Houston Schools Cuts, Hate Crimes Against Black People, VP Harris on Breaking Barriers
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 14 May 2024
⏱️ 131 minutes
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5.13.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Houston Schools Cuts, Hate Crimes Against Black People, VP Harris on Breaking Barriers
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Houston's Independent School District Superintendent and state-appointed board of education trustees unanimously approved a measure to cut dozens of district staff and teaching positions before the beginning of the 2024-25 school year. We'll talk to a state representative who says the superintendent needs to go and a former school board member who says this move was a power play.
As the second anniversary of when a self-described white supremacist killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York approaches, most recent FBI data shows against black people are on the rise. We'll discuss the rising numbers with a professor of law and Africana studies from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Some folks are not happy with Vice President Kamala Harris's comments today about breaking barriers. We'll let you hear what she said.
It's been five years since six Louisiana State Troopers viciously beat Ronald Greene to death. His mother, Mona Hardin, will be here to update us on her fight for justice for her son.
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| 1:26.2 | the Houston Independent School District Superintendent and the state appointed Board of Education Trustees. |
| 1:27.8 | They approved a measure to outsource dozens of district staff and teaching positions, |
| 1:31.5 | also firing principals beginning for the 2024 school year. |
| 1:39.3 | This has rankled numerous parents as well as elected officials. |
| 1:45.0 | We'll talk to two, state representatives, |
| 1:49.1 | one who used to serve on the school board |
| 1:51.4 | about the drama in Houston, |
| 1:53.6 | the largest school district in the state |
| 1:54.9 | and one of the largest in America |
| 1:57.5 | and how this is absolutely a Republican strategy |
| 2:00.3 | to destroy public education in Texas. |
| 2:03.8 | As a second anniversary of when a self-described white supremacists killed 10 black people in Buffalo, |
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