Last week, I reported on a Florida school board member using a racist term for black conservative mothers involved in the parental rights advocacy group Moms for Liberty. After some backlash, she has now tried to rectify her comments. But her response doesn’t quite add up.
A YouTube video showing a meeting was posted by Beaches Activists Movement members, a progressive grassroots group based out of Atlantic Beach in Florida. This started the issue. This virtual meeting was organized to protest Moms for Liberty’s opposition of far-leftist ideologies being promoted in schools. The national debate continues over whether educators should force students to accept progressive ideas about race, gender identity, sexuality and sexuality.
Andersen is running for Duval County election. She brought up Quisha Kings’ video. Quisha was an activist for conservative education and blackness who worked for Moms for Liberty. Tia Bess was also mentioned by Andersen, who is also a volunteer with the organization and a mother of a child with special needs. Andersen stated that at one time:
“So we know that these folks are absolutely on a phone call speed dial basis with our legislators to move legislation forward in the videos or in the images that Dan shared with you, my opponents and both of them or all of it, she’s pretty high level with local Moms for Liberty. So we have Quisha King – April Carney is my opponent – Tia Bess … and they often will sort of parade her out as a token person because everyone is doing harmful things to children with special needs, and that’s to push that agenda.”
The term “token” is often used by progressives against black conservatives who reject their ideology. It is implied that those who are aligned with conservative causes and blacks will be treated as tokens by white people. They see black conservatives as useful tools that are incapable of thinking for themselves.
Beaches Activists deleted the video from their YouTube channel after she was criticised for her comments. It had been downloaded already, fortunately.
In response, King recorded her own video, taking issue with Andersen’s comments and arguing that they were racist.
“Elizabeth, I know that you don’t think Black people can think on their own, know what to believe on their own, and critically think on their own,” King said in the video. “That we need white people to come and say something for us.”
“It let me know why you’re for critical race theory,” King continued, “because you want the little kids to grow up and be racist like you.”
It was watched over 55,000 time. Twitter.
During a conversation with Florida Politics, Andersen refers to the racism accusation as a “willful misinterpretation” and part of a “desperate, last minute smear campaign” to deflect from the “radical and extreme politics” of April Carney, who is challenging Here for her seat.
Andersen attempted to clarify her remarks, saying that she was discussing how “kids with special needs” are used to push a political agenda.
“The movement to take over our School Boards and inject partisan politics into our school board decisions has a long history of exploiting kids with special needs for a political agenda. That was my clear point in the video which in no way mentioned the skin color or race of any parents or children,” she said.
However, there is a problem with Andersen’s rejoinder. In the video, she clearly says, “they will sort of parade her (emphasis added) out as a token person.”
This seems to imply she was talking about Bess’ child being exploited, but there is a problem: Bess’ child is a boy, not a girl. Bess, clearly speaking of herself and not her child.
Even if Andersen’s claims were true, referring to a small child as a “token” isn’t much better, is it?
Andersen seemed to respond to racism allegations by raising the incident at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.
“This is nothing more than a desperate, last minute smear campaign intended to deflect from my opponent’s radical and extreme politics which have no place on our Duval school board. My years of child advocacy and community action speaks for itself — the real question is my opponent’s dishonesty over her whereabouts on January 6 and what that says about her decision-making.”
At this point, it is difficult to believe Andersen’s claims. She chose not to apologize or say she was wrong, but instead she offered a weak excuse for her comments. This is the norm for those on the left that practice the kind of racism they hate. The question is: Does Duval County want someone with these views to make decisions about their children’s education?
Notice: Quisha Kings is currently in a relationship to this author.
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