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LAUSD Candidate Forum: Inclusion and Diversity

School Board candidates are asked questions about how the District should address Anti-Semitism, homophobia, and Black Student Achievement.

“We will all profit from a more diverse, inclusive society, understanding, accommodating, even celebrating our differences, while pulling together for the common good.”

– Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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As the country races toward becoming “majority-minority” where non-Hispanic white people will be less than half of the population, fear has fueled a rising level of bigotry. Anti-Semitic incidents in the country rose more than 35% from 2021 to 2022 and then skyrocketed up about 400% in the month after Hamas’ deadly terrorist attack on Israel. The Proud Boys and other far-right groups have disrupted “Drag Queen Story Hour” events across the country, sometimes violently. Fifty-one percent of Black Americans reported hearing racial slurs and 60% reported being stopped or unfairly treated by the police.

Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the world, with 37.7% of our residents being…