Alleged racism guised under the transparent banner of “diversity” and “equity” found a grassroots group demanding a federal investigation of a New York school district.
Nationwide exposure of the Marxist tenets of DEI being taught to K-12 students in government-run schools and landmark Supreme Court rulings race-based affirmative action evidently were not enough to convince some zealous bureaucrats to stop peddling in discrimination.
Such was the case in Rochester City School District where a nonprofit group sought an investigation from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to put a stop to the alleged criteria used in hiring decisions.
In a letter submitted Thursday to the EEOC’s New York District Office Director Yaw Gyebi and their regional attorney Kimberly Cruz, Parents Defending Education Vice President Caroline Moore asserted, “Rochester City School District appears to be intentionally discriminating against its employees because of their race by making race a barrier to opportunity.”
“Rochester City School District cannot discriminate on the basis of race for employment decisions. We ask that your office promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy unlawful policies and practices, and order appropriate relief,” she went on.
The submission included multiple examples in support of the nonprofit’s claim, including a presentation regarding the “Racial Equity Advocacy Leadership Team” or “REAL Team Plan.”
Including hiring goals seeking to “recruit and retain significantly greater numbers of qualified, appropriately credentialed, underrepresented race and class-conscious staff of color: African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American,” the document detailed an effort to achieve a “10 percent year-over-year improvement in the number of Staff of color hired.”
Documents related to “Staff Diversity and Staffing Update: Building a workforce our students need,” showed the district maintaining data regarding the demographics of new hires with plans to recruit directly from historically black colleges and universities.
“Several systemic barriers exist that prevent us from recruiting, retaining and developing a high quality and diverse workforce,” read the presentation attributed to the Chief of Human Capital for the RCSD superintendent, Dr. Christopher Miller.
“Our strategy includes several key programmatic work streams to attract, retain, and develop the right talent,” it added.
Speaking out against the alleged violations of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Moore commented to The Daily Wire, “Specifically targeting HBCUs and community networks for hiring staff to fill quotas is appalling, but that is exactly what’s happening in Rochester City School District.”
“Under the guise of seeking ‘mission-driven’ educators, the district is willfully casting teachers aside who are qualified and replacing them with teachers who fit the bill of political race quotas, no matter their credentials,” she added. “The mission of a public school is to educate students, not foster an environment where students and teachers are pit against one another because of race and politics.”
The letter sought a prompt investigation of the allegations to facilitate a remedy to any and all “unlawful policies and practices, and,” for the EECO to “order appropriate relief.”
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Author: Kevin Haggerty
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