BLM leader DeRay Mckesson: ‘Minnesota Nice’ hurts equity efforts – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Category: Black Lives Matter

Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune DeRay Mckesson, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement, spoke at the Charities Review Council forum on equity and inclusion in northeast Minneapolis on Tuesday.

DeRay Mckesson, a former Minneapolis schools official who left his job to become one of the most high-profile figures of the national Black Lives Matter movement, told local nonprofit leaders Tuesday that Minnesota Nice can stand in the way of equity.

As a human resources director for Minneapolis schools, Mckesson said he noticed that people in the Twin Cities liked to talk about equity ensuring that kids regardless of color can achieve at the same high level but sidestepped the honest, sometimes hard-to-hear conversations and criticisms that can result in change.

Minnesota Nice does damage to kids, he said. While observing in classrooms, he found that some felt attacked and were defensive when people just gave feedback.

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