A disgraceful apology in Massachusetts
A middle school principal in the “progressive,” affluent town of Lexington, Massachusetts, is under fire — deservedly, in my view — over a missive sent to community families in which he apologized to certain students who were supposedly offended by a portion of the curriculum.
TL;DR
- Principal Dr. Johnny Cole apologized to specific student groups (Arab, Lebanese, Muslim, Palestinian) who felt offended by an antisemitism lesson connected to Holocaust education.
- Cole stated these students felt "unseen," their "history, identity, and community" were "left out or erased," and they felt "less safe."
- The author criticizes the apology as "All Lives Mattering" antisemitism, which dilutes the specific nature of the Holocaust's evil.
- The article claims this maneuver is part of a "progressive" playbook to "controversialize and stamp out stand-alone condemnations of antisemitism."
- FBI hate crime statistics from 2025 show Jews were subjected to approximately 70% of religiously motivated hate crimes, despite comprising about 2% of the U.S. population.