Thread by @beyond_process

JC Huizenga, founder of the National Heritage Academy charter school franchise, was just at a GRPS meeting about a scholarship asking and learning about the term BIPOC for the first time. He then asks if that discriminates against "Jews who aren't wealthy."

JC is also a trustee on the Gerald R Ford Foundation board. His schools operate in places like Kentwood and Ypsilanti, areas in Michigan with a higher percentage of black students than most places in the state, and as you can see, they love showcasing diversity on their webpage.

The mayor of Grand Rapids, @mayorbliss attended the meeting, and remained silent through this. I'm very interested in hearing if she views this as unacceptable anti-Semitism and social ignorance from someone in his position.

BRB, writing the definition of BIPOC on the bottom of my shoe in extremely fine print for the next time someone asks this question.

Ope. Don't worry, a lot of us Michiganders have some interesting uncles. What do you have to say about his anti-semitism and ignorant racism, though, @RepHuizenga?

JC does not respond well to criticism.
The @freep ran a series making charter schools more transparent and he literally bought out all of the ads in the paper for the days those stories ran.

@paulegan4, there's a video in this thread that you should see.

eclectablog.com/2014/06/as-det…

Why does @GVSU have a scholarship named after this anti-semite?

He is chairman of National Heritage Academy. Their website lists this phone number and email address for public contacts:
(877) 223-6402
[e-mail]

He is also a vice chair at @michamber, and they should definitely be aware of who is representing them publicly and how.

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