It has come to my attention that a few uninformed folks in our community seek to block the upcoming visit of Jerry Craft to our schools.  We wholeheartedly support their right to have their own children opt out of Jerry's visit, but we do not wish to have our own children excluded by the tyranny of the loud minority.  Having no political clout individually, we wish to combine our voices as we communicate with the leaders of our school district and our community in begging them to resist the urge to bow to the uninformed.  We believe that it would be a blight on our community if our leaders do not listen.  If they do not, we will be content in letting the rest of the world know that ignorance and hatefulness do not reign over the entire Katy community.

We welcome those outside the Katy community who love Jerry Craft.  We want everyone to know that we are an extremely diverse community and we do not take lightly the hatefulness of those who see Jerry Craft or his writings as a threat.  I will not give their cause a platform by posting their concerns here.  Please join with us as we say yes to Jerry Craft.

It is now Thursday morning and we have now reached 1,000 signatures.  I am adding a link to a local news story that may help those who don't know the background.  I add this link reluctantly as I desire that this petition unite rather than divide those who often disagree on a variety of issues.  Though critical race theory is mentioned in the article as the reason some want to cancel Mr. Craft's visit and critical race theory is one of those issues where we disagree, it should not be an issues with regard to Mr.Craft and his books.  

Mr. Craft simply illustrates the perspective and perceptions of a black kid in an environment where almost everyone else is white.  Much of his writings are based on his personal experience as a kid.  His writings seem to be pretty tame compared to what some of the people I know experienced.  Most of Mr. Craft's writings seem to be about misunderstandings and stereotypes.  Those who object to Mr. Craft either don't understand what they are reading or are superimposing CRT as an issue.  It is not.