Parent protesters accused a Virginia school board of anti-Asian racism, whipping up a fracas that prompted officials to flee the room.
Video of the Fairfax County school board meeting that circulated online Friday afternoon showed a group of parent protesters deriding the school board as racist against Asian Americans during the board’s public comment period.
The accusation stemmed from a court ruling last month in which a federal judge ruled that the board had engaged in discriminatory behavior against Asian students when it changed the admissions process, in a bid to increase the number of black students, at a local magnet high school in 2020.
The Fairfax County School Board fled its own meeting mid-session last night after an Asian mom brought copies of the book Race to the Bottom for them, and the parents began chanting “racist! racist!” at the board, which broke the law to get rid of Asians at its math school. pic.twitter.com/V2VWc7LHPt
— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) March 11, 2022
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The board vacated the room after one parent, who was wearing a sign that read “stop Asian hate,” began leading a chant of “racist, racist, racist,” according to the Daily Wire’s Luke Rosiak.
The parent had a stack of Rosiak’s new book Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education and told the board they were featured prominently in it.
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The group of parents then read aloud from the book while the meeting was paused.
WJLA reported that the school district is seeking a stay of the judge’s ruling. Arguments were set for Friday.
