The head of an anti-racist organization is blasting conservative media for criticizing her group following the suicide of a principal she bullied over his “whiteness.”
As is recounted in a lawsuit against the Toronto school district, Kike Ojo-Thompson of the KOJO Institute “systematically demolished” the reputation of Richard Bilkszto, reports the New York Post.
As the College Fix notes,
An official investigation into the matter concluded Bilkszto was “the subject of workplace bullying” by Ojo-Thompson, the “stress and effects” of which resulted in him taking his own life two weeks ago.
During a 2021 anti-racism training for Toronto District School Board staff, Bilkszto allegedly objected to Ojo-Thompson’s claim that Canada “could be considered more racist than the US” as the former has “never reckoned with its anti-Black history.”
The KOJO Institute head allegedly “lashed out” at Bilkszto, telling him “We are here to talk about anti-Black racism, but you in your whiteness think that you can tell me what’s really going on for Black people.”
She later referenced this incident in front of Bilkszto and his colleagues as “a ‘real-life’ example of someone supporting white supremacy.”
The Toronto Star reports that according to transcripts of the anti-racism sessions (which were included in court documents), Ojo-Thompson “implicitly referred to Bilkszto as a racist and a white supremacist” and said of him “This is the operation of white supremacy and you saw it with your own eyes.”
Bilkszto said the school board did not look into his complaints and “appear[ed] to side” with Ojo-Thompson. One board member even lauded Ojo-Thompson’s “handling” of Bilkszto’s “discomfort.”
The district did not reinstate Bilkszto after a six-week medical leave.
