Knowing without a doubt that this is absolutely illegal, why would they do it? The answer is obvious--to demonstrate their progressive bona fides:
Ahead of the new school year, Minneapolis Public Schools has defended its agreement reached with the teacher's union this spring to prioritize retaining educators of underrepresented backgrounds when determining layoffs.
Effective in the spring of 2023, the contract provision states that teachers who are members of "populations underrepresented among licensed teachers in the district" may be exempt from district-wide layoffs outside of seniority order, deviating from the traditional "last-in, first-out" system.
The stipulation is a part of a recent collective bargaining agreement between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and MPS, which concluded a weekslong teachers' strike in March.
"To remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination, Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) mutually agreed to contract language that aims to support the recruitment and retention of teachers from underrepresented groups as compared to the labor market and to the community served by the school district," a spokesperson for Minneapolis Public Schools said in a statement to ABC News Wednesday.
Making these types of hiring/firing decisions based on race is illegal in this country. How much taxpayer money will be wasted on the inevitable lawsuit?
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I believe my grandfather's grandfather's mother was Native American so I should be OK.
Is your ethnicity on file with the HR department? Was mine? I don't recall checking a box. Given the option, I would have checked "Native American" as I was born in America. It seems presumptuous for an administrator to check my box without asking.
Since the Janus decision, public employees cannot be compelled to join a union. How many of the white Minneapolis school teachers will choose to remain in a union that considers them to be racially undesirable? Will MFT survive two-thirds of their members withholding dues or voting to decertify the union?
This is fascinating. Will white teachers agree to racial discrimination if they get to be the victims? Obviously the RIF'ed teachers will sue and win. What action will be taken by the teachers who remain on staff?
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