{"id":596923,"date":"2021-07-19T13:21:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=596923"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:21:06","slug":"naacp-backs-let-them-die-official-says-parents-criticizing-school-board-over-critical-race-theory-are-anti-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naacp-backs-let-them-die-official-says-parents-criticizing-school-board-over-critical-race-theory-are-anti-children\/","title":{"rendered":"NAACP Backs \u2018Let Them Die\u2019 Official, Says Parents Criticizing School Board Over Critical Race Theory Are \u2018Anti-Children\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\">34<\/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%2Fnaacp-backs-let-them-die-official-says-parents-criticizing-school-board-over-critical-race-theory-are-anti-children%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=596923&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>The NAACP of Fairfax County, Virginia, defended its vice president who appeared to say \u201clet them die!\u201d about parents who object to critical race theory, with the NAACP asserting that parents who petition elected officials about public policy affecting their children are \u201canti-children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, parents gathered outside a school board meeting for a \u201cStop CRT Rally,\u201d while Michelle Leete spoke at a counter-protest in which she criticized the protesters, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p>Let\u2019s deny this off-key band of people that are anti-education, anti-teacher, anti-equity\u2026 Let them die. Don\u2019t let these uncomfortable people deter us from our bold march forward.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leete was vice president of the state PTA, the county PTA, and the county NAACP. The state PTA initially said it would implement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pta-says-official-who-said-let-them-die-of-anti-crt-parents-will-undergo-sensitivity-training\">\u201csensitivity training\u201d<\/a> in response, but after it became a sustained public relations problem, the group said that \u201cwe don\u2019t condone the choice of words\u201d and that she had resigned. Her name also disappeared from the county PTA website.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP, by contrast, on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FairfaxNAACP\/status\/1416805066095435791\">said<\/a> \u201cWe stand firmly by our 1st Vice President and her work in the past, present and future\u2026 We must be diligent and stalwart against those who use falsehoods to silence our community leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who are speaking out against our teachers, school board members, and students represent a way of thinking that is anti-children. We believe that these archaic ideals should be left in the past so we can create a safer, more inclusive environment for our students and teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not be silenced and will continue to fight against the injustices and discrimination that permeates our society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leete also found support in the crowd she was speaking to, which burst into cheers and applause immediately after she said \u201clet them die!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asra Nomani, a parent and education activist who caught Leete\u2019s speech on video, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1416893684554027015\">said<\/a> on Sunday that the small crowd consisted of top Democratic party insiders and officials. She produced a video that showed Bryan Graham, the chair of the county Democratic party, helping set up Leete\u2019s appearance.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agenda for that school board meeting that took place minutes later, the board was set to appoint Graham to a \u201ccitizen advisory committee.\u201d Graham did not return a request for comment from The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.377521613833\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many asked me who is clapping when Michelle Leete says, &#8220;Let them die!&#8221; about folks with different viewpoints. In my work as an independent journalist, I investigated. My findings: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FairfaxDems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FairfaxDems<\/a> organized the protest. Its chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanGrahamVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BryanGrahamVA<\/a> applauds, &#8220;Let them die!&#8221; Thread <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2vRWnthu6\">pic.twitter.com\/c2vRWnthu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsraNomani\/status\/1416884902084104196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nomani said the applauding group also included the head of the teachers union, Kimberly Adams; state senator Jennifer Boysko; and George Alber, a member of the county\u2019s human rights commission.<\/p>\n<p>None of the twelve Democrats on the Fairfax County school board appear to have condemned Leete\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Democratic officials likened parents who wanted schools to be open \u2014 despite teachers unions\u2019 ever-shifting coronavirus demands \u2014 to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/virginia-democrats-say-parents-who-want-schools-to-reopen-might-be-kkk\">Ku Klux Klan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graham posted to Twitter an image of a letter that he claimed the KKK had dropped off at someone\u2019s house in the Democrat-heavy, suburban jurisdiction and said he \u201credacted the URL [of the KKK] because I didn\u2019t want to give OpenFCPS folks any ideas,\u201d referring to a group of parents of all backgrounds who advocated for schools to re-open to in-person learning as the coronavirus lockdown dragged on.<\/p>\n<p>State Delegate Marcus Simon joined in, saying at a rally, \u201cI\u2019m not saying everybody who supports Open FCPS is a member of the KKK, but when the KKK is on your side, you need to rethink your priorities.\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. 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>The NAACP of Fairfax County, Virginia, defended its vice president who appeared to say \u201clet them die!\u201d about parents who object to critical race theory, with the NAACP asserting that &#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-596923","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\/596923","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=596923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596923\/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=596923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}