Michelle Obama’s brother and his wife sue $24,000-a-year Milwaukee school for kicking their nine and 11-year-old ‘model student’ children out when they complained that virtual lessons ‘used racist stereotypes and word plantation’
- Craig and Kelly Robinson filed a lawsuit against the University School of Milwaukee this week after their sons were expelled last year
- The Robinsons are brother and sister-in-law of former first lady Michelle Obama
- In the complaint, they allege the private school retaliated against their family after they complained of racist bias overheard during virtual learning
- They submitted two reports in January and March 2021 about the alleged bias
- In April, they received a termination letter from the school dismissing their sons
- The letter alleges that the Robinsons ‘repeatedly engaged in disrespectful and demanding communications with our teachers and administrators’
The brother and sister-in-law of former first lady Michelle Obama are suing the University School of Milwaukee, alleging that administrators kicked their sons out after they complained of racist virtual lessons.
Craig and Kelly Robinson filed a lawsuit against the Pre-K-12 school this week after alleging that the private school used words like ‘plantation’ inappropriately during lessons. They also claim that teachers were inconsiderate to a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds.
The complaint alleges that the school retaliated against their family- whose kids are aged nine and 11 – after they submitted reports in January and March 2021 about concerns they had about racial and socio-economic bias they reportedly overheard during virtual learning.
‘We heard what was going on in the classroom because of COVID,’ Craig Robins told GMA Tuesday. ‘There were repeated use of racial and ethnic stereotypes that were in actual assignments. The use of the word plantation, and things of that nature.’
‘In addition…there was an insensitivity to socio-economic status as well as a disregard for the children who weren’t physically in the classroom.’
"We heard what was going on because of COVID. There were repeated use of racial and ethnic use of stereotypes that were in actual assignments…"
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