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What would you say the racial makeup of that district is? >> ironically, it is 60% minority. >> how? five seats? were there any minorities on the board? if so, 20% of the board is minority, and 60% of the district is minority. >> right, which is very uncomfortable. i really did a school drive, with the intention of showing what equity is. i got the community together, and people donated and we ended up with over four or 500 with supplies. and i explained, this is equity, everybody doesnt need a ...

Theres going to be a lot of sighing in this episode. >> i got appointed in march and my first meeting was in april. >> so april of 2021? >> yes. even the first board meeting i went to, people asked me what you believe about critical race theory question mark what you think about equity, are you really a doctor? >> they were still interviewing you? >> the assumption was, i am a pro black, you cant stand anything else. i am here to advocate for the students. who were not getting what they need. >>...

Teach students that white people are the oppressors and black people are people of color are the oppressed and we are not doing that in the classroom. >> lets quickly clear this up and get an exact definition of crt . this is professor kimberly crenshaw. she and her colleagues invented crt. >> critical race theory is the study of how law has historically facilitated racial projects of subordination like enslavement, like genocide like colonialism and how it continues to embed itself in our conte...

The meeting, the transformational equity work document fell into my hands. >> the transformational activity work document laid out a multiyear plan devised on the litchfield school district to work towards equity and five specific areas. those were -- discipline, achievement, continued learning, diverse curriculum and diverse staff. >> this is a document that was built completely by the committee, that no one knew about. so i thought, anything that not being transparent to the parents was concer...

Board member to hold up a sign that says, not true while i am speaking. >> people coming in and screaming and yelling at each other. >> you need to be banned, throw her out. >> people having to call the cops for us all. >> lets check out this equity statement out. blah blah blah, that cant be it, lets see, further down. equity and racism, and it seems fine to me -- oh, and asked kennedy quote, lets read the quote. one either allows racial inequities to persevere as a racist, or confronts racial ...

Read them. what are the teachers saying? what is the union saying? >> the teachers are keeping quiet. the union sent a statement out, saying everybody and especially our students deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. some of the teachers are under investigation by the district. thats why were restrained from commenting further, until all of the facts are in and the investigation is concluded. theres a due process here. theres a union. it will be a long process before we get to the bott...

Winning the race. >> it is so okay chaotic, we dont know how it is going to go, we rarely have known less about an outcome than about this race. if you put yourself in a time machine to tomorrow morning, tell us what lessons different possible scenarios would leave us with. what lesson would we get from an oz victory? what lesson might we get from a barnette victory? >> i think that the results will tell us a lot about donald trumps influence or not influence over the state of the republican par...

Genocide until we get serious, about the china part of the story, nothing is going to change. guest: i will just say, hallelujah to that because we are g seeing you just talk about that sent genocide was designated by the way i should say that was president trump designation and mike pompeo and i we put that statement out was one of the last things that i did of thest state departments person and im very proud of the president trump had the guts and fortitude to make that decision at your exactl...

Overnight from both sides of the aisle. what are folks saying there about harry reid today? >> and john will speak to this too, im sure, chris. but the single most powerful elected official in nevada politics, a man remembered as much for his political shrewdness as he was for his dedication to the institution of the senate. and of course, you touched on this. the critical role that he played in helming so many obama agenda items through the senate and through congress during the obama era, incl...

Undergoing emergency treatment. >> sandra: jonathan, a brand-new statement out, what is he saying? >> jonathan: he posted his first comment since the shooting incident on twitter and instagram accounts. he says his heart is broken and he said, "there are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of helena hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. im fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how the tragedy occur...