NAACP stands by leader slammed over comments at critical race theory rally.
In a statement to NBC News, Fairfax NAACP officials said the first VP, Michelle Leete, was condemning harmful, right-wing politics in her speech at the July 15 rally, in which protesters both for and against equity initiatives faced off just before a Fairfax County Public Schools board meeting. NAACP leaders said Leete’s intent was “abundantly clear when you consider the entirety of her speech, instead of simply the last seconds of it.
“We stand firmly by our 1st Vice President and her work in the past, present and future, and are extremely disappointed that her long track record of tireless work and dedication within the Fairfax County community has been so easily disregarded and devalued,” the statement reads. A group of protesters, including parents, demonstrated outside Luther Jackson Middle School to oppose diversity efforts in the schools. Another group, which included Leete, soon showed up in a counterprotest, and Leete delivered her address.
“Let’s deny this off-key band of people that are anti-education, anti-teacher, anti-equity, anti-history, anti-racial reckoning, anti-opportunities, anti-help people, anti-diversity, anti-platform, anti-science, anti-change agent, anti-social justice, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-children, anti-health care, anti-worker, anti-environment, anti-admissions policy change, anti-inclusion, anti-live-and-let live people. Let them die,” she said.
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