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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 doesn't need a new back pack. everybody doesn't need supplies, but why not help those that need it? >> do they lik...

There's 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 can't stand anything else. i am here to advocate for the students. who were not getting what they need. >> what did you feel like the students needed that they weren't getting? >> they were not getting a ...

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. >> let's 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 contemporary world. >> grade, well done professor crenshaw. we will come back to you later. >> so i felt...

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 concerning to me. there was a piece in there that they were going to reduce black suspensions by insurgent...

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. >> let's check out this equity statement out. blah blah blah, that can't be it, let's see, further down. equity and racism, and it seems fine to me -- oh, and asked kennedy quote, let's read the quote. one either allows racial inequities to persevere as a racist, or confronts racial inequities as an antiracist. there is no in between save space of not racist. that is it, that i...