Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Member Calls Concerned Parents ‘Alt-Right’ — Black and Jewish Parents Take Issue

Fight for Schools is a group of concerned parents calling for the Loudoun County School Board chair and three members to resign. The group said it gained enough signatures on a petition last week to oust them.

Juli Briskman, a member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, last week called members of the group “alt-right” on her personal Twitter account.

“TY @loudoun4all for a factual & thorough debunking of the alt-right FFS petitions. If they want to fight for schools they should support teacher pay increases, more mental health resources and ending the school to prison pipeline.”

Black and Jewish parents took issue with the name-calling.

“I think it’s absurd,” Joe Mobley told Fox News. Mobley, a father of four, is black. “It’s an ad-hominem” and used to distract from parents’ concerns about what’s taught in the classroom. “Obviously, as a Black dude it’s weird to be called a White nationalist.”

Elicia Brand, who is Jewish, said she was offended…. (Excerpts from Black Community News)