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Black Nationalist Gets $20 Million to Promote ‘Segregation’ in Public Schools
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Black Nationalist Gets $20 Million to Promote ‘Segregation’ in Public Schools
Sharif El-Mekki testifies at a House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education hearing. His nonprofit has over $19.5 million in assets, including funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Screenshot via @EdWorkforceCmte/YouTube)
Sharif El-Mekki envisions a world where ‘all black students are taught by same-race teachers.’ He is backed by the Gates Foundation, NBC Universal, Nike, and the Bezos Family Foundation.
By Frannie Block
10.16.24 — Education
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Sharif El-Mekki is an adviser to Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro. He also supports school segregation, is a member of the Black Panther Party with family ties to Iran, and runs a nonprofit that has raked in nearly $20 million in donations from the government and nonprofits, including the Gates Foundation.

El-Mekki, a former middle and high school teac…

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Frannie Block

Frannie Block is a reporter for The Free Press. She started her career as a breaking-news journalist for the Des Moines Register, where she covered topics ranging from crime and public safety to food insecurity and the Iowa caucus.

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