Test. Test. Test. Test. Test. Were referring to neonazis, and obviously, look, theres been a resurgence in the overt nature of this movement, which is fundamentally related to the online space. And what social scientists were finding in the 1990s was that people who could communicate online, find people who believed as they did, find these online communities, if theyre neonazis, would be more willing to make it a part of their lives. They found the same thing for lgbt identity. And actually, weve had a very quick revolution in the United States in lgbt rights, right . 1996, a democratic president passed into law the defense of marriage act. 2008, running for president , barack obama said that he defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Then by 2016, not only would it be unthinkable in the future that a democratic candidate would be antigay marriage, but trump, whatever else you might say about him, was the most pro lgbt republican nominee that weve had, like, without
Time to introduce myself and our next speaker. I mentioned who is not here, but in my brief introduction, i would like to share with you how i we, mcgraw hill education got here. At the third annual urban Superintendent Academy with asa and with the opportunity to address sour next keynote speaker, dr. Mark bedell. Our goal is to identify national alliances. For example, as we began four years ago, our transformation from a 125yearold Publishing Company to a learning science compa company. As a result of this alignment, we took a lead role and an active participation with our learning symposiums. So maybe its that part of me of being a proud and honored son of two cuban orphans, that instilled in me, the need of always wanting to do more and to do good. We continued our conversations with asa and our partner districts and recognize the significance and issue in addressing the needs of equity and accessing and we mcgrawhill education immediately said, yes, count us in, we want to work w