Oakland Unified School District Apologizes For Racist Term Used In Survey Sent To Families

From CBS San Francisco:

October 23, 2020 at 9:15 am

OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Officials with the Oakland Unified School District apologized Thursday for a racist term that was included in a survey sent out to families about returning to in-person learning.

The word was derogatory toward people of Asian descent. District officials said they replaced it with appropriate language once they discovered it.

How the racist term got into the survey is under investigation by the district and they have closed the survey for now as they try to determine the cause.

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