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james whitfield is the first black principal outside dallas.o the frenzy over critical race theory after a former school board candidate publicly accused him of having, quote, extreme views on race and promoting a, quote, conspiracy theory of systemic racism. the school board, however, says critical race theory has nothing to do with the steps they're taking. joining us now is principal james whitfield and his attorney david henderson. thank you so much for being with us. why is it that you think you're being pushed from your job? >> good morning, john and brianna. thank you so much for having us on. you know, it's really difficult to understand why it is i'm being pushed in such a way. all i've done is tried to create a space where all students, regardless of their race, ethnicity, you know, religion, sexual orientation, i've tried to create a space where all students feel safe to come to school, and for some -- for some people that is not what school is supposed to be in their point of view. and so i can't help but think because of my unapolo

voting unanimously to move forward with a process that could lead to the firing of principal james whitfieldthe first black principal at his high school who was put on leave late last month after accusations that he was supporting critical race theory. the school district said at the time in a statement that the suspension was not in response to community complaints. cnn's omar jimenez has been monitoring the meeting tonight and he joins me now. omar, good evening to you. so, tell us what went down tonight. what happened? >> yeah, don. so the school board basically voted to move forward with the nonrenewal process of dr. whitfield's contract. it's step one of a two-step process. and in this step one, they laid out their reasons, their accusations for why they believe his contract should not be renewed. in particular they laid out six. and among them they said that it was because of performance and communication concerns dating back to february. behavior to supervisors, dishonesty with media, failure to express concerns appropriately, dividing the community, and relationship with parents, com

james whitfield, the first black principal of the dallas fort worth high school was put on leave lastitical race theory and having what they call extreme views on race. >> now, the school district claims the suspense was not in response to community complaints about his views on race. cnn's omar jimenez joins us now. omar, what happened here? >> yeah, well victor, and alisyn, they basically voted to move forward with the nonrenewal process of dr. whitfield's contract. in this step one because it is a two step process here, in the step one, the school board laid out their reasons which are basically accusations at this point of why they believe they should not move forward with renewing his contract, and there are six main ones and among their accusations were that there were performance and communication concerns, behavior to supervisors, dishonesty with the media, failure to express concerns appropriately, dividing the community, and relationship with parents, community and colleagues. i should note that when the dividing the community accusation was read, the entire room, which was

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whitfield west, jr. >> meredith lynn whalen. >> eugene michael whelan. >> adam s. white. >> edward jamesther. >> are you ok? and my uncle william. i didn't get to know him very well, but i know his children, i know his grandchildren. i'm very grateful to know them every single day because i know he would be proud of them because i am proud of them every single day. i miss you. we love you and miss you so very much. you will live on in our hearts forever. may you love in peace always. [applause] ♪ >> john sylvester white. >> kenneth wilburn white, jr. >> leonard anthony white. >> malissa y. white. >> maudlyn a. white. >> sandra l. white. >> wayne white. >> leanne marie whiteside. >> mark p. whitford. >> leslie a. whittington. >> michael t. wholey. >> mary lenz wieman. >> jeffrey david wiener. >> william j. wik. >> alison marie wildman. >> glenn e. wilkinson. >> ernest m. willcher. >> john charles willett. >> brian patrick williams. >> candace lee williams. >> crossley richard williams, jr. >> david j. williams. >> david lucian williams. >> debbie l. williams. >> dwayne williams. >> kevin

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