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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOn April 13th, nearly two weeks after this initial incident took place, an article was published on former Wall Street Journal Opinion Writer Bari Weiss\u2019 blog, written by Paul Rossi, titled <\/em>I Refuse to Stand By While My Students are Indoctrinated<\/em><\/a>. <\/em>The piece spoke to the apparent \u201crepressive ideology\u201d that allegedly rules Grace. Rossi elaborated by stating that the anti-racist initiatives that Grace has taken have been \u201cdeeply harmful,\u201d as it limits any sense of freedom in opinion. Rossi based this claim off of a few points, one being that he was obligated to treat students differently on the basis of their race. Rossi concluded his article by asserting that Grace was essentially preventing students from voicing non-liberal opinions, and that they would ultimately be shamed for sharing contrasting views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five days later on April 18th, a message from the head of school was sent to parents stating Rossi \u201cchose not to return next year.\u201d This differed from the later coverage by numerous news publications announcing that Paul Rossi was \u201crelieved of his teaching duties.”. Just two days later, however, three recordings<\/a> were released by Paul Rossi on fairforall.org<\/a>. They consisted of a confidential conversation between the Head of School, George Davison, and Paul Rossi himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first recording, Rossi goes on to explain that Grace\u2019s antiracism training shames white students for their inherent whiteness and then flips the question to George Davison, \u201cdon\u2019t you agree?\u201d Davison explains himself and claims, \u201cYes, Paul, I agree. We\u2019re demonizing white people for being born.\u201d In a separate recording, Davison claimed he had \u201cgrave doubts\u201d about what \u201cgets spouted at us, in the name of antiracism.\u201d The recordings sparked tremendous concern from students and faculty members who have been working tirelessly this past year upholding the newly improved anti-racist framework that arose from the documented accounts featured over this past summer on the Instagram account, @BlackatGrace<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just two days after the recordings were released, an email from the Chair of Board of Trustees, Olivia W. Douglas, was sent to students, faculty members, and family. The email went on to explain that Grace is committed to the ideals of antiracism and diversity in thought and belief. Douglas emphasized that the audio recordings of George Davison were seemingly taken out of context by a \u201cdisgruntled member of the faculty.\u201d She added that Davison was simply trying to engage in a dialogue, and that he has deep disagreements with Paul Rossi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Students continue to engage in an open dialogue surrounding the events that have transpired in the past weeks. Concerns and confusion regarding Paul Rossi, George Davison\u2019s reliability, and our antiracism curriculum continue to linger in the air with no further word from the Grace administration aside from a guilt-filled address from Davison during a faculty exclusive meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"