SAN FRANCISCO: The former vice chairman of San Franciscos college board is suing the district and her colleagues after they voted to strip her of the place due to tweets she wrote in 2016 that mentioned Asian Americans used white supremacist” considering.
Alison Collins filed the lawsuit Wednesday in federal courtroom, alleging violation of her constitutional rights together with free speech, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
She is looking for $12 million in damages from the college district and faculty board members and $3 million moreover from every of the 5 board members who supported the vote. She declined to remark to the Chronicle on Wednesday.
Collins, who’s Black, got here below hearth after critics unearthed tweets she wrote in 2016. Many Asian Americans, she wrote, consider they profit from the mannequin minority BS and use white supremacist considering to assimilate and get forward.
Near the top of the thread, Collins known as for Asian Americans to talk out towards then-President Donald Trumps insurance policies, saying that her daughter stepped in to cease Asian American boys who have been bullying a Latino pupil.
Dont Asian Americans know they’re on his listing as properly? Collins wrote, utilizing asterisks instead of a racial slur. Do they suppose they wont be deported? profiled? overwhelmed? Being a home n(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)r remains to be being a n(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)r. Youre nonetheless thought-about the assistance.
Collins has mentioned her phrases have been taken out of context and apologized for the ache my phrases could have precipitated.
In a 5-2 no-confidence vote final week, the college board stripped Collins of her vice presidency and eliminated her from committees.
In her lawsuit, Collins alleges that as an alternative of taking actions to guard Black and Brown youngsters from racist harassment and racist bullying, defendants opted to burn the messenger, utilizing a pretzel-twisted redirection of Ms. Collins seasoned social metaphors.
Dozens of officers, together with the mayor, have condemned the tweets and known as on Collins to resign.
The posts resurfaced amid a surge of violence and harassment towards Asian Americans within the San Francisco Bay Area and across the nation. They are the most recent embarrassment for San Franciscos college board, which has prided itself on placing racial fairness on the prime of its agenda.
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