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Patti Bellamy and Mel Mcilwain update everyone on the latest with the Washougal, WA, school board covfefe, where they and another mom were kicked out of a meeting for simply trying to speak their minds. They were soon cited for trespassing in a public area.
Patti Bellamy and Mel Mcilwain update everyone on the latest with the Washougal, WA, school board covfefe, where they and another mom were kicked out of a meeting for simply trying to speak their minds. They were soon cited for trespassing in a public area.










![Accent Reduction & Assimilation Are CULTURAL GENOCIDE!
Theres no neutral with CRT. No discipline is neutral or safe from being infused with racism... I think a lot of instructors get into the field [of ESOL] to help students assimilate. And then that is so complicated, right, because, and people that talk about accent reduction, Im like cultural genocide! stop it!... I dont tell my students anymore that learn English and you can do anything in the U.S. cause, honestly, thats just not true says this English For Speakers Of Other Languages instructor during a critical race theory workshop at Portland Community Colleges whiteness history month. Accent Reduction & Assimilation Are CULTURAL GENOCIDE!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XlZuDYf4O-A/mqdefault.jpg)