The viral claim that a Chicago suburban high school is implementing lax rules for Black students was proven false earlier this week—but Eric Bolling pushed it anyway.
Newsmax host Eric Bolling on Wednesday ran with a supposedly explosive story about Chicago suburban high school districts implementing “race-based grading” systems that would tip the scales against white students.
There’s just one little problem: it isn’t true.
Earlier this week, a “local” media outlet called West Cook News reported that “Oak Park and River Forest High School administrators will require teachers next school year to adjust their classroom grading scales to account for the skin color or ethnicity of its students.” According to the story, Black students in the district could “no longer be docked for missing class, misbehaving in school or failing to turn in their assignments.”
Considering the current right-wing moral panic over critical race theory and “woke” schools, it didn’t take long for the story to go viral as a number of high-profile conservatives shared it on social media. Additionally, the story was given a boost when a number of MAGA websites aggregated it, including Breitbart.
It wouldn’t be long, though, before the claim completely fell apart.
The school district released a statement this week noting that it “is not true” that it has announced a “race-based grading system” for the upcoming school year. Furthermore, according to OPRFHS, the article contained a “variety of misleading...
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