No, Parents and Teachers Protesting Racial Injustice Are Not the Same as the Proud Boys
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As an African-American man and a longtime racial justice organizer and advocate, being compared to a white supremacist Trump-supporting insurrectionist doesn’t sit well. And yet, an East Bay Times op-ed from former Oakland school board member James Harris does just that. In it, Harris compares a group of parents (myself included), elementary school students, and teachers who peacefully protested at school board meetings to the mob of white supremacists who stormed the United States capitol killing five people, including police officers.
No, Parents and Teachers Protesting Racial Injustice Are Not the Same as the Proud Boys
No, Parents and Teachers Protesting Racial…
No, Parents and Teachers Protesting Racial Injustice Are Not the Same as the Proud Boys
As an African-American man and a longtime racial justice organizer and advocate, being compared to a white supremacist Trump-supporting insurrectionist doesn’t sit well. And yet, an East Bay Times op-ed from former Oakland school board member James Harris does just that. In it, Harris compares a group of parents (myself included), elementary school students, and teachers who peacefully protested at school board meetings to the mob of white supremacists who stormed the United States capitol killing five people, including police officers.