Curie fiasco reveals growing rift between blacks, Hispanics – Chicago
Tagged: Chicago, IllinoisPosted on: March 20th, 2007“Frank Avila claims Tom Ramos is getting a bum rap. Ramos is the local school council chairman at Curie High School, where the Hispanic-majority board voted twice to oust Jerryelyn Jones, an African-American principal who has led Curie for eight years. Avila, a lawyer and fierce Daley critic, called me last week to rant about how Ramos is being portrayed in the media.
“One of the most unfair things about this is they are trying to turn this into a racial incident,” Avila said. “This mans wife came to me and said she couldnt handle all of this stress.”
Usually, I dread those types of calls. But I was eager to have a conversation with Avila.”
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