Jane Araf

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

And the letters were multicolored, and there were hands up with little hearts in the middle, and each hand was a different skin tone. She'd had it up for years in her classroom, and one day the principal and vice-principal were going through the hallway looking for things that might not comply with new parameters, and they decided it was controversial.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

No parents had complained, nothing like that, and they told her, you need to take it down.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

She told me, I just don't want my students to think that I no longer believe in what that sign said. that they're all welcome here, no matter what their background is. So you put the poster back up.

So we did ask the school district what happened. They pretty much confirmed Inama's account of the way things happened. And they said it wasn't the words, everyone is welcome here on the sign, that they found problematic. It was the different colors of the letters and the different skin tones of the hands.

So we did ask the school district what happened. They pretty much confirmed Inama's account of the way things happened. And they said it wasn't the words, everyone is welcome here on the sign, that they found problematic. It was the different colors of the letters and the different skin tones of the hands.

So we did ask the school district what happened. They pretty much confirmed Inama's account of the way things happened. And they said it wasn't the words, everyone is welcome here on the sign, that they found problematic. It was the different colors of the letters and the different skin tones of the hands.

They said it could be, quote, determined to potentially express viewpoints regarding specific identity groups.

They said it could be, quote, determined to potentially express viewpoints regarding specific identity groups.

They said it could be, quote, determined to potentially express viewpoints regarding specific identity groups.

Yeah. She's still teaching. She's gotten a lot of support from the community. And that sign is still up.

Yeah. She's still teaching. She's gotten a lot of support from the community. And that sign is still up.

Yeah. She's still teaching. She's gotten a lot of support from the community. And that sign is still up.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's the fundamental question, right? You know, I went back to Tina Deskovich from Moms for Liberty, right? which is the group that endorsed this portal and is anti-DEI in schools. And I asked her, what about the people who feel silenced by things like the NDEI portal?

Yeah, I mean, I think that's the fundamental question, right? You know, I went back to Tina Deskovich from Moms for Liberty, right? which is the group that endorsed this portal and is anti-DEI in schools. And I asked her, what about the people who feel silenced by things like the NDEI portal?