{"id":2260751,"date":"2024-06-05T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-school-district-apologizes-for-exclusionary-language-around-event-for-non-white-students\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T22:35:47","slug":"ny-school-district-apologizes-for-exclusionary-language-around-event-for-non-white-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-school-district-apologizes-for-exclusionary-language-around-event-for-non-white-students\/","title":{"rendered":"NY School District Issues Apology for Exclusive Language at Non-White Student Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fny-school-district-apologizes-for-exclusionary-language-around-event-for-non-white-students%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=2260751&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--><p>A New York school\u200d district apologized for \u2063using exclusionary language to promote an event for non-white students. The Ithaca City School District \u2063initially\u2063 specified the Students of Color Summit for \u2064grades 6-12 students but later welcomed\u2062 students of all races. The communication staff expressed regret for the exclusive messaging. An advocacy group raised concerns\u200d about potential racial segregation at the event.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York<\/a> school district is apologizing for the \u201cexclusionary language\u201d it used to promote an event for non-white students.<\/p>\n<p>The Ithaca City School District advertised this year\u2019s Students of Color Summit by saying the event was for \u201cstudents of color in grades 6-12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the school district ultimately welcomed students of all races at the event, which was held on Friday at Ithaca High School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease know that SOCU is open to all of our secondary students. We apologize for any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/laptop-from-hell-author-overwhelming-evidence-joe-biden-knew-of-hunters-business-deals\/\" title=\"\"Laptop From Hell\" Author: \"Overwhelming\" Evidence Joe Biden Knew of Hunter's Business Deals\">previous communication<\/a> that included exclusionary language about the event,\u201d the Ithaca City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayor-bends-knee-to-teacher-union-allows-remote-learning-after-threat-of-strike\/\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Bends Knee to Teacher Union, Allows Remote Learning After Threat of Strike\">school district\u2019<\/a>s communications staff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ny-school-district-apologizes-exclusionary-language-promote-event-non-white-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> in an email to students and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The event was flagged a few days beforehand by the Equal Protection Project, a nonprofit that says it opposes racial discrimination in any form. The group sent a scathing <a href=\"https:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Letter-to-ICSD-re-SOCU-Summit-2024-5-28-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the school district\u2019s superintendent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-declare-acronyms-racist\/\" title=\"San Francisco Officials Declare Acronyms Racist\">school board president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply troubled to learn of a program in the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) which appears to segregate students by race,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n<p>The group\u2019s letter claimed an email was set by staffers saying the event was \u201cfor students of color to interact with each other\u201d and that \u201callies\u201d were not invited.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand in this context that the word \u2018allies\u2019 refers to white students and staff. In fact, the message goes on to invite only non-white staff, stating: \u2018If you are a staff member of color and would like to attend the summit with our students, please email,&#8217;\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The letter also said the school district has held Students of Color Summits in previous years that appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ketanji-brown-jackson-is-a-trustee-at-school-that-hosts-racially-segregated-affinity-groups-for-middle-schoolers\/\" title=\"Ketanji Brown Jackson Is A Trustee At School That Hosts Racially Segregated \u2018Affinity Groups\u2019 For Middle-Schoolers\">exclude white students<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group accused the school district of violating the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-commit-to-barring-schools-receiving-federal-funds-from-allowing-biological-males-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Republicans Commit To Barring Schools Receiving Federal Funds From Allowing Biological Males In Women\u2019s Sports\">schools receiving federal funds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Equal Protection Project requested that the school district \u201cpublicly denounce and renounce past and planned segregationist programs, and open up the upcoming SOCU Summit to all students and staff without regard to race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt EqualProtect.org, we reject the claim that there is a \u2018good\u2019 form of racism, or that the remedy for racism is more racism,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithacajournal.com\/story\/news\/2024\/06\/03\/watchdog-group-alleges-segregation-by-ithaca-city-school-district\/73922113007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> William Jacobson, founder of the watchdog group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese principles are embodied in the law and ICSD policies. Why were such policies not followed? ICSD should be transparent and open about how this situation came about,\u201d Jacobson said.<\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Dr. Luvelle Brown also said the district would segregate students at the event and called the event a \u201csafe space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something that our young people have led and have developed because they want a safe space and they want other people to see what that space looks like, too,\u201d Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ithacajournal.com\/story\/news\/2024\/06\/03\/watchdog-group-alleges-segregation-by-ithaca-city-school-district\/73922113007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Tuesday in a video posted by the school district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hope that it would be every day we\u2019d have this kind of event, but it does not happen every day because of the supremacy and the lack of people seeing (our) humanity, and some folks leading with \u2018your schools are failing,&#8217;\u201d Brown added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York school district apologizes for using &#8220;exclusionary language&#8221; in promoting an event for non-white students. The Ithaca City School District advertised the Students of Color Summit for &#8220;students of color in grades 6-12,&#8221; but later welcomed students of all races<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2260752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1146164211.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2260751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1146164211.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260751","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\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2260751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2260751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2260751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2260751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2260751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}