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Iowa City board reports racist emails targeting district leaders, vows to call them out
Summary
A district director told the board he received two messages with sender names and language that could be read as referencing the KKK and that blamed minority students for district troubles; board leaders said they would publicly denounce the messages and share them with the community.
Charlie Easton, a director who addressed the board, said two recent emails directed at board members used sender names and language that he described as potentially referencing the KKK and blaming minority students for perceived problems in the district. "It's extremely disturbing," Charlie said, and he told the…
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