Fairfax County NAACP First Vice President Michelle Leete said “Let them die” while referring to parents who disagree with Critical Race Theory (CRT).
QUICK FACTS:
- A video shows Leete giving a speech to anti-CRT protesters at Luther Jackson Middle School in Fairfax, Virginia Thursday evening, during which she said of the protestors, “Let them die.” (See video below.)
- The protesting parents were rallying before a school board meeting—the last before summer break—”to protest Fairfax County Public Schools teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT),” according to Breitbart News.
- A flyer for the “Stop CRT Rally” event representing the protestors’ views said of CRT, “It’s not about race or equity, it’s about a Communist Radical Takeover of America!”
- Others, in opposition, gathered “to support CRT and the LGBT agenda in schools,” including Leete, who is also vice president of communications for the Fairfax County Parent-Teacher Association (PTA), and vice president of training for the Virginia PTA, Breitbart reports.
WHAT LEETE SAID TO ANTI-CRT PARENTS:
- “Let’s meet and remain steadfast, steadfast, in speaking truth, tearing down double standards, and refuting double talk. Let’s not allow any double downing on lies. Let’s prepare our children for a world they deserve. 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,” Leete said to the protestors.
- “Let them die,” she added. “Don’t let these uncomfortable people, don’t let these uncomfortable people deter us from our bold march forward.”
WATCH LEETE’S SPEECH:
WHAT THE PARENTS ARE SAYING:
- “We should not be using tax dollars to support this [CRT] ideology,” said Harry Jackson, father of three children in the Fairfax public school system, adding “That’s toxic. That’s creating divisions based on race within the community. It has no place.”
- Jackson went on to say, “My youngest daughter is a five-year-old. Like other parents, when I take her to the playground, she doesn’t see race. She just sees other kids and she wants to make a friend and she wants to play and have games. She doesn’t see race. Why would I poison her childhood and her upbringing by teaching her to see things through a racial lens? It has no place,” Jackson said.