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Union County NAACP urges adoption of anti‑racist curricula, criticizes past board conduct and policy choices
Summary
A representative of the Union County NAACP told the board that anti‑racist curricula are needed and alleged past board members posted racist imagery; the speaker criticized a classroom‑materials policy that she said has been used to remove anti‑bullying materials from display.
Reagan Shaw, speaking for the Union County branch of the NAACP, urged the Union County Board of Education to adopt anti‑racist curricula and criticized board conduct and recent policy choices she said undermine inclusion.
Shaw recounted incidents she said occurred in 2020 in which board member Travis Kiker posted an image she described as celebrating Black people being relegated to hard labor and said Chair Melissa Merrill "clicked the like button" on…
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