{"id":1982067,"date":"2023-07-25T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/principal-commits-suicide-after-dei-consultants-get-hold-of-him-family-and-friends-left-reeling\/"},"modified":"2023-07-25T10:52:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T14:52:28","slug":"principal-commits-suicide-after-dei-consultants-get-hold-of-him-family-and-friends-left-reeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/principal-commits-suicide-after-dei-consultants-get-hold-of-him-family-and-friends-left-reeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Principal&#8217;s Suicide Shocks Loved Ones Amid DEI Consultant Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprincipal-commits-suicide-after-dei-consultants-get-hold-of-him-family-and-friends-left-reeling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1982067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Tragic Loss: Principal Commits Suicide After Relentless Bullying by DEI Consultant<\/h2>\n<p>A retired Canadian\u200d principal has taken his life \u200cafter relentless bullying by a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant\u200d hired by\u2063 his\u2063 district.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, attorney Lisa Bildy \u200btook \u200bto \u200dTwitter to break \u200cthe sad news that her client, 60-year-old Richard\u2062 Bilkszto, \u200ca \u200dformer principal with the Toronto District School Board had committed suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith sorrow, it is announced that Richard Bilkszto passed away suddenly last Thursday, July 13, 2023 at his home in \u2063Toronto. He was 60 years of age. He leaves behind \u200dhis distraught mother, brother, nephews,\u2063 niece and many dear family and friends\u2062 whose lives \u200che touched over the years,\u201d Bildy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Bilkszto retired in 2019, but continued\u2064 to do contract work \u200cfor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a>. However, Bildy said \u200cthat \u200che \u201csuffered an affront to\u200b [his] stellar reputation in the spring of 2021, causing him severe mental \u2064distress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the stress and effects of these incidents continued to plague Richard,\u201d Bildy said. \u201cLast week, he succumbed \u2064to this distress. His family and \u2062friends have\u2064 been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-mullen-zelensky-and-ukraine-should-hit-back-with-a-doolittle-style-raid-on-moscow\/\" title=\"George Mullen: Zelensky and Ukraine Should Hit Back With a Doolittle-Style Raid on Moscow\">left reeling<\/a> \u2064and wishing they could have had\u200d the \u200bchance to\u2064 convince him that he was loved, respected, and needed here. May\u200d he\u200c rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With his family\u2019s permission, I am very saddened \u200dto release this statement about the passing of my client, \u200cRichard\u200c Bilkszto.\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mNzMAxkp5V\">pic.twitter.com\/mNzMAxkp5V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa \u2062Bildy \u2063(@LDBildy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LDBildy\/status\/1682032656626909185?\">July 20,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Impact of Bullying<\/h3>\n<p>The \u201caffront\u201d the Bildy \u200breferred to came at the hands \u200bof a DEI consultant hired\u200c by the \u200bdistrict named\u200d Kike Ojo-Thompson, founder of the woke <a href=\"https:\/\/kojoinstitute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOJO Institute<\/a>, which helps institutions with \u2063DEI initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>According \u2063to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/former-toronto-principal-bullied-by-equity-consultants-for-his-whiteness-commits-suicide-leaves-family-and-friends-reeling\/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&#038;utm_medium=homepage&#038;utm_campaign=river&#038;utm_content=featured-content-trending&#038;utm_term=first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>, in\u2064 one of the \u201cequity \u200bsessions\u201d hosted by Ojo-Thompson, Bilkszto challenged her\u2062 claim that Canada was an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/speechless-tim-scott-takes-view-hosts-school-systemic-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/principal-commits-suicide-after-dei-consultants-get-hold-of-him-family-and-friends-left-reeling\/\" title=\"Principal's Suicide Shocks Loved Ones Amid DEI Consultant Involvement\">institutionally racist country<\/a><\/a>. Ojo-Thompson\u2064 responded to Bilkszto by lambasting him\u200d for his whiteness.