{"id":559084,"date":"2021-06-10T10:22:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=559084"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:22:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:22:22","slug":"two-school-officials-resign-over-anti-white-racist-texts-i-am-being-targeted-as-a-latina-gender-studies-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-school-officials-resign-over-anti-white-racist-texts-i-am-being-targeted-as-a-latina-gender-studies-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"Two School Officials Resign Over Anti-White Racist Texts: \u2018I Am Being Targeted As A Latina Gender Studies Professor\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Ftwo-school-officials-resign-over-anti-white-racist-texts-i-am-being-targeted-as-a-latina-gender-studies-professor%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=559084&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/White-Privilege.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Boston public school officials have resigned over text messages they sent to each other in October exposing feelings of anti-white racism.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"html-render\">Boston School Committee member Lorna Rivera, a professor of women\u2019s studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, resigned Friday over her racist messages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"html-render\">\u201cSick of Westie whites,\u201d Rivera wrote via text, referring to the Boston West Roxbury neighborhood, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/06\/07\/metro\/boston-appears-have-illegally-withheld-inappropriate-texts-after-career-ending-school-committee-meeting\/\">according<\/a> to The Boston Globe. \u201cWait until the white racists start yelling at us,\u201d she wrote in another message.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Once adamant she would stay on board, Chairwoman Alexandra Oliver-D\u00e1vila also resigned over her racial messages. \u201cWhatever. They\u2019re delusional. I hate WR [West Roxbury],\u201d she wrote in response to Rivera\u2019s text about \u201cwhite racists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Globe, the racially-charged text exchange occurred back in October on \u201cthe\u00a0same night former School Committee chairman Michael Loconto was caught on Zoom making comments to his wife that seemed to make fun of the Asian names off people lined up for public comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the committee voted to back a controversial proposal that dropped the admission test and instead\u00a0based admission on MCAS scores, grades, and ZIP codes, Boston.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/education\/2021\/06\/08\/boston-school-committee-members-resign-over-racially-charged-texts-sent-during-october-meeting\/\">explained<\/a>. The website outlined texts from Rivera and Oliver-D\u00e1vila about the meeting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><em><strong>Oliver-D\u00e1vila<\/strong>: \u201cBest school committee meeting ever. I\u2019m trying not to cry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rivera: <\/strong>\u201cWait until the white racists start yelling at us.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oliver-D\u00e1vila: <\/strong>\u201cWhatever. They\u2019re Delusional. I hate WR [West Roxbury]\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rivera: <\/strong>\u201cSick of Westie whites\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oliver-D\u00e1vila: <\/strong>\u201cMe too. I really feel like saying that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said the texts between the two women were \u00a0\u201cdisappointing and hurtful to the Boston Public Schools community, and to our larger efforts to combat racism in all forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the pair have apologized for their texts, Rivera made clear in her resignation letter that she believes she was targeted for her identity and political leanings against things like the \u201cpatriarchy,\u201d not her apparent anti-white racism. The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/09\/boston-public-school-lorna-rivera-alexandra-oliver-davila-resign\/\">highlighted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19\">\n<p><em>\u201cNationally and locally, there are white supremacist groups that are coordinating efforts to ban the teaching of ethnic studies, diversity and inclusion activities, and other racial equity work in our public schools and universities,\u201d Rivera wrote in her letter of resignation, according to Boston.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am being targeted as a Latina gender studies professor who teaches about racism, patriarchy, and oppression,\u201d she added in the letter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rivera also claimed the bizarre delay in the uncovering of the text messages was part of a \u201cright-wing\u201d \u201cinside job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph | gutter_20_0\"><span class=\"html-render\">\u201cThis is a right-wing coordinated effort to derail [the] BPS exam school vote,\u201d she told the Globe. \u201cThe timing and leak of these texts were intentional and an inside job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Boston.com, Oliver-D\u00e1vila agreed, saying she \u201cfelt like it was strategy [to leak the texts] at this moment in time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat means someone had [those texts] for a long time,\u201d Oliver-D\u00e1vila added. \u201cI do feel it\u2019s being weaponized against the equity work that we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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