Isn't she the "Critical Race Theory" nutjob who was spouting stuff about covid vaccines and masking?

The article title seems purposefully inaccurate. The event wasn't about racial trauma. It was the Youth Empowerment Summit,

>an annual conference created to expose local high school students from historically under-represented groups to higher education options.

During the event, a mental health session was held and lead by Burrell. The kids were meditating and reflecting on trauma, including racial trauma.

I know the News-leader is a business, but they are fanning the flames of racial tensions locally. People will skim the headline and think their tax dollars are being used to teach or support CRT.

They wanna report and profit off these stories. The very least they could do is be self-aware enough to NOT continue the harm with inaccurate or inflammatory reporting.

Very redundant with no actual quotes or details of this disgustingly awful interruption that damaged so many.

So…what did Mohammedkhani actually say? I find it odd that the article kind of dances around what it is she did. I don’t doubt it was viciously racist, because look who we’re talking about. But I’d like to know what she actually said and did. It sounds like she called Ms. Rover a liar. Also, what was she doing there? Why did she choose that specific breakout session? Somehow she’s decided it’s her job to police everything having to do with diversity, equity, and inclusion in Springfield?

sounds like the students lodged the complaints because she wasted their time and interrupted their event.

arent board members usually mandated to make decisions but otherwise keep out of the day to day business? why is a board member directly involved?

when i was in school i never once had an interaction with a school board member.

micromanagers are the worst.

What an a**hat.

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1. Is it actually interruption , or did she deviate from the expected/approved discourse that these types of sessions have?

"The complaints alleged Mohammadkhani challenged a statement made by Marquisa "Keke" Rover — director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Burrell"

'Mohammadkhani said the allegation that she disrupted the session on mental health is not true. "Your information is incorrect. I made a comment, same as the other board member in the room."'

The other board member who was there, Thomas-Tate who is also on the board wasn't actually there.

From Tate: " If Maryam wants to spout off at me at board meetings or other board members or the superintendent, we're all adults," Thomas-Tate said. "But to come to the students' session, this was not a community session, and to disrupt that setting, where the students were being very vulnerable ... was not helpful at all or relevant to that particular moment. It was egregious."

She made one comment from what this story says. ONE comment - and it was deemed to be a massive interruption. That sounds a bit sus. What did she actually say? No one appears to know or is telling.

2. They are literally both "minorities". Why can one of them dictate what these struggle sessions are about and what is discussed vs the other?

Also Horton wasn't even there. " In the email, Horton said the session — which she was not in — was expected to be a "safe space for students to acknowledge racial trauma based on their lived experiences."

Very specific idea of a safe space that doesn't include the other minority actually there, Mohammadkhani, being able to say anything. No expression of lived experience for her.

3. Horton is the one blowing this all up. "Horton, a member of the local NAACP who presented on civic engagement, emailed the school board early Friday and forwarded the message to the News-Leader."

She's helping to dogpile another minority who didn't agree and said something she doesn't deem permissible. Oh and that's perfectly fine to silence Mohammadkhani's lived experience with the usual BS. Horton appears to be one of these types:

"As a side note, non-Christians can practice religious bigotry, women can be misogynistic, and people of color can uphold white supremacist ideals that are dismissive of individuals who experience marginalization especially from people in positions of power; and minors are particularly vulnerable to this kind of treatment, but often do not recognize it or talk about it, but in this case SPS students reported it."

So basically if you are a minority, you better have the right views on this subject otherwise it's internalized oppression, so shut the fuck up. Of course, pseudo CRT stuff that isn't technically CRT, but has all sorts of its ingredients sprinkled in.

So.....

Remember who's running for school board. I sure am.

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As a person that has attended meetings and focus groups, all.i can say is let's see the facts. The nonsense and lies that are construed are lengthy and deliberate. Lets see if this is fact or fiction.