Thread by @HereSayMedia

San Francisco school board member Alison Collins is facing calls to resign over racist tweets against Asian Americans.

The tweets, written in 2016, were uncovered and shared online by two parents working to recall three members of the SF school board. 1/

School board member @jennyhlam has called for Collins' resignation.

She wrote in a statement that the tweets left her “shocked, dismayed, and personally hurt." 2/

District 8 Supervisor @RafaelMandelman, who endorsed Collins when she ran for the school board in 2018, is also calling for her resignation. 3/

https://twitter.com/RafaelMandelman/status/1373108562440818699

Other Supervisors who endorsed Collins in 2018 include:

@HillaryRonen
@AaronPeskin
@MattHaneySF
@D4GordonMar
and @shamannwalton

They have not released statements yet. 4/

Commissioner @SupStefani has weighed in:

"Commissioner Collins' comments and refusal to apologize are inexcusable, and she must resign."

5/

https://twitter.com/SupStefani/status/1373121480335060997

We've reached out to @SFUnified for comment and will update the thread if and when we hear back. 6/

The Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club has released a statement. 7/

https://twitter.com/alicelgbtdems/status/1373126467354202121

Senator @Scott_Wiener calling for Collins to step down. 8/

https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1373130945440575488

District 11 Supervisor Ahsha Safaí has released a statement echoing Commissioner Lam's call for Collins to apologize and resign.

"We must heal and unify our City. The moment is too important," wrote Safaí. 9/

https://twitter.com/Ahsha_Safai/status/1373133801916833793

As of 10:20 p.m. Friday, calls for Collins to resign have surfaced from @jennyhlam, @RafaelMandelman, @SupStefani, @Ahsha_Safai and @Scott_Wiener, among other groups and organizations.

We've reached out to @SFUnified for comment but haven't yet heard back. 10/

Former SF school board member @rpnorton said this morning, in a string of tweets, that Collins should resign.

“Stepping down is a way to allow the rest of the board to rebuild that trust and encourage healing.” 11/

https://twitter.com/rpnorton/status/1373284878851010564

Supervisor @HillaryRonen, who endorsed Collins for school board in 2018, asked for an apology this morning but did not directly call for her resignation.

"The fact that she is refusing to apologize is part of a larger pattern of poor judgment." 12/

https://twitter.com/HillaryRonen/status/1373309750683738112

Mayor @LondonBreed says that school board member Alison Collins, who is under fire for racist tweets against Asian Americans written in 2016, should step down. 13/

https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1373322861633359873

CA Assemblymember @DavidChiu released a lengthy statement Saturday morning condemning Collins' tweets and asking for her resignation.

“When communities are pitted against each other, we all lose," he wrote.

https://twitter.com/DavidChiu/status/1373315107338424328

Update: Supervisor @conniechansf has called on Collins to resign.

https://twitter.com/conniechansf/status/1373333259627601920

Supervisor @MattHaneySF condemns Collins' tweets:

"Her refusal to acknowledge or apologize for her tweets is unacceptable & part of the problem."

https://twitter.com/MattHaneySF/status/1373333328439373825