Before Hsu issued an apology, Edwards told The Standard she hoped Hsu would clarify what she meant, and acknowledge the harm caused by her statement.
A lot of people don’t have time-it doesn’t mean we don’t care.”Įdwards said disparities in academic performance come down to disparities in funding for structural support, and even simple accommodations like conducting parent-teacher conferences over the phone to make it easier on families with little time to spare. “The original response was upsetting, and it’s obviously very disappointing to hear that narrative again,” said Edwards, a Parent Action Coalition board member. Hsu’s remark about marginalized students wasn’t the first time Yvette Edwards-a Black parent of two San Francisco Unified School District students-has heard that kind of explanation for disparities in student outcomes. He urged Hsu to resign because he said her statements are “flat-out wrong and racist to perpetuate harmful stereotypes on Black and Brown students and their families.” “It is disheartening that someone in a position responsible for making decisions for 50,000 children lead with racism and stereotypical characterizations,” said Walton. However, Hsu’s apology wasn’t enough for Shamann Walton, the president of San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors. I made a mistake, and I am deeply sorry.” “My statements reflected my own limited experiences and inherent biases. “I believe that the institutional racism that is deeply embedded in our society harms students and their families,” Hsu wrote on Tuesday afternoon. Some on Twitter called for Hsu to resign. When asked to comment, Hsu later directed The Standard to a Twitter thread in which she said she “misspoke.” Like the two other commissioners appointed to the school board by Mayor London Breed in the wake of the recall supported by all three, she is up for election in November. “Unstable family environments caused by housing and food insecurity along with lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning cause children to not be able to focus on or value learning.” “… Especially in the Black and brown community, I see one of the biggest challenges as being the lack of family support for those students,” Hsu wrote. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.A San Francisco school board member is under fire for comments made about racially marginalized families, attributing their challenges to “unstable family environments.”Īnn Hsu said in a candidate questionnaire to the San Francisco Parent Action Coalition shared over the weekend that a “lack of parental encouragement” was part of the cause for students being unable to focus on or care about school. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms.
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