VA Lt. Gov. Earle-Sears denounces racially, politically-charged AP test question: 'Dividing' our children
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears sounds off on 'The Story,' saying racially-charged question create 'oppressor vs. oppressed.'
Sears, who is Black and also an immigrant from Kingston, Jamaica, said it is destructive to suggest people belong in certain political confines based on their race, creed or national origin. "Here we are: what century are we in? And what we're trying to do is to reach all peoples, and we're saying, don't put people in boxes, don't stereotype anyone, because I'm sitting here, an immigrant, Black woman, veteran, former small business owner, etcetera – and yet I have chosen a different political party than whatever other people might think," she told"The Story.
"They're the ones who are doing the stereotyping. So it is sufficient to say that America must remain America. We've got to be a free country, otherwise you see what we turn into," she said. She later concluded the episode shows how certain people think only of others as members of their racial or ethnic group, rather than people with self-determination.Earlier this year, Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares announced an investigation of the school system after reports that high schools withheld letters of commendation on standardized tests from some students on the theory that it would hurt the feelings of students who didn’t receive them.
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