Students are resisting Black and LGBTQ erasure in one of California's whitest counties [npr.org]

Jenna Quinn (PACEs Connection Staff) 11/7/229:00 AM

By Julia McEvoy, Photo: Unsplash (in site), National Public Radio, November 6, 2022

In one of the whitest counties in California, some students are trying to defeat school board trustees who've failed to stop racist and homophobic harassment. It's become their political awakening.

AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:

High school students in one of California's whitest counties are working to elect a new school board this Tuesday. They want to defeat those who have failed to stop racist and homophobic bullying inside schools. KQED's Julia McEvoy reports these students are backing candidates who take their concerns seriously.

JULIA MCEVOY: Nevada Union High has about 1,500 students; 80% of them are white.

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