BLM Leader Who Quit Group: Teachers Unions Have Co-Opted BLM, Are ‘Killing’ Kids’ ‘Hopes And Dreams’
Rashard Turner, the founder of a Black Lives Matter (BLM) chapter in Minnesota, has recently slammed teachers unions saying they “co-opted” the far-left movement and are ruining children’s hopes and dreams.
He also blasted teachers for joining “woke marches” organized by the BLM, while destroying the children’s future by keeping them out of schools.
“BLM has been co-opted, and when I say co-opted, I mean, teachers unions who show up to these woke BLM marches, they have their signs, you might see the sign in their yard that says ‘Black Lives Matter’” Turner told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. “But Monday through Friday, teachers unions are killing our children’s hopes and dreams.”
“So if we’re talking about propaganda, we need to be looking at the teachers unions, and the sick mess that they’re putting out there that’s keeping our children out of schools these past couple of years, keeping the masks on our children,” he added.
“We need to unmask the illiteracy machine that is here in Minnesota with our education system.”
Former #BLM leader Rashad Turner reveals 'ugly truth' about organization. pic.twitter.com/UcHfVL9Rtc
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) June 3, 2021
In the interview, Turner also blasted BLM officials for not working to improve the Black community.
“It just baffles me that Black Lives Matter as a national organization is not taking a close look at the black minds that are being affected every day due to policies that teachers unions like Education Minnesota,” he said. “I’m very, very frustrated. I mean, it’s hard to truly believe that people feel like black lives matter if black minds don’t matter.”
“If Black Lives truly matter, teachers unions and the status quo left, the folks who claim to be woke, they need to be voting for the expansion of parent choice. They need to make quality education a civil right for our children. That’s how they can show us that Black Lives truly matter,” he added.
Turner announced last week that he left BLM after he “learned the ugly truth” in the movement while being an insider.
Rashard Turner founder of BLM St Paul resigned from the group when he found out they were not working to improve the Black community. https://t.co/6qRhnavoAq
— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) May 31, 2021
“In 2015, I was a founder of Black Lives Matter in St. Paul. I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies, black lives do matter,” Turner said.
“However, after a year on the inside, I learned they had little concern for rebuilding black families, and they cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis.”
Turner is now the executive director of the Minnesota Parent Union dedicated to helping parents move their children from failing schools, to successful schools.
