Instead, it diverts attention from the real existing problems of racial equality in the Clayton School District. The resolution starts off on a field so broad that no one on the board could possibly be held accountable for it, nor does anyone on the board have agency over it. Deaths and injustices against black Americans, systemic bias and institutional racism in our society, inequities in our education system. This may as well be a resolution in support of world peace. The subtext says that the board is neither culpable for the problem nor really capable of solving it. The resolution then defines character The board is committed, values students, sees, hears, and cares. So we know who you are, but not what you will do. Affirming that the sense of self and how the board is perceived rather than helpful, skillful action is the main concern. Finally, this resolution commits to continuing. Continuing to review policies and practices, continuing to become equitable and anti-racist. In other words, this is a resolution of no change. So what's the problem with these innocuous words if we truly want to change our system to support black people in our district? First, they undermine future efforts. The district actually needs to be supported to change and be prepared for change, not walk back from the level of readiness we have seen at recent protests.