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2023-06-19 12:31:20 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Randi & the AFT do not fight the economic disparities that persist for Black Americans- they exacerbate them. In 2020 we were warned - school closures expand gaps https://www.newsweek.com/school-closures-coronavirus-inequality-education-gap-widens-1494303 https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/30/closing-schools-for-covid-19-does-lifelong-harm-and-widens-inequality AFT advocated for closures https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-texts-reveal-how-randi-weingarten-worked-behind-the-scenes-to-keep-schools-closed https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/23/racist-effects-school-reopening-during-pandemic-by-teacher/ https://reason.com/2020/12/06/chicago-teachers-union-reopen-schools-sexism-racism-misogyny/ The gap widened exponentially https://news.yale.edu/2021/01/05/covid-school-closures-most-harm-students-poorest-neighborhoods https://cepa.stanford.edu/news/new-study-says-black-neighborhoods-most-affected-school-closures https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/when-covid-19-closed-schools-black-hispanic-poor-kids-took-n1249352 Schools were always safe https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/the-kids-were-safe-from-covid-the-whole-time.html

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• Randi & the AFT do not fight the economic disparities that persist for Black Americans- they exacerbate them. In 2020 we were warned - school closures expand gaps https://www.newsweek.com/school-closures-coronavirus-inequality-education-gap-widens-1494303 https://www.economist.com/international/2020/04/30/closing-schools-for-covid-19-does-lifelong-harm-and-widens-inequality AFT advocated for closures https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-texts-reveal-how-randi-weingarten-worked-behind-the-scenes-to-keep-schools-closed https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/07/23/racist-effects-school-reopening-during-pandemic-by-teacher/ https://reason.com/2020/12/06/chicago-teachers-union-reopen-schools-sexism-racism-misogyny/ The gap widened exponentially https://news.yale.edu/2021/01/05/covid-school-closures-most-harm-students-poorest-neighborhoods https://cepa.stanford.edu/news/new-study-says-black-neighborhoods-most-affected-school-closures https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/when-covid-19-closed-schools-black-hispanic-poor-kids-took-n1249352 Schools were always safe https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/the-kids-were-safe-from-covid-the-whole-time.html