
Via: WRAL.com
Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the NAACP, joined the state chapter on yesterday in calling for the resignation of Wake County School Board Chairman Ron Margiotta after comments he made during a heated public hearing on March 2. As you may remember, Margiotta could be heard saying, “Here come the animals out of their cages,” during the meeting on the school system’s long-standing policy of assigning students to ensure schools had no more than 40 percent of students receiving free or reduced-price lunches. Rev. William Barber, president of the state NAACP, says the comment by Margiotta is evidence of “racist attitudes” on the board.
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