The video received more than 2,800 views in one day.Ī San Diego organization that has opposed affirmative action and criticized school ethnic studies programs as being racially divisive condemned James-Ward’s comments on Tuesday, saying they constitute “inflammatory bigotry” and that they stereotype Asians. The day after the board meeting, an unidentified user posted on YouTube a three-minute video of James-Ward’s comments about Asian students. Within hours, James-Ward’s comments drew criticism from some who said they reinforce model-minority stereotypes of Asians as all being high-achieving and high-income. Meanwhile, James-Ward said, some Latino families “don’t have that type of money” that Chinese families have, and they have parents who are too busy working to help their children at home. we had a large influx of Chinese families moving in, sight unseen, into our homes, into the community, and that requires money.”Ĭhinese families, James-Ward said, have parents and grandparents at home to support their children.
James-Ward, who is Afro-Latina, added: “In my community, in Carmel Valley.
You cannot come to America and buy a house for $2 million unless you have money,” James-Ward said. “We have an influx of Asians from China, and the people who are able to make that journey are wealthy.
Superintendent Cheryl James-Ward told Allman she knows part of the reason: It’s because wealthy families have been moving into San Dieguito from China. He was asking about district data that showed that several groups of Asian students in the district - Asian Indian, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese students - receive fewer D and F grades than other racial groups. During a San Dieguito Union High School board training session Monday about diversity, equity and inclusion, Board Trustee Michael Allman asked the district superintendent a question: “Do we know why Asian students do so well in school?”
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