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u200c DEI\u2064 expert joined in, National Review reported, scolding Bilkszto with the line, \u201cif you want to be an apologist\u200c for \u200cthe U.S. or Canada, this is really not the forum for\u200d that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the session, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-school-guidance-counselors-do-rage-dance-reportedly-over-lgbt-pride-blm-flags-banned-in-school\/\" title=\"WATCH: School Guidance Counselors Do Rage-Dance Reportedly Over LGBT Pride, BLM Flags Banned In School\">school board issued<\/a> a statement commending \u2063Ojo-Thompson for modeling\u200b how to\u200c overcome \u2062\u201cresistance\u201d to DEI \u2064initiatives, and in\u200c later meetings, Ojo-Thompson \u2063continued to single out Bilkszto\u2019s comments as a form of \u201cresistance,\u201d National \u200cReview reported.<\/p>\n<p>Bilkszto later\u200d sued \u2062the school board, demanding an investigation into the consultant\u2019s behavior, which the board refused. However, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, an Ontario insurance collective, did investigate and ruled that Ojo-Thompson\u2019s\u200c conduct did constitute bullying, National Review\u200c reported.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, \u2062the strain of the constant bullying by the DEI consultants continued to plague Bilkszto.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 a\u200d statement, the \u2064Foundation Against Intolerance\u2064 and\u2064 Racism, which Bilkszko was involved in, said, \u201cRichard\u2019s passing serves as a sobering \u200breminder of the \u2063importance of community\u200d and\u2064 supporting those around us who are courageous enough to stand firm in their beliefs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We are deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death \u2062of Richard Bilkszto.<\/p>\n<p>Richard was involved in the \u200bearly stages of establishing FAIR in Canada, and \u2063we are grateful to him for all \u200bof his efforts. He volunteered first with\u200b the Ontario Chapter and\u2063 then\u2062 took the lead in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8rXnAdXIUr\">pic.twitter.com\/8rXnAdXIUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Foundation\u200c Against Intolerance \u200c&#038; Racism (FAIR) (@fairforall_org) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairforall_org\/status\/1682456188561272832?\">July\u2064 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RIP, Richard\u2063 Bilkszto, a Toronto Educator Who Stood up to Woke Bullying\u2014and Paid the Price\u2063 | \u200cJonathan Kay <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2OOfQrWKJK\">https:\/\/t.co\/2OOfQrWKJK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Quillette (@Quillette) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quillette\/status\/1682514395484549120?\">July 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Fighting Back Against DEI Initiatives<\/h3>\n<p>If any conservatives were still wondering\u2063 why we need to \u2062fight back \u200chard against these\u200d woke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-board-recently-flipped-conservative-revokes-anti-racism-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEI initiatives<\/a>,\u2063 this tragedy should give them the\u200d answer.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to \u200bheal racism and\u2064 division\u200c in our society, these initiatives do the\u200d exact opposite. They pit different groups against\u2062 each other and only serve to aggravate racial\u2062 antagonism in our society.<\/p>\n<p>Their only aim seems to be \u200bto make certain \u200bgroups of people\u200d hate themselves because of their skin color. This is nothing\u2063 more than pure racism.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives should use this tragedy as\u2062 motivation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-herschel-walker-georgia-is-next-because-im-running-im-going-to-go-out-and-win\/\" title=\"Exclusive\u2014 Herschel Walker: \u2018Georgia Is Next Because I\u2019m Running,\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m Going to Go Out and Win\u2019\">fight back harder<\/a> against these \u200binitiatives in order to prevent more \u200cpotential victims from having to undergo the same horror that Richard Bilkszto faced.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dpost <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/principal-commits-suicide-dei-consultants-get-hold-family-friends-left-reeling\/\">Principal Commits Suicide After DEI Consultants Get Hold of Him,\u2062 Family \u200band Friends\u200d Left &#8216;Reeling&#8217;<\/a> \u200bappeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With great sadness, attorney Lisa Bildy shared on Twitter that her client, Richard Bilkszto, a retired Canadian principal from the Toronto District School Board, tragically took his own life. The relentless bullying he endured from a diversity, equity, and inclusion consultant hired by his district led to this devastating outcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":1982068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}