Black community leaders say anti-racism training in Toronto is under threat.
Richard Bilkszto, who worked on contract with the TDSB after his retirement in 2019, filed a lawsuit against the board in April, claiming that an anti-racism training session in 2021 and its aftermath destroyed his reputation.
The TDSB has hired a third party investigator to look into the circumstances around Bilkszto's death. "We will continue this important work to remove barriers that hold back too many children from reaching their full potential."Advocates say that while anti-racism education can spark difficult and uncomfortable conversations, abandoning them would be damaging.
"We cannot have educators dropping the N-word at school to our children. We see the racists being recycled. We have them moved, we see them being recycled. Our children are being locked in rooms."
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