D65 hopefuls protest FAIR group

FAIR campaigns against diverse curricula nationwide, in Evanston

By AVANI KALRA daily senior staffer @avanidkalra

About 15 Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents, teachers and students marched two and a half miles Saturday to oppose recent pushback to antiracist District 65 curricula ahead of Tuesday’s school board election. School board candidates and their supporters from the District 65 Caregivers of Color & Our Village assembled to oppose other candidates with alleged ties to the Evanston chapter of the Foundation Against Intolerance and

Racism. FAIR advocates for equal treatment “regardless of skin color” and campaigns against diversity programs nationwide.

In a letter sent to District 65 Superintendent Devon Horton last May, FAIR argued that District 65’s programs have taught children that people were in “‘danger’ because of ‘whiteness.’” They said the curriculum claims without qualification that white people have more opportunities than non-white people.

“Some candidates in this race suggest that the District 65 board could be improved by adding their diversity,” former District 65 Board of Education President and