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A Biased Op-Ed

The July 1 article “Session to Critique Guilford Race Education Draws Supporters, Protesters” almost certainly set the record for the longest article to appear in the Guilford Courier, but was absolutely short on accuracy, impartiality or truth. For instance, even though the town mandated 200-person capacity of the room was reached and people had to be turned away, the Courier reported that only “about 120 people gathered”. He further reported that “counter protesters gathered in the hallway to watch the rally through the windows” without mentioning that these protesters were jumping up and down, making faces, and pressing their signs against the glass doors in an attempt to disrupt the speakers.

Rather than merely reporting on what Staff Writer Jesse Williams observed at the event, the Courier interjected personal bias with misinformed statements such as “those who have spoken out against recent school equity initiatives have joined a larger national movement opposed to a handful of vague concepts and buzzwords like Critical Race Theory (CRT) that are misapplied to seemingly any type of teaching that involves race or marginalized groups” or described the speakers’ statements as “often significant mis-characterizations of both historical and current events.” The Courier also deceptively includes statements by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Paul Freeman such as “the district is committed to re-evaluating...how it teaches about race” and is “acknowledging systemic racism both historically and in the country today,” and that Guilford “schools do not teach the specific theories of CRT” as factually correct.

The article could have been a balanced news report about a much-needed public forum on a divisive issue that is tearing our town apart, but the Courier turned it into a biased op-ed supporting the indoctrination of our entire Guilford School community with the Marxist, racist, anti-American ideology of CRT.

David Holman

Guilford

Editor’s note: The article was accurate in all aspects.