A radical activist who believes black students should only be taught by teachers of their own race has received $20 million from billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
Sharif El-Mekki has pushed for a focus on anti-racism education in public schools through his prominent nonprofit organization and during his time as an adviser to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, it was reported The free press.
El-Mekki, a former middle and high school teacher, lobbies through his nonprofit, the Center for the Development of Black Educators, CBED, which describes its mission as a “world where… all students “blacks receive high-quality, same-race education.” teachers” and where “all teachers demonstrate high levels of expertise in anti-racist mindsets.
CBED has more than $19.5 million in assets thanks to donations from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which exceeded $1.4 million between 2020 and 2021.
Sharif El-Mekki has pushed for attention to anti-racism education in public schools through his prominent nonprofit organization.
El-Mekki lobbies through her nonprofit, the Center for the Development of Black Educators, CBED, which describes its mission as a “world where.” . . All black students are taught by high-quality, same-race teachers.
Other donors to the foundation include NBC Universal, Nike, the Bezos Family Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of Education.
CBED has also secured at least $560,000 in contracts with the School District of Philadelphia to “address educational inequities and our nation’s racist history.”
The nonprofit says it has trained thousands of teachers across the country with a “commitment to liberating education from the racism inherent in American institutions, including our schools.”
CBED developed an information packet with the Pennsylvania Department of Education that says education is a “political act” that “can disrupt white supremacy and a racist history of using education as an oppressive social force.”
The nonprofit says it has trained thousands of teachers with a “commitment to liberating education from the racism inherent in American institutions, including our schools.”
Seen above is a ‘reflection marker’ included in a training package from the nonprofit organization.
El-Mekki, who earns $233,410 a year from the organization, comes from a family of radical activists.
His parents were also members of the Black Panthers and moved to Iran when he was in high school after his mother Aisha El-Mekki converted to Islam because “she wanted her children to witness a country united in its efforts to make a change.”
In a biography published by the Philly Muslim Freedom Fund in 2020, El-Mekki’s mother said she “loved” how former Ayatollah Khomeini “continually stood up to the bully without any fear” and “denounced the oppression of the United States and other superpowers.” “.
El-Mekki has continued to show admiration for the Iranian education system. “Iran produces more engineers, doctors and scientists than many other countries.”
As for the United States, El-Mekki has said it is an “anti-black and anti-intellectual” nation.