Principal’s Beating
I don’t know which is more disturbing, the racially motivated assault with a deadly weapon on Burton Street Elementary principal Norman Bernstein (Feb. 3) or Los Angeles school board President Victoria Castro’s comments following the attack: “Yes, some parents were seeking a Latino principal based on previous conflicts they had had with the current principal. I do not think that is an unreasonable request. Any time there is a community that feels they are in a conflict and they are primarily Spanish-speaking, they’ll ask for a Spanish-speaking principal and preferably a Latino.”
That is an unreasonable request because it is a narrow-minded, racist request. Castro’s inability to see this as such calls into question her qualifications to hold a post on the school board.
TONY HOWE, Manhattan Beach
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