

Resigning after realizing that BLM would not help him gain “the same success for our children and our communities,” he now leads Minnesota Parent Union, which aims to bring parents and educators together. “I am living proof that no matter your start in life, quality education is a pathway to success,” he said. My mother wasn’t able to take care of me, so I was raised by my grandparents,” he said, detailing how he went on to become the first person in his family to get a degree, going on to get a master’s degree in education. “When I was 2 years old, my father was shot and killed. Turner said he first started the local BLM chapter under the assumption the group would want to fight for black people from troubled backgrounds to get educated and find success, just like he had.īLM co-founder called in 2015 to ‘end imperialist project’ of Israel

But I didn’t quit working to improve black lives and access to a great education,” he said. “I resigned from Black Lives Matter after a year and a half.

But it does create barriers to a better education for black children,” he insisted. “I was an insider in Black Lives Matter and I learned the ugly truth - the moratorium on charter schools does not support rebuilding the black family. He said BLM “cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis,” adding it was “made clear when they publicly denounced charter schools alongside the teachers’ union.” Rashad Turner said BLM “cared even less about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis.” TakeCharge Minnesota Youtube “However, after a year on the inside, I learned they had little concern for rebuilding black families,” he insisted. “I believed the organization stood for exactly what the name implies - black lives do matter,” he said in the video for TakeCharge Minnesota, a group opposing the idea that systemic racism is to blame for problems in US society. Paul,” Rashad Turner, the president and executive director of Minnesota Parent Union, said in a YouTube video called “the truth revealed about BLM.” “In 2015, I was the founder of Black Lives Matter in St. The founder of a Black Lives Matter chapter in Minnesota said he quit after learning the “ugly truth” about the activist group’s priorities. Westchester town fights to remove Louis Farrakhan image on taxpayer-funded BLM mural Don’t fly the BLM flag, more mask mandates and other commentaryĪctivists accuse national BLM leader of stealing $10 million: lawsuit
