Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Is Rahm Emanuel A Racist For Sending His Children to Private Schools? Did Rahm Want His Children to Avoid Too Many Brown Children in The Chicago Public School System?

Flashback 2011. The Chicago Tribune reports:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will bypass Chicago Public Schools, like many high-profile politicians before him, and send his children to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Hyde Park this fall.

The mayor's administration confirmed Thursday that Emanuel and his wife, Amy Rule, decided to send their children, Zach, Ilana and Leah, to the same school once attended by Barack and Michelle Obama's daughters, Malia and Sasha.

Emanuel, who was in New York for an Obama fundraiser when the news broke, has maintained that where the couple send their children to school is a personal, not a political, decision. But the choice led inevitably to criticism that city leaders who send their children to private schools have no personal stake in Chicago's public schools.

"I'm not in a position to question his choice. Every parent has the right to do that," said Julie Woestehoff, executive director of Parents United for Responsible Education. "But I do think he has to recognize that his choice has sent a message to Chicago public school parents.

"It sends a message that he has not found a Chicago public school that he is confident enough to send his kids to."
How can a Democrat party politician be so committed to voting for and taking money from the public education cartel but not want to send their children to government schools? Should the Social Justice Warriors be asking whether Rahm Emanuel is a racist?