“I went in last week and read the whole file,” she said during the meeting. After alleging Whitfield brought national attention to the school district because he was married to a white woman, Nakamura said it was the principal’s supposedly woke agenda that led to his ouster. In a video of the event posted to the Colleyville Citizens for Accountability Facebook group on July 8, Nakamura is seen commenting on Whitfield’s departure. RuPaul Book Pulled From Library Shelves Over One Parent’s Fury Nakamura was listed as a “distinguished, elected trustee” who would speak at the meeting. On the event’s page, the RNC stated that the group was organizing the June 26 meeting ahead of upcoming local, state, and federal elections to discuss “issues parents have raised, and the success they have had in getting elected and making a difference, and how parents/students can get involved.” Tammy Nakamura may be new to the Grapevine-Colleyville school board but that didn’t stop her from weighing in on Whitfield’s controversial departure during a gathering of school board members last month hosted by the Republican National Committee.
His critics claimed the letter he wrote to the community about “education the key to stomping out ignorance, hate, and systemic racism,” was equivalent to implementing Critical Race Theory in the school. In September 2021, the school district voted unanimously to not renew Whitfield’s contract, causing uproar among many parents, students, and teachers.