Parents are reportedly upset after a Portland school principal told school board members that the education system was built on oppression and White supremacy.
Sherwood High School principal Melissa Baran made those comments during a talk on Jan. 20, KOIN 6 reported on Tuesday.
“Historically, our underrepresented students, our most vulnerable students that are experiencing a variety of different circumstances, that the system hasn’t been working for them,” Baran said.
Baran added that “education as a whole was built on the system of oppression and White supremacy, and we are trying to talk about that more. And we’re trying to really examine what is the system moving forward, and how do we make sure that what we’re doing doesn’t perpetuate those differences – doesn’t perpetuate those gaps that we have been talking about as a district for a long time.”
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