‘Extremist’ black nationalist education boss backed by Bill Gates gets $20M to bring ‘segregation’ in US schools

A radical activist who believes black students should only be taught by teachers of the same race has received $20 million from billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates.

Sharif El-Mekki has lobbied for a focus on anti-racism education in public schools through his prominent nonprofit and time as an advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, as reported by The free press.

El-Mekki, a former middle and high school teacher, 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 teachers of the same race’. teachers” and where “all teachers demonstrate a high level of expertise in anti-racist thinking.”

CBED has over $19.5 million in assets thanks to donations from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which totaled over $1.4 million between 2020 and 2021.

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 teachers of the same race

Other donors to the foundation include NBC Universal, Nike, the Bezos Family Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania School of Education.

CBED has also secured at least $560,000 in contracts with the Philadelphia School District to “address educational inequality and our nation’s racist history.”

The nonprofit says it has trained thousands of teachers across the country with a “commitment to liberation education against the racism inherent in America’s institutions, including our schools.”

CBED, along with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, has developed an information package stating that education is a “political act” that can “undermine white supremacy and a racist history of using education as an oppressive social force.”

The nonprofit says it has trained thousands of teachers with a “commitment to liberation education against the racism inherent in America’s institutions, including our schools.”

Above is a “reflection scoreboard” included in a training package from the nonprofit

El-Mekki, who earns $233,410 a year from the organization, comes from a family of radical activists.

His parents were also members of the Black Panthers and moved to Iran when he was in high school after his mother Aisha El-Mekki converted to Islam because “she wanted her children to witness a country that was united in its efforts to bring about change.”

In a biography published by the Philly Muslim Freedom Fund in 2020, El-Mekki’s mother said she “loved” how former Ayatollah Khomeini “constantly stood up to the bully without any fear” and “endorsed the oppression of America and other superpowers’.

El-Mekki continues to show admiration for the Iranian education system. ‘Iran produces more engineers, doctors and scientists than many other countries.’

As for America, El-Mekki has said it is an “anti-black and anti-intellectual” nation.