3. I can't see this surviving a legal challenge