Opinions on Antiracism Education
“Parent groups are challenging Newton and Wellesley Public Schools for implementing social safe spaces and antiracism education in the classrooms”
Two school districts in Massachusetts agree that hate speech and racism can not be tolerated. How are parents and community members responding?
“According to Zilles and Goldman, parents who don’t support antiracist education are a very small minority. In general, parents and administrators agree that educating about race can help prevent ignorant, racist incidents in schools like the one on Discord.
Deed McCollum, another Wellesley parent, addressed the same racist incident. “If the schools in our community are not taking action and consistently trying to send the message that hate speech… and actions will not be tolerated, we will continue to perpetuate harm,” she said.”
