Federal Panel Finds Bias in Ouster of Principal

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"A federal commission has determined that New York City’s Department of Education discriminated against the founding principal of an Arabic-language public school by forcing her to resign in 2007 following a storm of controversy driven by opponents of the school.

Acting on a complaint filed last year by the principal, Debbie Almontaser, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the department “succumbed to the very bias that creation of the school was intended to dispel and a small segment of the public succeeded in imposing its prejudices on D.O.E. as an employer,” according to a letter issued by the commission on Tuesday.

The commission said that the department had discriminated against Ms. Almontaser, a Muslim of Yemeni descent, “on account of her race, religion and national origin."

The findings, which are nonbinding, could mark a turning point in Ms. Almontaser’s battle to reclaim her job as principal of the school, the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn."

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[cali]

1. uh, why is this in I/P. It doesn't touch even tangentially on the subject.

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2. Precedent:

Jewish Shootout Over Arab School

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=182691

[cali]

3. No offense but that's silly.

this has absolutely nothing to do with I/P and the fact that someone posted about it here 3 years ago doesn't exactly make a strong case for your posting this here. It would be much better to post it in GD where people might care.

What's the point of posting it here?

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5. Well...

...since this story was previously discussed in I/P, I thought I'd post an update.

Plus, this issue touches on themes related to the I/P conflict and I feel the DUers who frequent this forum might find it interesting to read.


As for GD...what's the point? That place is rife with nutters. :)

[ProgressiveMuslim]

6. I actually posted it in the GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7908128

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4. Thanks for posting that. I wouldn't have ever seen this follow-up if it'd been posted in GD...

I wish Ms. Almontaser all the best in getting her job back!