Resolution
Right-Wing School Boards’ Attack on the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and LGBTQIA+ Communities
WHEREAS, school boards such as the Temecula Valley Unified School Board, the Chino Valley Unified School Board, and the Placentia Yorba Linda Unified School Board have attempted to erase African American, Native American, Asian American, Latino, Women’s, and LGBTQIA+ history under the guise of a K-12 Ban on Critical Race Theory, an academic concept taught to law students, not to school children; and
WHEREAS, ‘Anti-Critical Race Theory’ (‘Anti-CRT’) and Don’t Say Gay’ activists around the country have banned books like “Ruby Bridges Goes to School,” “The March on Washington,” “Kite Runner,” “Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag” and even books about menstruation like, “Go with the Flow”; and
WHEREAS, “Parent Revolt,” a project of the California Republican Party, is focused on recruiting Republican candidates to run for school boards to conduct similar bans in 10,000 California schools serving 9 million children (mostly children of color);
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Riverside County Democratic Party opposes Republican efforts to use school boards as a platform to promote homophobic ‘Don’t Say Gay’ restrictions and alternative facts about systemic racism; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Riverside County Democratic Party supports diversity, equity, inclusion, culturally responsive teaching, and anti-bias and anti-racism initiatives in schools to build a more equitable future.
Author(s): Dr. Jenn Carson, DSW, AD-61
Sponsored By: Riverside County Democratic Party
