{"id":594422,"date":"2021-07-16T22:50:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T02:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=594422"},"modified":"2021-07-16T22:50:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T02:50:51","slug":"ptas-solution-for-top-official-saying-let-them-die-in-anti-crt-rant-more-sensitivity-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ptas-solution-for-top-official-saying-let-them-die-in-anti-crt-rant-more-sensitivity-training\/","title":{"rendered":"PTA\u2019s Solution For Top Official Saying \u2018Let Them Die\u2019 In Anti-CRT Rant: More \u2018Sensitivity\u2019 Training"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fptas-solution-for-top-official-saying-let-them-die-in-anti-crt-rant-more-sensitivity-training%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=594422&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\/07\/ptaspeech.png?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After a top official of the Virginia state PTA appeared to wish death on parents who oppose \u201cequity\u201d initiatives in school curriculum, the organization said it would address the&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cdisturbing choice of words used by a board member during a public event\u201d with more \u201csensitivity training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, we also know words have power and that it is important to understand the impact of our language. This summer, Virginia PTA board members will participate in sensitivity training to ensure that we remain mindful of our community,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>It did not say it would take any action against Michelle Leete, who ended a tirade about those who disagree with her on educational policy by saying \u201cLet them die!,\u201d a comment greeted by cheers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pta-naacp-official-let-them-die-critical-race-theory\">WATCH: \u2018Let Them Die,\u2019 Top PTA, NAACP Official Says In Tirade About Anti-Critical Race Theory Parents<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michelle Leete is Vice President of Training at the Virginia&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210118081657\/https:\/\/vapta.org\/contact-us\">state PTA<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fccpta.org\/officers-and-committee-chairs\/\">Vice President of Communications<\/a>&nbsp;for the Fairfax County PTA. She is also First Vice President of the&nbsp;Fairfax County NAACP.<\/p>\n<p>Sensitivity training typically overlaps with leftist equity training, so that amounts to using something offensive done in the name of \u201cequity\u201d to justify more \u201cequity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leete has remained unapologetic and mocking those who are concerned with the violent rhetoric, writing on Twitter, \u201cHappy to contribute in any way I can to their red meat.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.8773006134969\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have sent <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VirginiaPTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VirginiaPTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fairfax_PTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Fairfax_PTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fccpta?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@fccpta<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FairfaxNAACP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FairfaxNAACP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CroomPam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CroomPam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalPTA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NationalPTA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leetema?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@leetema<\/a> requests for comment. Meanwhile, Michelle Leete has posted these tweets, claiming \u201canti-whateva outrage\u201d and people \u201ctwist words to gin up faux outrage.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yRblrC3rFf\">pic.twitter.com\/yRblrC3rFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1416091630063529984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was unclear why a group nominally representing all parents of public school students would need special training to remain \u201cmindful of our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, one user remarked: \u201cI\u2019m old enough to remember when PTA\u2019s had bake sales and never, ever, once told people to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state PTA removed its officers\u2019 names from its website and prohibited replies to the statement on Twitter. The county PTA (whose communications director is Leete) did not respond to The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Fairfax County Public Schools declined to condemn the violent rhetoric, saying in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DormanInDc\/status\/1416093392610762758\">Fox News<\/a>: \u201cFCPS prides itself on being an inclusive and positive organization. It is not our place to comment on the remarks made by an individual outside our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The school system routinely issues public statements about matters that have nothing to do with it, including wading into Middle East <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcps.edu\/node\/43512\">foreign policy<\/a>&nbsp;and pontificating on a police-brutality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcps.edu\/statement-derek-chauvin-trial\">court case<\/a> in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Leete, by contrast, occupies top roles in a surprising number of organizations, including those affiliated with the school system.<\/p>\n<p>For example, as of 2020 Leete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/health-humanservices\/sites\/health-humanservices\/files\/assets\/documents\/scypt\/scypt%20membership%20roster%20-%201-4-21.pdf\">sat<\/a> on the Fairfax County \u201cSuccessful Children and Youth Policy Team\u201d alongside a host of school board members and top district officials as well as teachers union head Kimberly Adams.<\/p>\n<p>In her day job, Leete works for the U.S. Congress\u2019s Architect of the Capitol, according to her LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>The Fairfax NAACP has also not issued any public condemnation of Leete\u2019s remarks, and she is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairfaxnaacp.org\/executive-committee\/\">listed<\/a> as an officer on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously reported how the PTA \u2014 which for decades parents assumed was a suitable way to be involved in their children\u2019s education \u2014 has repeatedly lobbied for positions preferred by teachers and opposed by parents. Its findings included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The PTA joined with the national teachers union to oppose a push to open schools.<\/li>\n<li>The PTA has taken multiple positions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-the-pta-sold-out-parents-for-politics\">contradict the opinion<\/a> of the majority of parents, including its opposition to school choice and support for transgender students in locker rooms and bathrooms.<\/li>\n<li>Teachers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teachers-unions-infiltrate-pta\">union officials have permeated<\/a>&nbsp;the PTA leadership from top to bottom. In one case, the same woman is both vice president of the Colorado PTA and on the national board of the NEA teachers union; another man went from being an officer of the Massachusetts teachers union to an officer of the National PTA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a top official of the Virginia state PTA appeared to wish death on parents who oppose \u201cequity\u201d initiatives in school curriculum, the organization said it would address the\u00a0\u00a0\u201cdisturbing choice &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594422","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}