Civil Rights
Dec. 13, 2001
Regents Show Whites The Door
James Friery is a physical education teacher at Van Nuys High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He happens to be white. Two years ago, he asked about an open job at one of the school district's magnet schools. His supervisor's response: "You're of the wrong ethnic origin."
By Harold Johnson
James Friery is a physical education teacher at Van Nuys High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He happens to be white. Two years ago, he asked about an open job at one of the school district's magnet schools. His supervisor's response: "You're of the wrong ethnic origin."
Stun...
James Friery is a physical education teacher at Van Nuys High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District. He happens to be white. Two years ago, he asked about an open job at one of the school district's magnet schools. His supervisor's response: "You're of the wrong ethnic origin."
Stun...
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