Dr. Gloria Ladson Billings is one of hundreds of individuals who signed a call on the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) to correct the record and issue a public apology to Dr. Suzanne Barakat and Prof. Ruha Benjamin, unfairly smeared for their invited remarks at NAIS’s People of Color Conference. The two Zinn Education Project coordinating organizations, Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change, have also signed on along with dozens more organizations. Join us. As noted in the letter:
NAIS President Debra Wilson jeopardized the safety of the speakers and undermined the conference’s commitment to equity and justice by irresponsibly framing their remarks as “divisive” and mischaracterizing their credibly cited critiques as antisemitic. These failures have emboldened those who weaponize intimidation and hate to silence differing views, and reduced the public reporting on the PoCC to a reflection of the very injustices it was created to confront.
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