I heard this story this morning:

On Monday, there was a protest against the Philadelphia School District. The protestors want more Afrocentric lessons and black teachers.

Fair enough. I disagree with the mindset that if you have “x” percent black students, you need “x” percent black teachers, but to each his own.

There is nothing new about protests, and certainly not of the school system. But here is what was new at the protest, and very troubling.

Some protestors had signs that said “Paul Vallas is a racist liar” and “Get white teachers out of our children’s faces.”

That is despicable. And that is racist. And we need to say so.

The protesters want only black teachers teaching black kids. Could you imagine the legs this story would have if the opposite were the case?