A radical activist who believes black students should only be taught by same-race teachers has received $20million from billionaires such as Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.
A former middle and high school teacher, El-Mekki lobbies through his nonprofit, the Center for Black Educator Development, CBED, which describes its mission as a 'world where... all black students are taught by high-quality, same-race teachers' and where 'all teachers demonstrate high levels of expertise in anti-racist mindsets.'
As for America, El-Mekki has said it is an 'anti-black and anti-intellectual' nation.
Other donors of the foundation include NBC Universal, Nike, the Bezos Family Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of Education.
Sharif El-Mekki has lobbied for a focus on anti-racism education in public schools through his prominent nonprofit and time as an adviser to Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro, as reported by The Free Press.
His parents were also members of the Black Panthers and moved to Iran when he was in middle school after his mother Aisha El-Mekki converted to Islam because 'she wanted her children to witness a country united in its efforts to make a change.'
El-Mekki has continued to show admiration for the Iranian education system 'Iran produces more engineers and doctors, scientists, than many other countries.'
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